The reality of the mental space

(Yesterday I published a Dutch column on this website, which was enthusiastically picked up by some non-Dutch-speakers. Therefore I have translated the text into English.) Every now and then you have questions that arouse wonder. Earlier this week, this question suddenly occurred to me: Does language exist? Can we deny an affirmative answer to that … Lees meer

Nicholas Rescher: “Productive Evolution: On Reconciling Evolution with Intelligent Design”

Nicholas Rescher is an American philosopher, an extremely productive one (or at least, he used to be like that). He has written a lot on epistemology. And he is also a theist, a religious believer. Just a couple of minutes ago I received an e-mail from a German friend who pointed out to me that … Lees meer

Has Lawrence Krauss defeated religion?

According to this interview, Lawrence Krauss wrote his latest book, A Universe from Nothing as a way to defeat the philosophical-theological question “Why is there something rather than nothing?” The motivation to write a book about how the universe arose seems thus to be a theological one, although Krauss admits in the interview his goal … Lees meer