MrStakhanovite wrote:Hey Jason,
I don’t want to give you the impression that I think it’s Mormons who themselves are shallow in thought. I think the Church polices itself in such a way as to ensure that it remains so. I don’t doubt that the entire faculty in the department of philosophy at BYU isn’t staffed by awesome people, who really have neat ideas and interesting perspectives. I also don’t doubt that they belong to a church organization that ensures all those thoughtful opinions stay behind closed doors, and not in written form on book shelves where guys like you can benefit from them.
Fair enough. However as mentioned above there are some good books on philosophical issues that are not under wraps. I mentioned Blake Ostler's series above. Also there are some very good papers by David Paulsen as well.
Milkwut, just Getting started on the book.