Studies in Greek Language & Linguistics…
Andrew Keenan continues his investigations... In this section, I want to cover some of the broadest components of the Investigations and then how those components functioned as a precursor to much of modern linguistics. I also want to outline more specifically what Wittgenstein does to correct some of his earlier thought. It is of special... Continue Reading →
Wallace's Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics does not ascribe ontological status to his grammatical categories. Maybe that's a problem.
Finding Security in a Use Based Grammar and its Applications for Lexical Analysis
Can you imagine how much more complicated it could have been for Elmer Fudd to figure out if its rabbit season or duck season?
I need to post a few more quotes. These are excellent and worth reading - still from the first article: http://lsr.nellco.org/georgetown/fwps/papers/68/ My problem with consequentialism and utilitarianism has nothing to do with how they handle the hard cases and issues. Nor is my preference for deontological ethics based upon the hard cases either. My reasoning... Continue Reading →
In my previous post, John Hobbins helpfully pointed to an old post where the subject was discussed. David Luban of the Georgetown University Law Center, in the article I linked to previously, discussed what he terms the "classic paper on torture" by Henry Shue from 1978. Shue essentially held Hobbin's view that there is a... Continue Reading →
I don't have a television. I don't watch TV. So I only recently learned of the TV show 24, where hero Jack Bauer saves America on a weekly basis from terrorists. It was actually in a blog conversation that I won't link to. Now, I know that such discussions are not typically the subject on... Continue Reading →
This is a complex issue. I think we need to admit that it is a real problem. But I think its a problem for everyone - not just Christians and not just theists. Evil is a problem for the atheist and the agnostic as well. Its a problem and question I've never heard addressed or... Continue Reading →
I suppose I should say, ministers or those who do God's ministry...but "Paid Pastors" sounds better. That is to say, I think book applies to all of God's workers/ministers This post is a bit of a response to Alan Knox over at the The Assembling of the Church. Well, its only part response. I say... Continue Reading →
