Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart

Traditionalist conservatives and classical liberals need Charles Darwin. They need him because a Darwinian science of human nature supports Burkean conservatives and Lockean liberals in their realist view of human imperfectibility, and in their commitment to ordered liberty as rooted in natural desires, cultural traditions, and prudential judgments. Arnhart's email address is larnhart1@niu.edu.

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Mystical Experience Through Ecstatic Epilepsy Triggered in the Anterior Insula

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People with ecstatic epilepsy have epileptic auras in which they have mystical experiences.  In recent years, there has been growing evidenc...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

C. S. Lewis on the Fringes of Mysticism

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I have been wondering whether evolutionary psychology and cognitive science can explain the varieties of religious experience.  In particula...
Sunday, February 11, 2024

The Failure of C. S. Lewis's Moral Argument for God

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 In Mark St. Germain's play "Freud's Last Session," but not in the movie, there is one scene where Freud and Lewis disagre...
Saturday, February 10, 2024

Did C. S. Lewis's Natural Desire for Joy Show the Supernatural Reality of God and Heaven? The Evolutionary Psychology of Religious Experience

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The end of the movie--but not the stage play--"Freud's Last Session" suggests that Freud has been persuaded by Lewis's Arg...
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Saturday, February 03, 2024

Can Socratic Argument Prove the Existence of God? C. S. Lewis's Answer

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Before I examine Lewis's argument from desire for the existence of God, I should explain what Lewis thought generally about rational arg...
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Sunday, January 28, 2024

The Argument from Desire: C. S. Lewis in "Freud's Last Session"

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RATIONAL CHRISTIANITY? "I am not asking anyone to accept Christianity if his best reasoning tells him that the weight of the evidence i...
Sunday, January 14, 2024

Are Religious Believers Happier Than Unbelievers? Sigmund Freud Debates C. S. Lewis

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                                                        The Trailer for "Freud's Last Session" In 2012, I wrote some  posts  o...
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