"Science can purify religion from error and superstition," said Pope St. John Paul II. "Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes."
Has there ever been a moment in American life when the humanities were cherished less, and has there ever been a moment in American life when the humanities were needed more?
Scientism is the view that the only real knowledge that human beings possess is scientific knowledge, that is, knowledge acquired through a method that is empiriometric.
Seeing that scientism is unsustainable, we must embrace a return to philosophy. The second article in a two-part series.
The problem with scientism is that it is either self-defeating or trivially true. F.A. Hayek helps us to see why.
Religion brings out the worst in Richard Dawkins. When he thinks about it, he becomes a preacher himself and not a very good one.