Epistemic Theories and Metatheoretical Validation
This is Fr. Deacon Ananias’s most recent paper that he presented at the Society for Orthodox Philosophers in America (SOPHIA) Conference this February in Houston, TX.
Fr. Deacon Ananias
Is “Epistemology Naturalized” Really Epistemology?
An oldie but a goodie.
This is an old article I wrote back in Grad School. It explores various topics related to epistemology and the philosophy of science, focusing primarily on the philosopher W.O. Quine and his
Fr. Deacon Ananias
An Orthodox Critique of Natural Theology
This paper provides a philosophical critique of natural theology as it is commonly understood in the West. Since natural theology is said to be what the human mind by the “light of natural reason alone” can know about
Fr. Deacon Ananias
The Reason for Reason
This paper provides a philosophical analysis into the necessary conditions for the possibility of knowledge and explores what could satisfy these conditions so as to provide a sufficient justification criterion for the existence of knowledge. More specifically, I
Fr. Deacon Ananias
New Martyrs of Russia: An All American Feast Day
Millions upon millions of martyrs; a concrete number is hard to ascertain. Indeed, it is beyond staggering the multitude of lives that were lost to the new world of Secular-Humanistic Marxist dialectic materialism, not only in the former
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
Consequentialism and Autonomy versus the Good
As many of you know, not only do I serve as a deacon in the Orthodox Church, I also teach philosophy at college. This presents many interesting opportunities. Not only do I have the privilege of continuing my
Fr. Deacon Ananias
Sinister Psychosis and the Remembrance of God
Foundational to Christian living is the remembrance of God. Remembrance while waking. Remembrance while at work. Remembrance while fulfilling the duties of life. Remembrance while going to sleep. The Christian must be cultivating the remembrance of God in
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
A Man Above Harm, Freedom that Enslaves, and the Power of Phroneo
“Let this mind be in you …” (Phil. 2:5).
Mind, in the above instance in the Greek, phroneo. When applied to the Christian life it means, basically, to have understanding, to be wise. To think as to think
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
The Masters of Death Are Now the Ministers of Life?
True Christianity calls a person to total faith in God. A Christian must believe wholeheartedly that his life and his bodily death are in God’s hands. This does not mean such a one becomes reckless, no, rather, such
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
Speak and We Obey!
In times past, humanity was mindful of God. Sovereignty belongs to Him alone. Western civilization of olde was indisputably Christian. Inevitably it — civilization — was imperfect, there are no perfect institutions on earth. But it was governed
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
