An Introduction to Analytic Language
Dr. Dan Deen is on the show to discuss analytic philosophy with the Thinking Fellows.
Contributors
Daniel Deen
Dr. Daniel Deen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University Irvine. He earned his Ph.D. from Florida State University in 2015. His philosophical thought leans toward virtue epistemological perspectives in religious and scientific epistemology, with a strong penchant for dialogue between science and religion, Christ and culture. In other words, he is committed to that philosophical ideal of promoting great conversations.
Thank God for Evolution
I am not going to give an apology for evolution as a scientific theory. Rather, I am wondering if the normal way of discussing evolutionary science within conservative Christianity has blinded us to certain fruitful uses of the theory.
Mordor and Evangelism (Part 2)
Much like Jacob wrestling with God in the desert, we find our intellectual hips continuously put out of joint as we engage the culture around us.
Philosophy and Theology
The Fellows bring Dr. Dan Dean to discuss the interplay between philosophy and theology.
Mordor and Evangelism (Part 1)
Mordor’s bleak existence and the successful salvific mission of Frodo and Samwise is what makes Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings such a psychologically enjoyable epic.
United in Suffering, Distracted by What To Do About It (Part 2)
Only a god could be wise. We are seekers, lovers of divine wisdom, but it is forever beyond our grasp due to human limitation.
United in Suffering, Distracted by What To Do About It (Part I)
We are all sojourners in a perilous cosmos, what is sometimes conceptualized as the theology of the pilgrim.
Theology & Science: Necessary Tensions
Conflict demands resolution, tension demands a balancing act in the face of uncertainties.
The Restoration of Hell
As the devil awakens after a long slumber, recovering from the resurrection event, he finds his shackles loosened and the glorious screams of torment throughout his dark empire
Who’s Your Canaanite?
Standing before Jesus is one of the cultural groups that the Lord sought fit to eradicate for their wickedness to preserve the line that would eventually birth Jesus.
A Steak Than Which None Greater Can Be Conceived?
There is something odd about the definition of God as a being that than which nothing greater can be conceived.
Proving An Original Cause Of All Things
Can the chain of cause and effect extend infinitely?
When The Thing That Kills Offers Healing And Salvation
Today I had one such reflection session with the Old Testament reading, Numbers 21:4-9. The narrative involves Moses, divine herpetology, and healing. My reflections are twofold.
Defending the Gospel, Dirty Jobs Edition
We tend to think about apologetics as an academic enterprise, as something that requires formal training.
Young Earth, Old Earth - What Of The Gospel?
I’ve always been taken aback by how much apologetic ink is spilled over understanding Genesis in the light of contemporary science, usually evolutionary biology.
Why New (And Old) Atheists Should Toast Luther And The Protestant Reformation
The 21st century is simply not compatible with a reformational mindset. Daniel Dennett argues in Darwin’s Dangerous Idea (1995) that conservative Christians better serve their secular neighbors as specimens in a cultural zoo, relics of a bygone world.
Cognitive Martyrdom: The Independence Model For The Relationship Between Science And Religion
One gets science or religion, but not both. Today’s model swings to the other end of the pendulum, flirting with an extreme inclusivity. One gets science and religion, as long as they are properly understood.
Beavers Help with Apologetics Formal Debate Jailbreak
Today I have a hankering to talk about beavers. Who doesn’t love beavers? The binomial nomenclature reads Castor canadensis.
Darwin, Science, and Religion
Huxley, Dawkins, Hodge, and Plantinga characteristically illustrate Ian Barbour’s conflict model. The idea is that the universe is not big enough for the likes of science and religion to coexist. The conflict proponent, whether pro-science or pro-religion, adopts an attitude of total domination.
Science and Religion, A Series
I will take a look at the locus classicus on the relationship between science and religion, Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Issues (1997) by Ian Barbour.
The Utility of Natural Law
In the public square, concerning public law, policy, and moral norms, debate is best carried out not with reference to that special revelation unique to a particular religion, but by appeal to that natural knowledge of the law possessed by all (even while recognizing human attempts, often successful, to suppress it).
Christian Intellectual Arrogance
Much like the 2014 Superbowl, the debate itself was lackluster and utterly predictable. However, one aspect of the debate struck me as worthy of commentary; the way Mr. Ham presented himself as a Christian intellectual.
Defending The Gospel, Dirty Jobs Edition
We tend to think about apologetics as an academic enterprise, as something that requires formal training.
Faith, Science and Reason
Philip Melanchthon once said, “Those who disparage philosophy not only wage war against human nature, but they also severely injure the glory of the Gospel.”