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About Prof. William E. Carroll
Prof. William E. Carroll is Visiting Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (Wuhan, China).
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“Who’s to say?” On Faith, Reason, and Being Subject to Truth

January 9, 2025 Prof. William E. Carroll 13

It is a common view that in social situations, one ought to avoid discussions that concern religion and politics. Such an injunction has its roots in fundamental confusions about judgments concerning right and wrong, good […]

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Battling for the souls in a soulless age

September 18, 2023 Prof. William E. Carroll 21

Speaking in Alaska on September 11, 2023, President Biden noted that the terrorists responsible for killing so many people 22 years ago “could not touch what no force, no enemy, no day ever could, and […]

Features

The Condemnations of Paris and the Christian origins of modern science

May 24, 2023 Prof. William E. Carroll 6

One of the more widely accepted narratives of the modern world locates its origins in the 17th century with the emancipation of the natural sciences both from the antiquated natural philosophy and metaphysics of Aristotle […]

Essay

Unity and diversity: Geometry in secular and sacred realms

March 7, 2021 Prof. William E. Carroll 6

Many years ago, when teaching an introductory course in the humanities, I mentioned that a particular claim about the world was true ut in pluribus. The Latin means “for the most part,” or, more literally, […]

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The Science of Nothing

April 10, 2012 Prof. William E. Carroll 0

Why is it so important for believers to affirm that in creating all that is God does not work with or use anything at all—nothing, that is, other than his own omnipotence? When the doctrine […]

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