Philosophical Speculations

Yes this is definitely a factor that shapes history, politics etc, often with people not being conscious of it. Not directly relevant, but Bismarck’s autobiography has been shown to be written as if he planned/intended things that were in reality him responding to events. It’s difficult to know how ...

Interesting thanks Scott. I’m still getting my head around Aristotle & Thomism. Your argument for the simplification of the metaphysics does make sense, although I personally can’t go as far as prime matter being the same as god (if I understand you correctly). Nonetheless, short of having somet...

Yes made it through whilst switching between my work laptop and working out some of the complexities of the forum setup :) My trouble is when people say, for example, that the Holocaust didn't happen. They can get together all kinds of "evidence" and witness statements supporting a narrati...

PS: Having read the whole article I think I'm basically agreeing with Peterson, in a very simplistic way

I find it interesting that people have such different views on this. It’s a case where the the two extreme views are wrong, and I think that applies to history as well as legal cases etc. On one side you have the ‘scientific’ version of history where there is just one objective correct account, and ...

Hi All Welcome to the new forum. Please shout if you have any problems ... I think it’s all working and will be more flexible than Google Groups, but apologies up front if there are any teething problems! I’m here in the background to support Dana with any issues. I’m testing submitting a post via m...