I am Editing a Patheos Nonreligious Book
I am in the process, and have been for some time, of editing a collection of essays/chapters provided by a number of writers here at Patheos Nonreligious. There are so many interesting
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Nordic Prisons, and a Visit from a Retired US Superintendant
Since were talking about crime and punishment the other day, I thought it would be worth sharing this. What are prisons for? Retribution? Rehabilitation? Deterrence? Justice?
Texas Anti-masturbation Bill Coming closer to Being Law
Sometimes, to illustrate the ridiculous, you must analogise, or logically mimic. These techniques are the best friends of philosophers since they show that "if you accept that, then you must accept this,
Atheist Talks "Holy Trinity of Science" in Invocation
Justin Scott, member of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, recently gave an invocation in the Iowa House, urging members there to "invoke the holy trinity of science made up of reason, observation
Quarantine Approach to Crime and Punishment
As a determinist who believes that libertarian free will is an illusion, the argument over whether we have libertarian free will or not is somewhat passé. The interesting debates happen over whether we
Anti-abortion group receives grant from UK ‘tampon-tax’ fund
Why is this sort of crap happening more and more in the UK? This is from the British Humanist Association: The Government has received criticism for providing funding of £250,000 to Life,
April Ingersoll: Why I Am An Agnostic
My friend Julian Haydon has created a website dedicated to the great agnostic, Robert G. Ingersoll. The site is set out like a newspaper and is a labour of love. Please check it
Problem of Evil: Suffering as Necessary for Good
The Problem of Evil (why is there so much suffering in the world given an OmniGod?) is sometimes answered by theists that suffering has to exist so that people have a working knowledge
Mitchell and Webb and Religion - Atheist Comedy
I did promise these some time ago. Some good old British ribbing of religion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uefDgWq5aQc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIVB3DdRgqU https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Philosophy 101 (philpapers induced) #10: Knowledge: Empiricism or Rationalism
Having posted the Philpapers survey results, the biggest ever survey of philosophers conducted in 2009, several readers were not aware of it (the reason for re-communicating it) and were unsure as to what
UK MPs and Australia's Northern Territory on Abortion Law, Clinics and Buffer Zones
Things have been moving in the right direction for pro-choice advocates in certain parts of the world. The British Humanist Association reports on UK MPs: Members of the House of Commons yesterday voted
Kalam Cosmological Argument Book Reviews
As many of you will know, I have recently written a new book concerning the Kalam Cosmological Argument (Did God Create the Universe from Nothing? Countering William Lane Craig’s Kalam Cosmological Argument)