December 3, 2015 by

Video: Stephen Pinker on Human Nature

Here is a transcript of Stephen Pinker’s TED talk on Human Nature. Subtitles and Transcript Select language ArabicBulgarianChinese, SimplifiedChinese, TraditionalCroatianDutchEnglishEstonianFrenchGeorgianGermanGreekHebrewHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanLatvianPersianPolishPortuguesePortuguese, BrazilianRomanianRussianSerbianSlovakSpanishTurkishVietnamese…

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December 3, 2015 by

Extract: Augustine’s Conversion

source Again Augustine is a personal story that transcends the personal and is of universal significance; just as the story of…

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December 3, 2015 by

Article: A Biblical Perspective on Human Nature

HUMAN NATURE This exploration of human nature provides a general orientation to the topic in biblical thought. We do not delve…

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December 3, 2015 by

Extract Romans 7 – Commentary

source The Three-Way Struggle: Law, Sin, and Me: A Study of Romans 7 In his letter to the Romans, Paul has…

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November 24, 2015 by

Start Here: Free Will and Determinism

OCR students please note – free will has dropped off the new OCR spec but remains on some of the other…

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November 22, 2015 by

Roadmap: Free Will and Determinism

The structure of ideas is given here: click on a hyperlinked box to navigate through the site and identify the areas you need to understand.

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November 22, 2015 by

Article: Libertarianism as Indeterminism

source The Indeterminist Argument Against Soft Determinism The libertarian definition of freedom Genuine freedom is contextual (always freedom with respect to…

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November 22, 2015 by

Extract 10: Daniel Dennett

source Daniel Dennett (1942-) While he himself is a confirmed compatibilist, even a determinist, in “On Giving Libertarians What They Say They…

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November 21, 2015 by

Summary: Locke’s Compatibilism

I. Locke’s idea of active powers 1. Active power is the power to “make a change.” Example: fire has a power…

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November 21, 2015 by

Advanced Article: Locke’s Compatibilism

source Locke’s Compatibilism: Suspension of desire or Suspension of Determinism?[1] In Book II, chapter xxi of the Essay Concerning Human Understanding,…

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