Section Summary: In light of the fact that there may be multiple, plausible philosophical systems and that limited time and energy make it difficult for us to adequately assess them, we may wish to suspend making a judgment about which one is true and use out time for something that appears to promise greater rewards. [...]
Archive for February, 2012
CVMT No. 6: Ch. 1 Introduction, Method: Choice
Posted in A Christian View of Men and Things, Scripturalism on February 20, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Those Wacky Gold Bugs
Posted in Economics, Investing on February 18, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
A gold standard is the creationism of economics. – Larry Summers Former treasury secretary Larry Summers, it seems, is more right than he knows. The quote above, widely attributed to him on the internet, apparently was his reaction to a question about the viability of a monetary gold standard. Summers, as do nearly all academic [...]
A Greek Tragedy
Posted in Economics, Politics on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
You can’t get very far into the financial news without coming across a story about the European financial crisis. Riots here, bailouts there. Bureaucrats and politicians running hither yon. One day we’re told everything’s solved, nothing to see here. The next day the end of the world draweth nigh. It’s all very entertaining in a [...]
CVMT No. 5: Ch.1 Introduction, Method: The Law of Contradiction
Posted in A Christian View of Men and Things, Scripturalism on February 7, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Section Summary: 1) The traditional first step for establishing a theistic worldview, proving the existence of God, has been a failure. The various proofs offered by philosophers and theologians are invalid. 2) All systems of thought are built on first principles called axioms. These principles are unproven and by definition unprovable. 3) But while axioms [...]
