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A collection of 11 posts

Ramaswamy getting hit with the truth

It has so often been the case that politicians— especially fringe politicians— have sorely needed to be hit around the head by some serious truth. Too long have we allowed disinformation and conspiracy theories to permeate the information space and corrupt our political discourse. So it came with great joy

White House employee; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:46, 1 December 2018 (UTC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Truth Decay and the Normalisation of Conspiracy Theories

So much has gone on recently that I don't know where to start and can't hope to include everything. Conspiracy theories are being flung at as many walls as possible to see what sticks and where, and it's all so depressing. We really are

Concerning Metaphysical and Methodological Naturalism

Concerning Metaphysical and Methodological Naturalism

I was having a Tippling Philosophers' debate concerning naturalism elsewhere and my friend stated this, which is worthy of debate and unpicking: Naturalism is a picture of the whole of reality that cannot, according to its own intrinsic premises, address the being of the whole; it is a metaphysics

"Numbers Are Continuing to Rise!" Leadership Matters. Truth Matters.

"Numbers Are Continuing to Rise!" Leadership Matters. Truth Matters.

"Numbers are continuing to rise..." You might be forgiven for thinking this was an assessment of the death statistics (in the US); after all, this was a comment by the POTUS. But no, it was on Twitter and it was, yet again, a comment from Trump rather narcissistically

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Philosophy 101 (philpapers induced) #11 - Laws of nature: Humean or non-Humean?

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

Trump makes 2,140 False Claims in First Year

According to The Fact Checker's database, Trump has made a staggering number (2,140) of false or misleading claims in his first year, equating to about 5.9 a day. An interesting graphic for these claims can be found at The Washington Post here. As the Post said

On the Epistemology of Consensus

On the Epistemology of Consensus

Some might say that we are flogging a dead horse here, but during the ongoing discussions concerning consensus and whether it is a valid indicator of the "truth" of a scientific theory, it is worth pointing out that Spiritual Anthropologist, has made some interesting points. I will attempt

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

Philosophy 101 (philpapers induced) #6: External world: idealism, skepticism, or non-skeptical realism?

So 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 were. I offered to do a series on them, so here it is – Philosophy 101

Philosophy 101 (philpapers induced) #5: Epistemic justification: internalism or externalism?

So 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 were. I offered to do a series on them, so here it is – Philosophy 101

The Münchhausen trilemma - what grounds a claim?

The Münchhausen trilemma - what grounds a claim?

I got into a nice little conversation with quality fellow bloggers James East and Counter Apologist today, and we were talking about what grounds our beliefs. I explained that either we had an infinite regress of reasons for claiming something, or there was an axiom (or, indeed, assertion as could b