Category - philosophy

Darwin and Philosophy

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:28:50 +0100

Start: 25/06/2009 - 18:30

End: 25/06/2009 - 20:00

Speakers: Dr Tim Lewens, Professor David Papineau
Chair: Dr Simon Glendinning

Recovering wisdom from the desert

Simon Barrow — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:13:18 +0100

Theologian Janet Soskice has written a fascinating book about the discovery of one of the most ancient Gospel manuscripts. It reminds us that to understand the search for meaning in the present we have to value the past properly, says Simon Barrow.

Facing human limitations

Giles Fraser — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:23:27 +0100

We got suckered by Fichte’s freedom fantasy, says Giles Fraser. The credit crisis is a reminder that, however clever we think we are, we cannot escape the limitations of reality.

The battle for truth?

Jordan Tchilingirian — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:05:48 +0100

Start: 07/10/2008 - 18:30

End: 07/10/2008 - 20:00

Does science lead inexorably to atheism?

Theology, science and the problem of ID

Simon Barrow — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:17:10 +0100

This paper briefly sets out the religious, philosophical and political context of both the 2007 government guidelines on science teaching and the recent report and statement of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR), explaining why 'intelligent design' (ID), popular among some religious groups, is neither sound science nor good theology. It includes notes, an overview of 2005-7 Ekklesia comments on creationism and ID, and a select bibliography.

Simon Barrow

Moral practice and non-belief

Giles Fraser — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:59:17 +0100

Atheists are often criticising the ethics of religious belief, says Giles Fraser. But do they base their own moral practice too much on what they are against?

The God elusion

Simon Barrow — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:11:34 +0000

The current media-propelled debates about God are mostly hopelessly out of touch with their own intense fallibility, says Simon Barrow. He tries to explain why God-talk will always be helpfully elusive if it is faithful to what it seeks to point to.

God is beyond metaphysics

Giles Fraser — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 03:03:57 +0000

Christianity has suffered as a result of trying to subject an ineffable and transcendent God to the inevitable limitations of speculative philosophy, says Giles Fraser. But divine reality impinges upon us much more immediately in the Gospel.

Christianity - is it all Greek to us?

Giles Fraser — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:47:01 +0000

From its earliest times, Christianity has been associated with Greek thought, says Giles Fraser. But the legacy of Plato is one that needs a good deal of questioning.

Open secularism meets open religion

Simon Barrow — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:48:34 +0000

The debate about religion in public life is often cantankerous, says Simon Barrow. But a constructive new pamphlet on secularism from the Humanist Philosophers' Group shows us that a better standard of discussion is possible.