Critical Thinking

Top 10 Ideas in My Book Christian Endgame

July 24, 2018

With common reports of terrorism, various natural disasters, and even potential nuclear war, people are again fascinated with the subject of the end of...

Education

by Kenneth Samples Read

Living Life Looking at a Screen

April 10, 2018

How much of your day is spent looking at a screen? Remember that “screen” includes smartphones, computers, tablets, televisions, movies, jumbotrons, video games, digital...

Logic & Reason

by Kenneth Samples Read

Philosophy’s Most Famous Quotations, Part 3

March 13, 2018

I love ideas. And I love thinking about them. One of the fundamental reasons I study philosophy is that I believe ideas really matter....

Logic & Reason

by Kenneth Samples Read

Argument from Desire and Abductive Reasoning

January 30, 2018

One way human beings clearly differ from the animals is in their inner existential longings. Many people describe experiencing an innermost yearning for a...

People

by Kenneth Samples Read

Can Sounds Be Evil?

November 7, 2017

I had a thoughtful student respectfully take issue with me over the topic of whether sound or instrumental music (music without lyrics) could be...

Theology

by Kenneth Samples Read

Logic as an Intellectual Navigation System, Part 2

August 15, 2017

In logic, an “argument” is not a spat or a fight that you might have with your spouse or with a sibling.

Logic & Reason

by Kenneth Samples Read

Logic as an Intellectual Navigation System, Part 1

August 1, 2017

The study of logic doesn’t actually teach a person to think—people do that intuitively and instinctively. Rather, instruction in logic teaches a person to...

Logic & Reason

by Kenneth Samples Read

Two Movies to Make You Think in 2017

January 3, 2017

Why do you go to the movies? For many people it is for sheer enjoyment or to escape for a few hours from life's...

Logic & Reason

by Kenneth Samples Read