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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Leading Evolutionary Scientists say we have no explanation of the beginning of human language

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Here. 
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J. R. Lucas on The Abolition of Man

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With some interesting material on Lewis-Anscombe as well.
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Friday, December 19, 2014

Many scientists buy dualism

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The scientific study of consciousness indicates that there is an intimate relationship between mind and brain.1 However, surveys of highl...

African economist wants us to stop helping Africa

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Here. 
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A link to an old reply of mine to Carrier

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Evidence for God?

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How about this healing story?
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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Why atheist philosophers don't do philosophy of religion: it's simpler than most people think

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The reason why most atheist philosophers don't do philosophy of religion is a lot simpler than most of the explanations I have been seei...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Putting words into a person's mouth

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In this post, a student drops a class by a philosophy instructor who identifies himself as a theist, but says that God can neither be proven...
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Judicial Activism

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It is interesting that when the SCOTUS came up  with things like Roe. v. Wade and Miranda v. Arizona, conservatives complained about judicia...
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Tuesday, December 09, 2014

Should torture killers be tortured? Or are we coddling murderers?

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Does a person who tortures someone to death deserve to be tortured to death? If not, then the killer gets something he denied his victim, a ...
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Am I a supernaturalist?

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Without a good definition of the supernatural it's going to be awfully difficult to prove any cases. In fact, I just say I believe in Go...
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Tuesday, December 02, 2014

Notes on the Courtier's Reply

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In response to the Skeptic Zone here. The Courtier's Reply is a term that has come to be used for the response to the Courtier's...
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Monday, December 01, 2014

Lovell on Chesterton and philosophical skepticism

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A redated post.
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More on Craig and Reformed Epistemology

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What I am suggesting is that the question of indefeasibility seems to be something on top of the issues created by Reformed Epistemology.  I...
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Sunday, November 30, 2014

A naturalist attempts to define the supernatural

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Does this look good to you?
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Fallibilism and William Lane Craig's Epistemology

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The following very honest discussion is presented by Bradley Bowen at Secular Outpost.  I am glad to see someone getting off the bandw...
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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Do believers and nonbelievers have a common goal when they discuss religious questions?

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I think that is critical to the pursuit of discussion. We want people to agree with us, but should this be our only goal? Is there, or shoul...
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Sexist passages

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There are always two ways of looking at statements from the past where women are concerned. One of them is in comparison to our society. Th...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

What is deism?

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Apparently, historically, it is not the view that God wound things up and left it alone. There is far more Christian content in the deism of...
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Monday, November 24, 2014

James Randi: I always have an out

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Discussed here.  But Randi says that it just means that he doesn't let the subjects cheat.
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I am the author of C. S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea: In Defense of the Argument from Reason, published by Inter-Varsity Press. I received a Ph.D in philosophy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989.
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