In a world of order like ours, some things are this, others that. In a chaotic world, all is undefined and undifferentiated. Whatever the topic, skeptics and subjectivists are wont to undo that fundamental childhood skill of discriminating between shapes, and animals, and boys and girls. If we are able to successfully trace reality along its seams, the skeptic’s epistemological pessimism is defeated and the subjectivist’s world-making is constrained. Today, for those who want to transcend our innate and created sexes, fuzzying the lines between male and female is the order of the day. The strategy goes like this. Instead of working from clear cases to understand edge cases, the chaos agent argues from edge cases to deny there is any order or categories at all. Science News offers a typical example: “Biological Sex Is Not as Simple as Male or Female”. Surveying a variety of developmental sexual disorders and anomalies, Nathan Lents concludes: “These are not hard categories with clear definitions.”
In a world of order like ours, some things are this, others that. In a chaotic world, all is undefined and undifferentiated. Whatever the topic, skeptics and subjectivists are wont to undo that fundamental childhood skill of discriminating between shapes, and animals, and boys and girls. If we are able to successfully trace reality along its seams, the skeptic’s epistemological pessimism is defeated and the subjectivist’s world-making is constrained. Today, for those who want to transcend our innate and created sexes, fuzzying the lines between male and female is the order of the day. The strategy goes like this. Instead of working from clear cases to understand edge cases, the chaos agent argues from edge cases to deny there is any order or categories at all. Science News offers a typical example: “Biological Sex Is Not as Simple as Male or Female”. Surveying a variety of developmental sexual disorders and anomalies, Nathan Lents concludes: “These are not hard categories with clear definitions.”
In a world of order like ours, some things are this, others that. In a chaotic world, all is undefined and undifferentiated. Whatever the topic, skeptics and subjectivists are wont to undo that fundamental childhood skill of discriminating between shapes, and animals, and boys and girls. If we are able to successfully trace reality along its seams, the skeptic’s epistemological pessimism is defeated and the subjectivist’s world-making is constrained. Today, for those who want to transcend our innate and created sexes, fuzzying the lines between male and female is the order of the day. The strategy goes like this. Instead of working from clear cases to understand edge cases, the chaos agent argues from edge cases to deny there is any order or categories at all. Science News offers a typical example: “Biological Sex Is Not as Simple as Male or Female”. Surveying a variety of developmental sexual disorders and anomalies, Nathan Lents concludes: “These are not hard categories with clear definitions.”
Some things are this, and others are that. Some things are not like the others. We learn this. We know this. We depend upon our ability to discriminate between this and that. In a chaotic world, all is undefined and undifferentiated. Skeptics, subjectivists, and other agents of chaos are wont to undo that fundamental childhood skill of discriminating between spheres and triangles, lions and tigers, and boys and girls. If we are able to measure and cut reality along its seams, the skeptic’s epistemological pessimism is defeated. The subjectivist’s world-making is constrained. Today, for those who want to transcend our innate sexes, fuzzying the lines between male and female is the order of the day. The strategy goes like this. Instead of working from clear cases to understanding edge cases, the chaos agent argues from edge cases to deny there is any order or categories at all. Science News offers a typical example: “Biological Sex Is Not as Simple as Male or Female”. Surveying a variety of developmental sexual disorders and anomalies, Nathan Lents provides the conclusion: “These are not hard categories with clear definitions.”
In a chaotic world, all is undefined and undifferentiated. In a world of order, some things are this, others that. Whatever the topic, skeptics and subjectivists are wont to undo that fundamental childhood skill of discriminating between shapes, and animals, and boys and girls. If we are able to successfully delineate reality at its seams, the skeptic’s epistemological pessimism is defeated and the subjectivist’s creativity is constrained. Today, for those who want to transcend our innate and created sexes, male and female, fuzzying the lines is imperative. The strategy goes like this. Instead of working from clear cases to understand edge cases, the chaos agent argues from edge cases to deny there is any order or categories at all. Science News offers a typical example: “Biological Sex Is Not as Simple as Male or Female”. Surveying a variety of developmental sexual disorders and anomalies, Nathan Lents concludes: “These are not hard categories with clear definitions.”
In a chaotic world, all is undefined and undifferentiated. In a world of order, some things are this, others that. Whatever the topic, skeptics and subjectivists are wont to undo that fundamental childhood skill of discriminating between shapes, and animals, and boys and girls. If we are able to successfully delineate reality at its seams, the skeptic’s epistemological pessimism is defeated and the subjectivist’s creativity is constrained. Today, for those who want to transcend our innate and created sexes, male and female, fuzzying the lines is essential. The strategy goes like this. Instead of arguing from clear categorical cases to understand edge cases, the chaos agent argues from edge cases to deny the categories. A typical example of this strategy is at Science News, “Biological Sex Is Not as Simple as Male or Female”.
Professor Henry F. (Fritz) Schaefer is one of the most distinguised physical scientists in the world. The U.S. News and World Report cover story of December 23, 1991 speculated that Professor Schaefer is a “five time nominee for the Nobel Prize. “He has received five of the most prestigious awards of the American Chemical Society, as well as the most highly esteemed award (the Centenary Medal) given to a non-British subject by London’s Royal Society of Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Moreover, his general interest lectures on science and religion have riveted large audiences in nearly all the major universities in the U.S.A. and in Beijing, Berlin, Budapest, Calcutta, Cape Town, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Istanbul, London, Paris, Prague, Sarajevo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sofia, St. Petersburg, Sydney, Tokyo, Warsaw, Zagreb and Zurich. In the present book, Dr. Schaefer’s university lectures have been expanded to full length essays. Thus we have a first-hand account of the lively current science/Christianity discussions by one of the major participants. Finally, the present book describes why and how Dr. Schaefer became a Christian as a young professor of chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. Throughout, the books retains the highly personal character of the university lectures, general respect for those with whom the author disagrees, and a delightful sense of humor.