Faith comes at the conclusion of a reasoning process—not as the presupposition to it. Let’s look at the disciples for a demonstration. The disciples saw Jesus heal the sick and bring the dead to life. They saw him walk on water and calm a storm. These facts convinced them to have faith in Jesus, believing […]
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John Locke on Faith
First Comment! Hooray for my first reader comment! I want to encourage interaction at my blog, so I’ll reproduce the comment and my response: A friend asked: “What does ‘faith’ mean in this context? To come later?” He wanted to know what I mean by faith. I wrote back: “Here faith means trusting God. […]
40 Points on Thinking
If you have read my Top 10 Lessons in Thinking, this is a deeper look. Again, the ideas are from Leonard Peikoff. I sequenced this list so as to follow a flow. Enjoy!
Top 10 Lessons in Thinking
Here are my favorite principles of logic and reasoning, collected from Leonard Peikoff’s Objectivism: the Philosophy of Ayn Rand. While these do stand on their own, they become most useful if you study them individually and in depth. For that, I recommend Peikoff’s book.