(September 30, 2014 at 11:48 am)Chad32 Wrote: I wouldn't expect much from a book titled Escape from Reason. As if reason is a bad thing. Of course some people will claim it is, because it leads people away from superstition, but it's a red flag nonetheless.
Right -- but here's the kicker. In Schaeffer's version of things, modern philosophers (and intellectuals generally) are the ones who have escaped from reason. Schaeffer pushed the presuppositionalist line. In his view, he was restoring reason.
As I said, it was awful.
