First and foremost, note that Plato always wrote dialogues, and never attempted to produce a theoretical or scientific treatise. This is a big clue for me. From beginning to end, Plato was aware of the limits of theoretical and technical… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
Postmodernism - and is that term used much any more? - is simply a reiteration of the sophistic or the rhetorical worldview. — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
The great virtue, I think, of studying Aristotle - and, more importantly, taking him seriously as a possible teacher - is that he presents… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
It may well seem that Plato does suggest techne is the best model for moral knowledge. In other words, it may seem that his… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
Even before Plato, techne was conceived as knowledge of a determinate field that could be mastered by "the expert". Such a person becomes an… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
Anyone who studies the contemporary phenomenon of global warming, or who fears the insidious impact that the smartphone is having on our lives, or… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
Modern science is a vast attempt to homogenize the universe. Aristotelian science, by contrast, remains faithful to our lived experience, and thus conceives of… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
The earth is, of course, not the geometric center of the universe. But it is certainly the center of our lives. — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
First and foremost, note that Plato always wrote dialogues, and never attempted to produce a theoretical or scientific treatise. This is a big clue… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
If you want to understand what it means to be afraid, what fear as experienced by human beings is, then your focus must shift.… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
Mathematics is realm altogether, one that is cold, hard, objective, necessary, clear and thus utterly non-human. Nonetheless, it is enormously useful as a means,… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
We live in a technocratic culture. We worship at the altar of technology. Our lives are increasingly shaped by the machinations of the techies.… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
In our lives a dog is a dog rather than a former wolf, and it surely is not a cat, a difference that means… — David Roochnik Copy Share Image
