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Latter-day Saint Philosopher

Discipleship, scholarship, and faith

Author: Jeffrey Thayne

September 25, 2017 Uncategorized

The Ancient Roots of Person Truth

This entry is part 3 of 17 in the series Who Is Truth?

The differences between idea-truth and person-truth can be mapped onto differences between ancient Greek and Hebrew thought. For many Greek

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February 28, 2017 Uncategorized

Introduction

This entry is part 1 of 17 in the series Who Is Truth?

Our questions may have hidden assumptions that tilt us towards doubt. By examining those assumptions, we may be able to re-frame those questions in ways that tilt us towards faith.

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June 26, 2013 Uncategorized

Why I Support Traditional Marriage

This blog post has led me to create a new website — www.discussingmarriage.org — that discusses these arguments (and many

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March 4, 2013 Uncategorized

Example of Rogerianism in the News

Here’s an article from KSL this morning that illustrates Rogerianism in action: http://www.ksl.com/?sid=24264159&nid=1010&title=when-your-child-rejects-your-religion-dos-and-donts&fm=home_page&s_cid=queue-4 Basically, the impression I get from this is

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February 25, 2013 Uncategorized

Ideals and Family

Many people complain about our focus on the nuclear family and different gender roles, because so many Latter-day Saints find

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February 6, 2013 Uncategorized

The 2 Sigma Problem

Today, I would like to share my notes from an article I just read by the educator Benjamin Bloom. All

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January 20, 2013 Uncategorized

Critiquing Gospel Teaching

I have a curse. I’ve been doing graphic design on the side for a number of years now. I’ve studied

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January 17, 2013 Uncategorized

Multi-age classrooms

Salman Khan makes some fascinating remarks in his book The One World Schoolhouse: Arguable, this separation by age is the

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January 15, 2013 Uncategorized

Rogers and the Modern Worldview

At this point in the series, many people might respond, “Ok, that’s all well and good—but how does this effect

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January 14, 2013 Uncategorized

On “Trait” Personality Theories

A friend of mine recently asked me, “How do you feel about Personality Type theories? What role do you think personality

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