epistemology

Apr 4, 2022

Truth and Certainty

We experience a sense of certainty in relation to different ideas at different times in our lives. Often, those things that we believe to be true when we are younger cease to make sense as we grow older and life experiences expose us to different ideas and belief systems. The experience of feeling certainty about Continue reading

Philosophy

Christianity, divine sovereignty, epistemology, faith, Free Will, God, Islam, metaphysics, modes of mind, psychology, religion, Spirituality, Theology
Aug 19, 2020

What is Wisdom and Who is Wise?

Age is often equated with wisdom. This belief is based on the idea that knowledge is something which is accumulated, but I dispute this. I don’t believe knowledge and experience are things that are stored up, as many people believe, in the cells of our brains. I don’t believe that in any given moment a Continue reading

Philosophy

Christianity, epistemology, faith, God, knowledge, neuroscience, old and wise, religion, Spirituality, the cosmic animator, the human brain, Theology, wisdom
Apr 6, 2018

Can We Know Anything?

Welcome to this week’s Friday Philosophy post! Today we open up a new chapter in our investigations into some of philosophy’s biggest ideas with a look at Socrates, one of the most famous philosophers of all time. Unlike many of the presocratics we’ve been looking at, we know quite a lot about Socrates, mostly from Continue reading

Ancient Greece, Philosophy

Academics, epistemology, ethics, faith, God, knowledge, philosophers, religion, science, Socrates, Theology, truth
Nov 25, 2016

The Authority of Scripture

The question of authority in matters of faith is important for any believer in God to consider. How can we know with any degree of certainty what God expects of us? Within Christianity specifically, we have to consider whether the Bible is infallible and inerrant and should be considered the sole rule of faith for Continue reading

Doctrine, God, Scripture

Bible, Christianity, epistemology, faith, Holy Bible, interpretation, the Gospel, Theology, truth

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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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