Homeopathy could be blacklisted in the UK
Ministers are considering whether homeopathy should be put on a blacklist of treatments GPs in England are banned from prescribing, the BBC has learned.
Jonathan MS Pearce
God's experiential knowledge and not creating anything
Those who adhere to divine foreknowledge adhere to the notion that God has complete knowledge. He is omniscient. Thomas Nagel once asked the intriguing question, "What does it feel like to be
The Problem with Divine Command Theory #3
I have previously talked about Divine Command Theory (DCT) in detail a couple of times before (here and here). I have been reading a paper called "Can God's Goodness Save The Divine Command Theory From Euthyphro?" by Jeremy Koons. It's a cracking paper and worth reading. The abstract reads:
On non-religious children having greater altruism and empathy
Hitting the news today was research using data from around the word which showed that children from non-religious families were more altruistic and empathetic than their religious counterparts. This is interesting because it fits into a wider picture as to how religion works in tandem with identity,
Compatibilism is a "cop out" - John Searle
Compatibilism is a cop out, as according to John Searle, esteemed philosopher. I think I agree! Watch this Closer To Truth video to hear him explain his stance, talking abut the illusion of
My favourite nominalism / evolution image
I am a conceptual nominalist, which I explain to some extent here. One of my favourite images to explain this is below. Also good for explaining the species problem, which reflects or exemplifies
Abortion: embryos = babies?
This meme does a really good job of exemplifying the intuitive knowledge that we have that embryos are not babies in any qualitative sense.
Everybody Is Wrong About God
James A. Lindsay is author of Dot, Dot, Dot: Infinity Plus God Equals Folly which is a book I edited and released on Onus Books. He has recently written a book due for imminent publishing called Everybody Is Wrong About God. I was lucky enough to see a draft version of the manuscript which I worked
The Problem with "God" - a reminder
This is just a reminder that I have a new ebook available called: The Problem with "God". My new ebook is available now on Kindle, Nook and Kobo. James A. Lindsay
Holy cow, another death: I would be hacked to death, too
My goodness. Bangladesh, sort it out. SORT IT OUT! I am a secular publisher and author and blogger. On account of all of that, would I be living in Bangladesh, I too would
Scientists Observe Wasps Evolving Into New Species
I don't really bother with Creationists any more as they aren't worth my effort. I'll leave it to scientists... This is from the Wall Street Journal: Scientists have documented three species of wasps turning into three new species, an unusual close-up view of rapid evolution in action.
Philosophy 101 (philpapers induced) #8: Belief in God: theism or atheism?
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 some of the questions meant. I offered to do a series on them, so here it is – Philosophy 101 (