Elson, a journalist who was for many years the Religion editor for Time, passed away quietly at the age of 78, on September 7th. He had been ill for two years.
Elson made his big splash in April 1966, when Time ran a cover story he had written. The question on the cover of that issue -- in big red letters against stark black background -- was: "Is God dead?"
Those who got beyond the provocative title read an essay that was rueful and scholarly. Read the obit here.
Knowledge is warranted belief -- it is the body of belief that we build up because, while living in this world, we've developed good reasons for believing it. What we know, then, is what works -- and it is, necessarily, what has worked for us, each of us individually, as a first approximation. For my other blog, on the struggles for control in the corporate suites, see www.proxypartisans.blogspot.com.
Knowledge is warranted belief -- it is the body of belief that we build up because, while living in this world, we've developed good reasons for believing it. What we know, then, is what works -- and it is, necessarily, what has worked for us, each of us individually, as a first approximation. For my other blog, on the struggles for control in the corporate suites, see www.proxypartisans.blogspot.com.
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