This is a summary of what I hope will turn into a larger project I. The Metaphysics of AI In the first section, I will deal with the metaphysics of artificial intelligence by dealing with its structure on how it...

Within doctrine, there are two poles which stand against each other and form the oppositional nature of paradox. The tendency of the mind is to seek to unify these poles, to make them one so as to resolve the paradox....

I often think about naive optimism that is present in country music. The main song that comes to mind is one in which the main line is, “I believe most people are good.” While I enjoy the general feel of...

It seems likely that most of what we know now about technology and the universe will eventually give way to new theories and new insights. It is also safe to assume that not only have we begun the quest to...

Paradox is one of the central structures of the mysteries of the Catholic faith. The way these paradoxes are traditionally formulated is “both/and.” For example, Jesus Christ is both fully divine and fully human. Likewise, the Most Holy Trinity is...

The saint becomes utterly unique in making manifest Christ Jesus, for he imitates not man but the divine archetype. He steps out in faith beyond himself by denying himself. He is stripped of all attachments to self and in the...

In modern times, the fundamental assumption is that all religions are relatively equal in that they provide similar frameworks for ethics (though it is becoming ever clearer that this is not the case). In an age in which secular, non-affiliation...

St. Ephraim - Poet, Theologian, Prophet As with most ancient authors, much ink has been spilled about St. Ephraim, often referred to as the Harp of the Holy Spirit, and there is many questions surrounding what St. Ephraim wrote and...

One of the fundamental challenges facing postmodernism in America is that the deconstruction of hierarchy and archetypes has made for bad art. At first, it was new edgy. Take everything from visual art to cinema and you see an early...