DAVID BIRNBAUM METAPHYSICS
DAVID BIRNBAUM PHILOSOPHY
ALPHA: Lay–of–the–Land
Where did it all come from? (question of 5 year–old)
Why is there anything at all? (5 year-old in Private School kindergarten…future Talmud scholar)
What are the origins of the cosmos? (Cosmogony)
[inter-related with…]
What triggered the “Big Bang”? (Physics question)
What drives the cosmos? (Cosmology)
If there is a God, what are the origins of god? (Theogony)
If there is a classic God, why is there gross Evil? (Theodicy)
Why is there “REALITY” at all?
(enlightened college student)
[similar to question above of 5 year-old in private kindergarten]
Is there REALITY at all?
(college student taking too many philosophy courses)
What is “CONSCIOUSNESS”?
(enlightened layman)
Wherefore “CONSCIOUSNESS”?
(putative best-selling biology writer)
What is the purpose of man?
(“Purpose of Man” question)
What is the purpose of the cosmos?
(uncategorized)
If DARWIN was right,
Wherefore, for instance, the extraordinary intricacies of 9 month fetal development – in the greater context of interdependent life? (Darwinian Theory challenge)
If mainstream (linear) INTELLIGENT DESIGN is right, who or what – is the DESIGNER? – and who designed the DESIGNER?
(classic conundrum faced by classical Intelligent Design proponents…very imminently to be answered)