Book of Nature, Episode 12: Why Science Needs Metaphysics
In this episode of the Book of Nature, Dan, Charles, and Todd discuss the nature of the philosophical concept of metaphysics, and especially its connection to the scientific endeavor. …
The Christian Humanist Podcast, Episode #179: Silence
Download or Stream this Episode Nathan Gilmour leads Todd Pedlar and Michial Farmer in a discussion of Shusaku Endo’s novel Silence.
Book of Nature, Episode 11: Firefly
The Book of Nature’s Todd Pedlar and Dan Dawson are joined in this cross-over episode by Sheilah Woodruff of the Christian Feminist Podcast, to discuss the short-lived, but much loved, sci-fi…
Book of Nature, Episode 8: Pluto
Download or Stream This Episode In this episode, Todd Pedlar leads a discussion with Dan Dawson and Charles Hackney concerning the erstwhile planet, Pluto, an episode topic sparked by the fascinating recent…
Blogging through Critique of Pure Reason, part 4: Transcendental Analytic, Part I
Series Index Introductions and the Introduction Transcendental Aesthetic and Introduction to Transcendental Logic Transcendental Synthesis Transcendental Analytic, Part I We now begin (at long last – summer is a time…
Blogging Through Critique of Pure Reason, part 2: Transcendental Aesthetic and Introduction to Transcendental Logic
Series Index Introductions and the Introduction Transcendental Aesthetic and Introduction to Transcendental Logic Before I launch into my first contribution to our joint project on Kant, a personal note. I…
Christian Humanist Profiles 37: Owen Gingerich
In his 2014 book, God’s Planet, published by Harvard University Press, Dr. Owen Gingerich, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and the History of Science at Harvard University, and senior astronomer emeritus at…
Book of Nature, Episode 5: Dystopia!
Episode 5: Dystopias In this episode, Todd Pedlar hosts a discussion of dystopian literature and film, asking why the dystopian is so attractive to us and probing the interface between dystopian worlds and…
Christian Humanist Profiles 34: Richard Mouw
What exactly is a Christian scholar? Need one’s work in the academy be explicitly devoted to some distinctively “Christian” end if one is to be considered a Christian scholar? In…
Christian Humanist Profiles 21: Making Sense of It All
“To be utterly lost in the woods is unfortunate. To be absolutely unconcerned about it is unreasonable. Yet so many people who spend weeks mastering a new video game, months…
Book of Nature, Episode 2: Science vs. Scientism
Episode 2: Science vs. Scientism In the second episode, Todd Pedlar hosts a discussion of an important distinction for scientists of any kind, let alone Christians who are active in…