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 into genetics. Description to recall […]...
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 relationship of explanation and description. […]...
Off for August
FYI — I will not be posting blogs during this August, 2017....
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 course, it is in the […]...
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 section (book 10 and on) […]...
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 the indwelling of God in […]...
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 a guest we had the […]...
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 point of contact, just as […]...
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 in December, 2007. I had […]...
Lonergan and the Shift to Method
by David Fleischacker Method can be looked at as technique. This of course entirely misses the meaning of method as Lonergan conceived of it. For Lonergan, method is a […]...