Recently, I have run a number of articles about morality and its intersection with biology: Human Brains Are Hardwired for Empathy, Friendship Altruism or Manipulated Helping? Altruism May Have Origins in Manipulation New
In the recent google hangout with Counter Apologist and Reasonable Doubts' Justin Schieber, we were talking about the great argument against hell. I will set this argument out again, as I have done previously, before getting on to my main point. This is an argument brought up by Ray Bradley in a deb
Well, it depends on your definition of highbrow, of course. But please check out the video of myself, Counter Apologist and Justin Schieber from Reasonable Doubts discussing the Evidential Problem of Evil, going through a ton of arguments and interesting points. It was really enjoyable and we hope y
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"How are the mighty fallen!" is a biblical verse that will not only be well-known by the Roman Catholic state school, the London Oratory, but now applies directly to them. The school – famously chosen by both Tony Blair and Nick Clegg for their sons – has just been criticised by the Office of the Sc
As mentioned before, myself, Justin Schieber and Counter Apologist will be having a Google Hangout discussing the logical and evidential problem of evil. The chat will be broadcast at 4pm EST in the
Some theists state that god does not have the full gamut of traditional omnis, that he does not know the future of freely-made decisions since to know the counterfactuals of such decisions implies
Craig has been involved in a series of discussions in Australia with Laurence Krauss regarding philosophy and science. Unfortunately, Krauss is no great philosopher which is what most of this discussion revolved around. However, both Craig and the annoying moderator claimed the "consequentialism is
Well, technically he's my mate's brother. But Tom Norfolk has designed a battling card game called Satk Bots. Here are the pertinent details: Stak Bots is a new and
I have not watched this series, but this clip makes me want to. H/T Ian Taylor. Good stuff to get this kind of outspoken atheism going on, breaking down those US barriers.
My twins had their birthday the other day so we went to Paulton's Park, a local theme park for young children with a section called Peppa Pig World, and my boys love Peppa Pig. All sounds rather unphilosophical so far. But that was until we pulled off the M27 and hit the short dual carriageway to
The "mini brain" is roughly the size and developmental level of a nine-week foetus Miniature "human brains" have been grown in a lab in a feat scientists hope will transform the understanding of neurological disorders.