WOF 379: Pope Francis and the Dangers of Technocracy

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WOF 525: The Illative Sense (11 of 12)

Since the mind can infer truths of which it does not have certainty, what judges the validity of an inference in concrete matters? The Illative Sense. It is the power of judging and concluding when not having apodictic certainty. Bishop Barron explores Newman's analysis of the Il ...  Show more

WOF 524: The Dangers of Life Becoming Too Easy

In a recent episode of the Joe Rogan show, evolutionary biologist and public intellectual Bret Weinstein observed that two emerging features of contemporary societies, especially, though not exclusively in the West, are challenging the very meaning and purpose of human life: 1) t ...  Show more

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