Tag: Enlightenment
Ross Douthat on the Universe’s Remarkable Intelligibility
Suppose that science itself suffers if we preemptively rule out certain conclusions.
Theory in Crisis? Redefining Science
Scientific revolutions are often marked by disputes over the “standard that distinguishes a real scientific solution from a mere metaphysical speculation.”
Darwin and the Problem of Pain
For many Enlightenment Age Europeans, the death-knell for belief in an omnipresent, interventionist God had been sounded by the great Lisbon earthquake.
How Did We Get Here? New Book by Richard Weikart Tracks Rise of the Culture of Death
The Judeo-Christian tradition encouraged a culture of life, but the secular Enlightenment and Darwinian materialism have tugged us in a different direction.
Darwin’s Science and Storytelling
His five-year voyage was undoubtedly an eye-opening rite of passage but perhaps not as foundational to his intellectual development as is sometimes proposed.