Recently, I spoke with a Messianic regarding the Sabbath. It was in this conversation in which I realized why I left Messianic Judaism seventeen years ago. That seems like a strange thing to say because surely, I knew seventeen years ago. Yes, I did, but there was a paradigmatic shift that I didn’t recognize thenContinue reading “Paradigm Shift Behind the 8th Day Sabbath”
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Van Fraassen’s Approach to Epistemology
Kant famously wrote that David Hume woke him from his “dogmatic slumber.” I had my own philosophical awakening after reading Bas Van Fraassen’s “The Empirical Stance.” I found him to be a fascinating creature, though I agreed with very little of what he wrote. Nonetheless, he inspired my current trajectory, so today I’m reviewing theContinue reading “Van Fraassen’s Approach to Epistemology”
Why Paradigms are not Relativistic
I started this blog with a series on paradigms. While I have moved on to discuss topics such as ontology, Aristotelianism, and Euthryphro’s Dilemma, I want to circle back to explain why paradigms are not relativistic. Chalmers’ Criticism A strong opposition to Kuhn is that some view his paradigms as relativistic, which, according to philosopherContinue reading “Why Paradigms are not Relativistic”
Luther’s Revolution
For those just joining, I’m doing a blog series on Christian paradigms using the paradigm framework established by Thomas Kuhn. In an earlier post, I explained the phases in paradigms—pre-paradigmatic phase, normal, crisis, and revolution. The first blog post gives an overview of Kuhn’s paradigms as it applies to science and how I connected hisContinue reading “Luther’s Revolution”
The Reformed Paradigm 