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Taking Feser to Task on Human Intellect

Taking Feser to Task on Human Intellect

Here is a guest post from author Gunther Laird, who takes aim at Edward Feser and his Thomistic philosophy. Please grab Laird's excellent book that takes Feser head on. In the meantime: The fact that so many intellectuals don’t share their peculiar ideas has been a thorn

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Pinker, Political Ideology, and Reason

Religion and nationalism are signature causes of political conservatism, and continue to affect the fate of billions of people in the countries under their influence. Many left-wing colleagues who learned that I was writing a book on reason and humanism egged me on, relishing the prospect of an arsenal of

Free Will & the Kalam: Causes & Reasons

I recently posted on the Kalam Cosmological Argument and how it isn't compatible with libertarian free will. Luke Breuer took issues with what I said, transcribing my video (now in italic) in his comment: Jonathan, you seem to be conflating causes and reasons: But basically someone who is

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What Is Rationality? How This Impacts Personhood and Other Debates.

We often see rationality popping up as a property that humans apparently exclusively have. This appears in several arguments, most notably those concerning personhood (and thus abortion) as well as famous arguments like CS Lewis' Argument From Reason. I am going to look at what rationality is and hopefully

Faith and Facts

Memes are dangerous things to think too deeply about because they are, more often than not, clickbaity things designed entirely for particular audiences, either to rile them up or make them feel smug. But they can also promote some thought. Here's one that I have recently seen: This

Obama on Trump, Science, Reason and World Leaders

This is a seriously good and interesting speech. This is why Obama is a good leader for the US. He is so well respected around the world. Heck, I was in the Hampshire Schools Library Service today and emblazoned, as you walk in, was an awesome Obama quote. Could you

Living Intentionally: The Reason-Guided Path To Success

Living Intentionally: The Reason-Guided Path To Success

How do we use reason to guide our path to success, meaning the ability to achieve our goals and have what we want? We need to focus on living intentionally, by following three basic steps: 1. Evaluating Reality Clearly, to2. Make Effective Decisions, that 3. Achieve Your Goals. To learn

Ingersoll: Reason and the Brain

Ingersoll: Reason and the Brain

These are truly beautiful words from Robert G Ingersoll, as taken from the superb site which has a fine selection of his writing, curated by a friend of mine: Reason and the Brain Nature has furnished every human being with a light more or less brilliant, more or less powerful.