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Orality and the Welsh Revival 1904-1906

Orality and the Welsh Revival 1904-1906

May 29, 2012December 29, 2020
Michael Macneil
“Orality” is defined as “interaction with the world by means of the spoken word” and contrasts with “conceptuality” which is defined as “interacting with the world by means of ideas and ... Read More
Fundamentalism as a modernism

Fundamentalism as a modernism

November 6, 2011December 29, 2020
Michael Macneil
Fundamentalism is often conceived of as a reaction against modern, secular society.  This essay argued the opposite – it is a form of modernism but a modernism distinct from secular modernism.... Read More
If we cannot prove the claims of religious belief, is it nevertheless reasonable to believe these claims?

If we cannot prove the claims of religious belief, is it nevertheless reasonable to believe these claims?

February 20, 2011December 29, 2020
Michael Macneil
This is an introduction to the Reformed Epistemology (RE) movement that was particularly associated with the philospher Alvin Plantinga. Plantinga was interested in establishing the grounds on which a... Read More
Christianity and Postmodernism

Christianity and Postmodernism

August 19, 2007January 10, 2021
Michael Macneil
Postmodernism is an amorphous term that started to appear in the middle of the 20th century and was first applied to a particular school of Art that rejected the normal and conventional conceptions of... Read More
Kant's Moral Argument for the Existence of God

Kant’s Moral Argument for the Existence of God

December 9, 2006January 3, 2021
Michael Macneil
Immanuel Kant  (1724 – 1804) is considered by many philosophers to be one of the most important of Western philosophers, if not the most important.  His Critique of Pure Reason (1781, 2nd edi... Read More
Hume and the Argument from Design

Hume and the Argument from Design

November 14, 2006January 3, 2021
Michael Macneil
David Hume (1711-1776) was a Scots philosopher who developed empiricism in opposition to the continental Rationalism.  More than any other thinker of his time, perhaps with the exception of Immanuel ... Read More
Kant's Criticism of the Ontological Argument

Kant’s Criticism of the Ontological Argument

October 17, 2006January 3, 2021
Michael Macneil
The ontological argument is considered unique amongst arguments for God’s existence because it is the only argument that can be classified as an a priori argument.  By this we mean the sequence of ... Read More

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