The Tracking Revolution
It is hard not to think of ourselves as the users of technology, especially since technology forms a core part of the The post The Tracking Revolution appeared first on The Imaginative Conservative.
View ArticleScientific Higher Education in America
So it is characteristic of us professors of political philosophy to neglect what is really going in the “hard” sciences. I remember, The post Scientific Higher Education in America appeared first on...
View ArticleWho are Interstellar’s “They”?
“Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the The post Who are Interstellar’s “They”? appeared first on The Imaginative...
View ArticleThe Kindle and a Warning from Plato
The written word has obviously been crucial to the preservation and development of Western civilization. Without the invention of the alphabet and The post The Kindle and a Warning from Plato appeared...
View ArticleThe Enduring Nature of Scholasticism
“Truth is the self-manifestation and state of evidence of real things. Consequently, truth is something secondary, following from something else. Truth does The post The Enduring Nature of...
View ArticleSwipe Right to Destroy Love
An increasing number of Americans are looking to social media and online dating sites like Tinder or OKCupid to meet potential romantic The post Swipe Right to Destroy Love appeared first on The...
View ArticleWhat is Science?
Nature is no doubt a life-study, or a study for eternity (for those so gifted); but there is a part of man The post What is Science? appeared first on The Imaginative Conservative.
View ArticleIs the Planet Earth Our Only Home?
In early 2015, I gave a couple of lectures at Carleton College in Minnesota. One was on our visions on human future The post Is the Planet Earth Our Only Home? appeared first on The Imaginative...
View ArticleInnovation, Creativity, and Civilized Leisure
So thanks to Carl for talking up Carson Holloway, The Imaginative Conservative, and civilized leisure. Carson is also a forceful opponent of The post Innovation, Creativity, and Civilized Leisure...
View ArticleReplacing Community with Communication in the Virtual Village
What happens when we enter a world of constant connection—a world in which technology infiltrates nearly every moment of our waking existence? The post Replacing Community with Communication in the...
View ArticleScience Narrows in on Imagination
It will hardly surprise readers of this journal, the members of our Imaginative Conservative parish, but scientists are cottoning onto the fact The post Science Narrows in on Imagination appeared first...
View ArticleAsking Siri Life’s Questions
Like many of my generation (Baby Boomers) I am something of a late adopter when it comes to certain technologies. I have The post Asking Siri Life’s Questions appeared first on The Imaginative...
View ArticleAd Forum Infestum: Against the Dangerous Market
Wondering about human height led me to more unfashionable thoughts. We seem to be getting taller. My virtually six-foot college sweetheart was The post Ad Forum Infestum: Against the Dangerous Market...
View ArticleThe Renaissance Start-Up, Data Technology & IT Entrepreneurs
This is the story of three young men struggling for fame and fortune in the IT sector; finding one another and building The post The Renaissance Start-Up, Data Technology & IT Entrepreneurs...
View ArticleTop Ten Points About the Next Technology Revolution
Vinod Khosia has managed* to say a lot in a few words about the consequences of “the next technology revolution.” Let me The post Top Ten Points About the Next Technology Revolution appeared first on...
View ArticleNature and the Imagination
It is our duty to understand and self-consciously conserve a natural process of imagination that has proceeded for an extraordinarily long time. The post Nature and the Imagination appeared first on...
View ArticleCatholic Education and the Cult of Theistic Evolution
Authentically Catholic liberal-arts colleges and universities accept the harmony of faith and reason. The overall intellectual bent of Catholic schools should thus The post Catholic Education and the...
View ArticleTruth or Consequences: History, Science, and Utopia
I have a recurrent nightmare. I dream that I never had the opportunity to teach the history of the West. I invariably The post Truth or Consequences: History, Science, and Utopia appeared first on The...
View ArticleThey Eat What?!? Can You Bear-ly Stop Laughing?
It is not simply that carnivores eat meat—that hardly justifies the news headline*—nor that cute bears eat meat or even (cover your The post They Eat What?!? Can You Bear-ly Stop Laughing? appeared...
View ArticleTaming the Rebel Child: Science & God in the Thought of C. A. Coulson
Since the nineteenth century, a widespread misunderstanding regarding the relationship between science and Christianity has persisted. The error is a common conviction The post Taming the Rebel Child:...
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