Denison Forum
Dr. Jim Denison
Cultural commentator Jonah Goldberg wrote recently that we now live in a “philodoxical” rather than a “philosophical” age. “Philodoxy” means “love of opinion,” while “philosophy” means “love of wisdom.”
According to Goldberg, “We live in a moment where reality is a matter of opinion, where the ‘ought’ crowds out the ‘is,’ and where opinion is a substitute for what is real.” He warns that this “will only get worse as more and more of life moves to screens, where images and ideas can be tailored to what we want to see and hear.”
This should not surprise us in a postmodern culture that has jettisoned objective truth and morality. Since wisdom is the application of truth to life, if we no longer believe in objective truth, we can no longer have wisdom. More Here
