Jonathan MS Pearce

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May 3, 2020

Double Standards

Double Standards

I would love to see how the supporters of Trump square this circle. Trump is making decisions. These decisions are either saving or causing the death of many Americans. Given that he is

May 2, 2020

Arguing about Naturalism with a Commenter

Arguing about Naturalism with a Commenter

I am going to challenge the comment of Person223 that he placed on another thread about naturalism. I thank him for at least giving something approaching a substantial claim, something that many detractors

Apr 30, 2020

Sean Carroll on His Poetic Naturalism

Sean Carroll on His Poetic Naturalism

I previously introduced you to Sean Carroll's Poetic Naturalism, which I see as a naturalistic worldview entailing conceptual nominalism. Here are a few videos to explain his position: Poetic naturalism: The

Apr 30, 2020

Poetic Naturalism

I am a big fan of Sean Carroll for a whole host of reasons, but recently because of his book The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself

Apr 29, 2020

Sexual Allegations: Biden vs Trump

The TL;DR version of this is: This is why you should probably have voted for a female nominee, and one of the many reasons I favoured Elizabeth Warren. In this context, she

Apr 28, 2020

Pro-Life, Anti-Lockdown

Most of you will guess where this is going because you will already have spotted this contradiction. Throughout the States over the last few weeks, we have had protestors who have been protesting