| Atheist At Birth? 2 days ago by Reeves Empiricism teaches us that we can know things by seeing and observing by our senses. British philosopher and an empiricist John Locke once wrote that we are born Tabula Rasa which means blank slate in Latin refers to the epistemological thesis that individuals are born without built-in mental conten ... A Mindful Christian - mindfulchristian.wordpress.com | | An Inquiring Mind 2 days ago by Rick Last night as my daughter was getting into her bed, I noticed her slip something under her pillow. When I asked her what she was doing, she pulled her hand out from under the pillow and showed me a tooth. Mildly surprised, I asked "did you lose a tooth today?". "No," she replied. "I found it." "Wher ... Kyklops - kyklops.blogspot.com · Rank: 70,010 · 9 references | | Role of Science 4 days ago by Vic Proper science is always descriptive. It seeks to be predictive. It never is prescriptive. I believe that confusing these categories is what is behind the muddled debate regarding the role of science and faith in Scripture. Before looking at the three categories, I think it is important to identify ... Grapes and Figs - grapesandfigs.blogspot.com | | Epistemology 13 days ago by Ali Lochhead “Epistemology is the philosophy of knowledge: How do we know what is true or false, what is real or not? Can we know anything for certain, or is it ultimately hopeless? Again, the Greeks outlined two opposing approaches to the problem of knowledge. One is called empiricism, which says that all knowl ... Beyond Relativity - bibibook4.wordpress.com · 2 references | | The problem of reason 18 days ago by Travis The Enlightenment was a big deal. Prior to it, the source of authority was custom, tradition, religion - things were the way they were because that’s how they were supposed to be. A person (almost always a man) was invested with authority because the existing authorities said he was, and that’s all ... bibliophagous - bibliophago.us · 1 reference | |