2017
Archive

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Teaching Humility in an Age of Arrogance

The Chronicle of Higher Education

June 14, 2017
BQO ROUNDUP
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Gravitational Wave Astronomy Is Here to Stay

Los Angeles Times

June 12, 2017
BQO ROUNDUP
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Are We Living in a Giant Cosmic Void?

The Atlantic

June 8, 2017
BQO ROUNDUP
American painter Albert Bierstadt’s 1863 The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak. American historian Frederick Jackson Turner articulated what came to be known as the Frontier Thesis (discussed below), the idea that westward expansion shaped the character of American democracy.

Can We Live Without Enchantment?

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Freedom, Morality, Philosophy
June 5, 2017
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Is Man Naturally Religious?

The Thomistic Institute

June 1, 2017
BQO ROUNDUP
Photograph of the Vatican Observatory in Castel Gandolfo, Italy.

A New Scientific Society Brings Faith and Reason Together

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Astronomy, Cosmology, Evolution, Philosophy, Physics, Reason, Religion, Science
May 30, 2017
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Do Animals Grieve?

Seattle Met

May 26, 2017
BQO ROUNDUP
Ceremonial cross of John Frum cargo cult, Tanna island, New Hebrides (now Vanuatu), 1967.

Does Science Have a “Cargo Cult” Crisis?

May 25, 2017
BQO ROUNDUP
Rembrandt's oil-on-canvas painting, Aristotle Contemplating a Bust of Homer (mentioned below).

How Should We Think about the Contrast between the Natural and the Supernatural?

YouTube

May 24, 2017
BQO ROUNDUP
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Is There Such a Thing as ‘Human Nature’?

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Behavior, Evolution, Morality, Philosophy
May 11, 2017