Dr Paul Allen

Auguste Comte (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Psalm 19 “The heavens declare the glory of God , and the sky above proclaims his handiwork” ( v. 1 ). Metaphysics is the study of that which transcends the physical realm accessed by our five senses . Every worldview has its own answer to the single most important metaphysical question: What principle makes sense of the diversity of creation? Is there something that explains the existence of the universe and demonstrates how the tremendous variety of “things” (dogs, stars, flowers, sand, and so on) all fit together as pieces of the whole? Christian theology has always said that this unifying principle is the Creator who stands above all things. God is the one who makes sense of everything. Non- Christian philosophers have suggested that an abstract concept, such as reason serves as the unifying principle. The nineteenth-century French thinker Auguste Comte was dissatisfied with both theological and philosophical views of metaphysics an...

Auguste Comte (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Psalm 19 "The heavens declare the glory of God , and the sky above proclaims his handiwork" ( v. 1 ). Metaphysics is the study of that which transcends the physical realm accessed by our five senses . Every worldview has its own answer to the single most important metaphysical question: What principle makes sense of the diversity of creation? Is there something that explains the existence of the universe and demonstrates how the tremendous variety of "things" (dogs, stars, flowers, sand, and so on) all fit together as pieces of the whole? Christian theology has always said that this unifying principle is the Creator who stands above all things. God is the one who makes sense of everything. Non- Christian philosophers have suggested that an abstract concept, such as reason serves as the unifying principle. The nineteenth-century French thinker Auguste Comte was dissatisfied with both theological and philosophical vie...