Category Archives: Philosophy

The Blind Men and a Queer Animal


  In the Buddhist version of the , a young man approaches Buddha with a dilemma…. Part of a series on truth. Dozens of hermits and wandering scholars are making contradictory claims about reality. Some claim everything is infinite. Others claim all is finite. Then some claim just certain artifacts are infinite while other artifacts are…
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Russell’s Tea Pot, Snuggies and Talking Frogs


Guest post by Rob Powell. Part of a series on truth. Bertrand Russell was a genius. He had a , was a pioneer in several fields and employed a sharp mind–and even sharper wit. For all his achievements though he may be best remembered in internet culture today for his teapot analogy… It goes a little something like…
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Truth (A Quick and Dirty Guide)


  In which we try not to argue over our differences about the truth on truth. What is truth? And does anybody have a lock on it? The preacher? The scientist? The scholar? The engineer? The psychologist? The shaman? Furthermore, can you trust them? Not easy questions to answer. There are so many competing claims…
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How to Answer “That’s Just Your Interpretation”


There are no facts–just interpretations.” Friedrich Nietzsche Part of a series on truth. A bit of eccentric logic. Especially since Nietzsche is presenting it as a fact… The very thing he himself admits doesn’t exist. What are we to do with that? More importantly, what are we to do when people say, “Well, that’s just your interpretation?”…
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Pluralism (What You Need to Know–and Why)


Guest post by Rob Powell. Part of a series on truth. In continuing our discussion about truth and absolutism let’s move to how that idea intersects with the wide diversity of faiths represented in our world, specifically in the concept called “pluralism.” We’ve all heard the allegory of the blind men feeling different parts of an elephant. Each man describes…
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