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Year: 2017
Relating Description and Explanation: The Case of Gregor Mendel
by David Fleischacker Description and Explanation: Mendel’s Pea Plants One good illustration of the dynamic relationship between description and explanation is found in Mendel’s breakthrough […]
Questions about the Relationship of Description and Explanation.
by David Fleischacker One of the areas that I have found to need further articulation in Lonergan’s writings is that of the scope and the […]
Light and Transcendence
If you glance through the liturgy of the hours and the divine office, you will notice the frequency that the word light is used. Of […]
The Conversion of Memory and Intentionality in St. Augustine’s Confessions
by David Fleischacker Last night, I met a seminarian who had been reading Saint Augustine’s Confessions and was discussing how much he liked the last […]
Indwelling
By David Fleischacker I am aware of at least two theological teachings that make significant use of the notion of indwelling. The first deals with […]
Conscience, Saint Thomas More, and Dr. Peter Kreeft
Sorry this is late. I try to get these out as near to 3 pm on Fridays as possible, however yesterday, I was busy with […]
From Newton to Dalton: Physics to Chemistry
David Fleischacker, Ph.D. [May 26, 2009] If Newton’s physics and Dalton’s chemistry are related as a lower to a higher viewpoint, there must be some […]
When Does the Human Being Begin to Exist? Special Question 1: Is There a Valid Argument to Say that Human Life Begins at Implantation?
By Dr. David Fleischacker [This springs from a series of blogs titled “When does the human being begin to exist?” which I had written starting […]