I was involved in a little discussion over at Advocatus Atheist the some time ago with regard to whether a secular and skeptical approach can spell the end of religion. I found this to be interesting. Even if the evidence (does it not already) overwhelmingly ruled in favour of the disbelief in a per
Genius, as ever, though sad, enraging and just unfair. http://youtu.be/G2W41pvvZs0
I have talked about abstract objects many times before, such as here. It is a fundamental area to almost everything in philosophy and is not debated nearly enough. We had a Tippling Philosophers' debate in the pub last night about the 'I' and personhood, which came down to whether they really existe
Shane Greenup has designed something which looks brilliant, and will help the internet become more intellectually robust in the future, I hope. It is a browser add-on called rbutr. Here is what he has to say about it:
Do you jump to help the less fortunate, cry during sad movie scenes, or tweet and post the latest topics and photos that excite or move you? If yes, you may be among the 20 percent of our population that is genetically pre-disposed to empathy, according to Stony Brook University psychologists Arthur
There have been some reports of the RSS feed for this blog being dodgy at the moment. There have been less links coming to the blog from RSS feeders, so please remove the
I came across a Catholic poster on facebook recently who posted an article celebrating the present Pope in combatting the Mafia. The Pope was brave in doing so, so it was claimed on this thread.
I have elsewhere talked about how the Doctrine of the Atonement is simply nonsensical. Well, here is the eminent thinker Robert Ingersoll on the subject. According to one of these gospels, and according to the prevalent Christian belief, the Christian religion rests upon the doctrine of the at
Here is the press release for Caleb Lack's new book. Caleb blogs here at SIN at Great Plains Skeptic and his book is released on my own Onus Books imprint. It is an academic book, but the ebook is very reasonably priced. Check it out!
The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science has reviewed my latest book, an anthology of deconversion accounts called Beyond an Absence of Faith. Check it out! This is a fine addition to
The Information Philosopher, Bob Doyle, who has also written a book called The Scandal of Free Will has proposed a two-stage model of free will based on the thinking of William James. I bring this up because previous and infamous ATP commenter, JohnM (John Muze) has been commenting on the Unbelievab
I have often argued about (state-funded) faith schools in the UK, and whether their above-average exam results are used in repeated examples of the correlation fallacy. Well, it seems they are. The reality (and having worked in some, I should know) is that the sorts of parents who want their c