Ep. 20 The Simpleminded Society: Fact vs. Opinion

<p><strong>In the third installment of our season entitled, "The Simpleminded Society," Ryan deconstructs human objectivity, displaying the negative consequences that flow from it, and reconstructs a working understanding of human subjectivity, demonstrating its many advantages. </strong></p>"<em>All human knowledge is a synthesis of subject &amp; object. No one gets to the object in an unmediated manner; no one retrieves the object as it truly is in itself. There are no detached observers (which is what a lot of people believe that scientists are). Knowledge is relational, involving a relationship between subject and object, whereby the subject contributes to the knowledge of the object through natural self-projection. Only God, if such a being exists, knows objectively, a being who sees all things as they are—past, present, and future—simultaneously and in eternity, outside of the subjective conditions of space-time."</em><p><br><strong>About Ryan, Host of </strong><strong><em>Thinker Sensitive</em></strong><strong>:<br></strong><br>Ryan Ragozine is the host of <em>Thinker Sensitive</em>. He is passionate about ecumenical dialogue, inter-religious dialogue, and worldview engagement. He is a major proponent of civil discourse, free thinking, free speech, and ethical communication. Ryan has always been preoccupied with big ideas and big questions. He holds a B.A. in Theology and an M.A. in Philosophy. While in seminary, Ryan had the privilege of studying under Michael Peterson, editor and author of several <em>philosophy of religion</em> texts published by Cambridge, Oxford, and the University of Notre Dame—most notably in the subcategories of <em>religion and science</em>, <em>the problem of evil</em>, and <em>C.S. Lewis</em> scholarship. Ryan and his wife are huge advocates of Christian hospitality, running a house church that welcomed people from all different backgrounds and belief systems for about five years before eventually taking over at <em>Thinker Sensitive</em>.</p><p><strong>Links:</strong><