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The Objectivity of Science
Science shapes our views and opinions of the world and universe, but the objectivity and reliability of science is debatable. Methods of testing are often biased or too sloppy to be reliable. Two of the most influential philosophers of science, Karl Popper and Thomas Kuhn, highlight potential flaws concerning the integrity of science.
Lisa Dunlop
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Eternal Return - The Enemy of Religion, and the Solution
"'Was that life' I want to say to death. 'Well then, One More Time!'" - (258, TSZ) This is quite a beautiful topic and is featured prominently throughout Thus Spoke Zarathustra, to affirm Eternal Return is also to affirm the earth, and life. It is perhaps the best way one is to live.
Daniel Teesdale
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Semiotics - Signs And The City
Semiotics is the study of how meaning is socially created with signs, created by whom, and for whom. The topic has scope that encompasses between a scientific discipline and a world-view. The term is derived from the Greek word seemeiootikee, meaning the study of signs, what they represent or signify, and how we act and think in their universe. Semiotics is categorized among the humanities because it deals with a phenomenon of which we are a part, and which we affect and...
Leeto Ly
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Truth And Its Existence
The Truth is: Truth never exists. Sounds obfuscating but irony of living in a real world makes it true. So how does one go defining Truth?
Rome Mele
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Personal Salvation During the Coming Economic Chaos - Part 4
Politicians, altruists and world-improvers always think they can improve the workings of the capitalistic system. For that reason they are always proposing and instituting measures to help "improve" capitalism. The results are rather dismal. We now face total economic breakdown.
Robert A. Meyer
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The Sanctity of the Individual or the Collectivist Beliefs of the Altruist
Many unwittingly accept the philosophy of altruism. The cliche' "For the good of society" is accepted as the gospel. Does anyone consider how detrimental this anti-life philosophy is to the individuals that make up "society."
Robert A. Meyer
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Hermes - The Liminal God And The Tricky History Of The Hermetic Tradition
The basis for Hermetics and Hermeticism is the Greek god Hermes, also known by his Roman name Mercury. Hermes is one of the most interesting and diverse of the gods. He is also one of the trickiest and hardest to pin down.
Larry Christopher
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Ayn Rand - Saint, Martyr, Or Villain?
More than 25 years after her death, Ayn Rand still remains a person of interest to readers of both literature and philosophy. Her philosophy of Objectivism can be abstruse and for many who wish to pursue an understanding of it, they find her two novels Atlas Shrugged and the Fountainhead more accessible. This article explains and summarizes her --large or puny according to whether one is detractor of a sympathizer-- intellectual contribution.
Marciano Guerrero
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Secularism and the Abolition of the Future
This article shows how secularism which is atheistic materialism implicitly denies that humanity has any long lasting future. The atheist claim that death results in the cessation of consciousness is a denial of the future of the individual.
William Nugent
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The End of the World, Well Maybe
Sure, it could come from an asteroid, an ice age, an ice age brought on by an asteroid. The sun could explode.
Steven Whitaker
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