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	<title>Academic Renewal</title>
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		<title>Contemporary Biases of History</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every culture must have a history to support it, or it is unsustainable.   This is the great American, and even pan-Western problem of the moment. We no longer believe in a history which supports who we are.   Is this because we are bad, or is it because we are starting with the wrong end point [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.academicrenewal.org/2009/01/contemporary-biases-of-history/</link>
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		<title>How You Can Be Deceived</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The instruments of the Academy have been designed to promote discovery of a factual and authoritative view of the world, and we should recognize that many of its members are working hard to do just that, recognizing the limitations of human knowledge. Unfortunately the traditional ideas of academic discourse and freedom have come under some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.academicrenewal.org/2008/12/how-you-can-be-deceived/</link>
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		<title>Beware the False Dichotomies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One strategy of the enemy in academic argumentation is the false dichotomy: two choices exist, at either end of the spectrum, and you are forced to choose one. But what if neither one is right? Or what if both are right? Consider these examples: 1. Philosophy- empiricist or rationalist? 2. Economics- capitalist or socialist? 3. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.academicrenewal.org/2008/12/beware-the-false-dichotomies/</link>
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		<title>Debunking Modern Philosophy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The canon of Western Philosophy is interesting because it forms a pretty clear story.  The early Western philosophers, the ancient Greeks, were rationalistic and deductive.  The medieval/renaissance philosophers were basically Catholic theologians.  The modern philosophers were empirical, skeptical, and secular.  The late modern philosophers were atheist and starting to toy with relativism.  The most recent [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.academicrenewal.org/2008/12/debunking-modern-philosophy/</link>
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		<title>The Nature of Academic Discourse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[College students are often frustrated by professors and textbooks that seem to be speaking in a foreign language.   This &#8220;foreign language&#8221; has both positive and negative aspects.   First, it is important to recognize that it is necessary.   Each academic discipline has its own vocabulary because it is trying to discuss a different part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.academicrenewal.org/2008/12/the-nature-of-academic-discourse/</link>
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		<title>Humanism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In psychological circles, &#8220;humanism&#8221; refers to man&#8217;s innate goodness.  In contrast to Christian theology, which posits man as a naturally depraved, sinful creature, secular psychology prefers to assume that man is essentially good.  Data interpretation, then, is carefully gerrymandered to protect this claim. Why secular psychology has taken this route is interesting, since historically psychologists [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.academicrenewal.org/2008/12/humanism/</link>
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		<title>Methodological Naturalism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Psychology, as a science, is built upon methodological naturalism.  Challenge the naturalism, and you can&#8217;t be a psychologist.  At least, not in the Academy.  Methodological naturalism means that only empirical data is admissible to support a scientific hypothesis, and that only naturalistic (sensory, visible, testable) conclusions are viable science.  No supernatural allowed.  And no untestable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.academicrenewal.org/2008/12/methodological-naturalism/</link>
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		<title>Cultural Anthropology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cultural Anthropology is getting more popular these days, especially as globalism prompts the Western world to open up more to the Non-west. We are getting to be smarter world citizens, and seeing that very important histories parallel our own. And not only are there good stories, but there are tragic ones too… stories of people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.academicrenewal.org/2008/12/cultural-anthropology-2/</link>
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		<title>Physics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The universe is an astounding thing. The more insight we get into it, the more we all marvel. Physics is responsible for our glimpse into the universe, and for our knowledge about natural laws and forces. It is considered the ground of &#8220;hard sciences&#8221; because the laws and forces uncovered influence systems involved in chemistry, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.academicrenewal.org/2008/12/physics/</link>
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		<title>Reasonable Christian Belief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you go to college, you are separated not only from your parents, but also from your community and your church.  You essentially enter a free form existence defined by peers in your same situation and professors.   During this time you will make the decisions which ultimately set the course for the rest of your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.academicrenewal.org/2008/12/reasonable-christian-belief/</link>
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