Epistemology – Kruse Kronicle

Best of It: Reinhold Niebuhr – Prophet of Christian Realism (Part 1)

May 13, 2009

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in Eschatology, Series: Making the Best of It, Theology

[Series Index] Reinhold Niebuhr was premier among American intellectuals in the mid-twentieth century but today is rarely read in seminaries or elsewhere in academia. Critics like Stanley Hauerwas criticize him as a "chaplain to power." His "Christian Realism" is accused of promoting "an un-Christian defeatism, a willingness to compromise with evil, and a repudiation of…

Epistemology and Economics

Jan 29, 2008

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in Economics

Last summer, I read a post by an economics professor named Mark Steckbeck called Three Edicts of Economic Thought. He identifies three schools of thought and highlights the epistemological implications of each. (Note: GMU = George Mason University): The leftists: "That what is is inefficient." Given the abundant examples of oversupply, undersupply, and information problems, (i.e.,…

Foundationalism, or How to be Confused About Epistemology

Nov 11, 2005

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mwkruse

in Emerging Church, Theology

Some time back, I touched on the idea of Foundationalism. Foundationalism, or How to be Confused About Epistemology, is a post by David Decosimo about the fear that some have that rejection of foundationalism leads to a rejection of truth. I found it very helpful. I even understood part of it. As long as one…

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Best of It: Reinhold Niebuhr – Prophet of Christian Realism (Part 1)

Epistemology and Economics

Foundationalism, or How to be Confused About Epistemology