(October 21, 2017 at 8:55 pm)Astreja Wrote:(October 21, 2017 at 8:50 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: Reminds me of a book my first wife's parents once bought me: Escape From Reason by Francis Schaeffer, the Evangelical "intellectual" of his day. It purported to show how modern philosophy had lost its way and had led us all to the cultural malaise and relativism that threatened to undermine civilization (read: proper Christian Civilization). It was awful in a fascinating way. If I recall correctly, he 'disposed' of Kant in something like two or three pages and Hume in the same amount of space. His treatment of every major thinker he dealt with was equally ham-handed, undiscerning, incomplete, dishonest, and shameful.
Oh, that's nasty shit. My first encounter with Kant was unproductive because I didn't have the patience to slog through Critique of Pure Reason at the time (and donated the book so that someone else could have a go of it). However, a 3-page treatment of Kant in the context of Schaeffer's book is utterly shameful.
Yes, but it provides a unique glimpse into the Evangelical world of ideas. No wonder there are so many Evangelicals running around, thinking they have a handle on philosophy, science, and history. They are peddled books by supposed authorities on these subjects -- books, many of which can be comfortably read in a sitting or two -- and then sent out into the big, bad world to do battle with these cultural hobgoblins that exist mostly in their imaginations.
It's sad.
