The Idrealist: What Harvard Taught Me Without Meaning To
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Lauren Mandaville | ISBN: | 9781370929696 |
| Publisher: | Lauren Mandaville | Publication: | February 18, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Lauren Mandaville |
| ISBN: | 9781370929696 |
| Publisher: | Lauren Mandaville |
| Publication: | February 18, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Modern society and modern education have become hopelessly entangled in reductionism, the idea that the world can be reduced to a series of influences or forces, or ultimately a chain of quantum interactions. This firstly, does not fit the reality we live in, and secondly, discards something even more important than logic: idealism. As I went through my studies at Harvard, I encountered reductionism, in which atheism and methodological naturalism invariably result, at every turn. I eventually rejected it in all its forms, along with its underlying assumptions, and I would invite you to do the same. We need God – not only to be rational, but to be human.
Modern society and modern education have become hopelessly entangled in reductionism, the idea that the world can be reduced to a series of influences or forces, or ultimately a chain of quantum interactions. This firstly, does not fit the reality we live in, and secondly, discards something even more important than logic: idealism. As I went through my studies at Harvard, I encountered reductionism, in which atheism and methodological naturalism invariably result, at every turn. I eventually rejected it in all its forms, along with its underlying assumptions, and I would invite you to do the same. We need God – not only to be rational, but to be human.
