Presented to the Socratic Club at CBU by Andrew Cuff on January 17, 2008
As early as the Greek Socratic philosophers in 5th Century B.C., an idea called virtue ethics has permeated axiological discussion. Virtue ethics are based on actions that qualify as “good” or “virtuous,” and make a man a virtuous person. Classically accepted [...]
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Virtue Ethics and Gaming: A Gamer’s Perspective
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Presented to the Socratic Club at CBU by Jonathan Bryan on January 10, 2008
Many Christian thinkers have argued that creation could have been otherwise, or even not at all. Since God is supremely happy and content in the triune relationship, God does not need to create. Creation is a free outpouring of love and beauty; [...]
Buddhism and Stoicism: Two Ancient Philosophies
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Presented to the Socratic Club at CBU by Andrew Cuff on Thursday, 2007.
The following essay, seeking to compare the seemingly unrelated philosophies of Stoicism and Buddhism, must first begin with a brief overview of both religions. I hope to conclude by stating the obvious parallels between Buddhism and Stoicism and speculating on how these came [...]
On Numbers (no relation to the show)
Posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Presented to the Socratic Club at CBU by Matthew Yocum on October 25th, 2007
During the nineteenth century the thought of empiricism began to pervade the sciences. The traditional platonic view of mathematics (i.e. numbers existing in and of themselves, and the discovery of said entities) began to lose support. Thus differing philosophies of [...]
Can God Be Said to Take Risks If He Knows Everything?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Presented to the Socratic Club at CBU by Jonathan Bryan on October 18th, 2007
It may seem fairly obvious that an all-knowing God could not be said to take any risks. A risk seems to necessitate that something is unknown to the risk-taker. Betting money on a horse, for example, is considered risky because the gambler [...]
Has Dr. William Lane Craig Shown that God is Temporal in Relation to the Universe?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Presented to the Socratic Club at CBU by Jonathan Bryan on the October 4th, 2007.
Readers of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland may remember the Mad Hatter’s claim that there is an advantage in keeping good terms with Time: one could avoid doing those troublesome lessons, which start at nine, by asking the Time to change [...]
Cannono-Geniocracy, or “The Best System of Government Ever Devised”
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Presented by Andrew Cuff to the Socratic Club on September 27th, 2007.
In the following essay, I am going to present the best system of government yet devised. This system arose from a debate concerning education, with a specific emphasis on standardized testing. It will apply to some, but not all, countries, and will definitely rest [...]
The Value of Broken Art and Idealist Art
Posted in Uncategorized on October 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Presented by Tim Jacobs to the Socratic Club on September 20th, 2007.
This is essay is a reaction to the essay entitled “The Case for a Broken Beauty: An Art Historical Viewpoint by E. John Walford presented at the 2006 Wheaton Theology Conference and collected in the book The Beauty of God: Theology and the [...]
C.S. Lewis’ Socratic Club and Ours
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Introductory remarks presented by Jonathan Bryan to the Socratic Club at CBU on September 13th, 2007.
There are obviously some major differences between the Oxford Socratic Club of C.S. Lewis and our Socratic Club at Cal Baptist. For one thing, Oxford, at the time anyway, was not a Baptist University. In addition to not being [...]
