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An Evaluation of Reevaluations
No full textIn his influential essay "Two Dogmas of Empiricism," W. V. Quine attacks two "dogmas" that have "conditioned... modern empiricism" (2002, p.176). Rejecting these two dogmas leads Quine to make two further claims: he constructs a complex model of human belief states and asserts, "total science... is underdetermined by experience" (2002, p.191). Larry Laudan\u27s 1990 essay "Demystifying underdetermination" hopes to cast doubt upon the "broad implications that many writers... draw" (Laudan 1990, p.271) from Quine\u27s claims in "Two Dogmas." I first attempt to expound key components of Quine\u27s essay so that its relationship to Laudan\u27s criticism can be better understood; further, I attempt to show that although Laudan\u27s discussion of "Two Dogmas" successfully invalidates implications that have been drawn from the work, it ignores key aspects of the work itself, misleading the reader
Whose Problem Is It Anyway? The Depiction of Syrian Refugee Influx in Political Cartoons
Get PDFIn Isolating Dissent, Punishing the Masses: Siege Warfare as Counter-Insurgency, Will Todman analyses the intricate relationship between the nature of the Syrian regime and the military tactics it opted to use to supress those opposed to it, both during the insurgency phase, and the subsequent civil war. Sieges were effective because they allowed the regime to make optimal use of its military advantage. Once you have a segment of the population in a restricted area, you not only control food and medical supplies, but you can also unleash an indiscriminate bombardment campaign, as the regime indeed did. Todman provides a historic context to the use of these tactics by the Syrian regime (i.e. Hama), and addresses the important question of whether or not siege warfare helped the regime surive
What is the significance of poetry for theology today?
Get PDFJoan Jones begins this essay by exploring what is meant by the terms ‘theology’ and ‘poetry’. ‘Theology’ is defined as the disciplined attempts of human beings to understand God. That is, the effort to understand how the world is affected by God’s presence and activity, what kind of God he is, and what his purpose is. Jones then turns to how a knowledge of God might be expressed. Might this be poetically? This could be of help in theology’s disciplined search for perfect expression. The fact is, however, that theology and poetry have always worked together, be it in Scripture, liturgy or psalms and hymns. In turn, poetry often expresses theological truths. Is poetry, then, more significant than theology in the early twenty-first century? Jones answers this question by observing that, currently, personal self-definition is much more likely to take place through subjective means than through social objectivity, as was once the case. Jones concludes by pointing to the great outpouring of new liturgy evidenced in praise songs and poetry, which demonstrate both the potential of faith’s reality and relevance and its significance for twenty-first-century theology
