Articles By Alan Bekhor
March 2013
Richard Dawkins cannot grasp the distinction between knowledge and wisdom. This puts him at war not only with religion, but the entire tradition of Western philosophy
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May 2011
Book review of A Philosophical Retrospective: Facts, Values and Jewish Identity by Alan Montefiore
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March 2011
Scholasticism was philosophy's attempt to apply reason to Church doctrine. But while the medievals were constrained by a notion of overriding divine authority, we should not underestimate the theistic dimension of Western thought today
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About Alan Bekhor
Alan Bekhor runs British Marine plc, a UK-based shipping group. A founding supporter of Standpoint, he has given papers on philosophy and theology at the Forum for European Philosophy and other societies.
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