Reality

Nov 23, 2018

The Clockwork Universe

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post. Today, we’ll be looking at the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton, whose approach to natural philosophy created a revolution, the effects of which are still being felt today. I will offer a brief snapshot of Newton’s life and thought, followed by some personal reflections on his contribution to Continue reading

Philosophy, Reality

faith, God, history, laws of motion, mathematics, natural philosophy, physics, Principia, religion, science, Sir Isaac Newton, Theology
Nov 16, 2018

Does God Make Scientific Errors?

In this week’s philosophy post we’ll be moving on from the Medieval period to look at the beginnings of modern science and the life and work of Nicolaus Copernicus. I will offer a snapshot of this scientific thinker whose work would challenge the very role of the Church, and the Bible, in society. Continue reading

Philosophy, Reality

astronomy, Bible, Copernican Revolution, faith, mathematics, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ptolemy, religion, science, Scripture, Spirituality, Theology
Jun 15, 2018

What is Scepticism?

Welcome to another instalment of quick-fire philosophy! Every Friday we take a brief look at the life and thought of an important philosopher from history, and I offer a few reflections on their ideas. Today we’re looking at Sextus Empiricus, a Roman Sceptic philosopher who lived around 160-210 CE. Continue reading

Philosophy, Reality

ethics, faith, God, morality, religion, Roman Empire, Roman philosophers, Scepticism, sceptics, Sextus Empiricus, Theology, truth
Mar 23, 2018

Do Ideas Exist in Reality?

In the last few Friday Philosophy posts we’ve been looking at the presocratics (that is, ancient Greek philosophers who lived and taught prior to Socrates). This week we’re moving on to a new category: the Eleatics. These philosophers are also presocratic, but are often grouped together separately as they all lived in the ancient town Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy, Reality

Eleatic school, faith, Greek philosophy, logic, metaphysics, Parmenides, presocratics, reason, religion, Theology
Mar 2, 2018

Reality as Numbers

In this week’s Friday Philosophy post we’re going to stay with the ancient Greeks and look at an idea by a man who we all know from mathematics lessons. Pythagoras of Samos lived around the mid-sixth century BC (we don’t know the exact dates) and like Thales who we looked at last week was a presocratic Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy, Reality

Christianity, faith, God, mathematics, Nostradamus, numerology, presocratics, Pythagoras, religion, Theology
Feb 23, 2018

Is Everything Made of Water?

Excuse the bizarre title and bear with me; it’ll make sense in a minute. This is my first Friday Philosophy post, and each week I’m going to be looking at a key idea from a renowned philosopher. We’ll start back in 620BC, which was the approximate birth date of Thales of Miletus, an ancient Greek Continue reading

Ancient Greece, God, Philosophy, Reality

Christianity, faith, Greek philosophy, nature, religion, science, Thales, Thales of Miletus, Theology, water

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My name is Steven Nicholas Colborne.
I’m a philosopher and author living in the United Kingdom. On this blog, I write about matters of philosophy and religion and share a variety of personal articles.

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The Clockwork Universe

Does God Make Scientific Errors?

What is Scepticism?

Do Ideas Exist in Reality?

Reality as Numbers

Is Everything Made of Water?

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