This essay appears in the Summer 2014 issue of Modern Age. To subscribe now, go here.   In an age when the interminable effort to deconstruct everything human frequently ends in existential emptiness or just plain silliness, the urge to find something, anything, true and significant about human behavior is certainly understandable. This longing … Continue reading Beyond Nihilism: Classical Realism[br] and the Perils of Scientific Naturalism