Tag: "free will & determinism"

Seven Samurai

See a cinematic classic from a post-Hegelian perspective. Danny O’Donnell reviews Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai.
[Issue 55: May/June 2006: Films]

Human Acts in Islamic Philosophy

Are our actions really free or are they determined by God’s will? Imadaldin Al-Jubouri on a controversy that divided Muslim philosophers.
[Issue 47: August/September 2004: Philosophy of Religion]

On Real and Artificial Flowers

by Chengde Chen
[Issue 45: March/April 2004: Poetry]

Sartre & Peanuts

Nathan Radke claims that Charlie Brown is an existentialist.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Articles]

The Matrix Reloaded

Our movie maestro Thomas Wartenberg plugs himself into The Matrix Reloaded but says that philosophically, it was destined to be dull.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003: Films]

Human Freewill and Divine Predestination

Antony Flew untangles some confusion about David Hume, St Thomas Aquinas and the fiery fate of the damned.
[Issue 40: March/April 2003: Articles]

The Nun’s Priest’s Tale

Les Reid on sex, freedom and literature.
[Issue 39: December 2002 / January 2003: Articles]

Born Free

Trevor Emmott reports on a future project to create perfect freedom.
[Issue 36: June/July 2002: Short Story]

C.S. Lewis, God and the Problem of Evil

C.S. Lewis, author of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, was a tireless academic defender of Christianity. Antony Flew examines his views on free will and evil.
[Issue 26: April/May 2000: Articles]

Free will & Predestination

Ralph Blumenau argues that there is more to the doctrine of predestination than we might think. To support his theory he looks back to the teaching of Original Sinner St. Augustine.
[Issue 20: Spring 1998: Articles]