Archive for October, 2008
Kant, the idea of freedom, and Darwinism
Friday, October 31st, 2008Darwinism=Social Darwinism, liberal confusion over Darwinism discusses the idea of freedom in relation to modern scientism, and the relationship of the philosophy of history to theories of evolution.
Where are the Kantians?
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008From Darwiniana
Review of Kant’s Politics
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Freedom’s Causality, a review of Kant’s Politics at Amazon.com
Here is a quote on this from the book:
What would “bridging nature and freedom” mean outside of politics? For Kant the big questions are nearly always epistemological: thus, bridging freedom and nature might mean specifying the conditions under which investigators of the empirical world (scientists) are [...]
Soul beliefs and metaphysics, religious or scientific
Sunday, October 19th, 2008Where will you be after you’re dead has a discussion of ’soul metaphysics’ in light of the Kantian critiques, with a reference to issues of the transcendental deduction.
Science of history, science of freedom?
Saturday, October 4th, 2008Selection from World History And The Eonic Effect
In a nutshell, there is, as yet, no methodologically sound basis for a theory of evolution. That’s a surprising statement, but the point will become obvious as we look at the gray area between history and evolution. We should recall the reservations of Kant, as to the hope [...]