By: Jay Dyer We often hear from those dominated by the notion of “science” so-called that models of reality can never be a grand narrative again, as well as that the conceptual framework utilized to...

By: Jay Dyer [Note: This is an old paper I wrote that still holds up.  It shows the need modern philosophy has for metaphysics and exemplarism.] By: Jay The famed skeptic-empiricist, David Hume (1771-1776), concluded...

By: Jay Dyer In January of 2014, IMF Chief Christine Lagarde gave a speech that was lost on most of her audience and amongst the media. She stated: “Now, I’m going to test your numerology...

 Traditional philosophy and metaphysics Ep 7 picks up with a discussion of natural theology, natural law, its true and false senses and contexts and how the world cannot be properly interpreted without special revelation....

By: Jay Dyer (2015) I recently opined in an interview my analysis of the alteration of western thought’s views about essence/ousia, matter and form, should be focused on the difference in Plato and Aristotle.  Eastern...

By: Jay Dyer Famous philosopher Thomas Nagel recently published a book questioning the hallowed dogma of strict, reductionist materialism.  I have not read the book, but a philosopher friend recommended it to me.  It’s nice...

By: Jay Dyer Ours is the great transition age. For the masses, the glowing assumption is that the revolutionary period we are undergoing is the work of a long, evolutionary process of “natural progress.” Wandering about...

By: Jay Dyer For millennia rulers have governed through stoking of fear of internal and external threats. While in tribal societies the external (and sometimes internal) threat was very real, the plebeian mind remained fixated on the dialectic of...

See my analysis of True Detective Season 2 here. By: Jay Dyer The first season of True Detective captivated the viewing public this year, topped only by Breaking Bad in attention and critical praise.  While...

  By: Jay Dyer In a long line of odd kids’ movies from the 80s we’ve detailed, an important missing piece from the to-do list has been Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits. I grew up with...