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Is there something fallacious/illogical about how the theist/atheist debate in the west is currently framed? Let me illustrate my point with an example. Consider the Irish legend of Fionn mac ...
August 24, 2010
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Do humans have a greater right to live than other animals? If so, would beings of much greater intelligence and perception hold that same right over humans?
June 21, 2008
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Can any one give an insightful analysis of statements such as God exists, There is only one God etc. What does "exist" mean ? Are there so many differnt types ...
June 30, 2010
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Is it paradoxical to ask what existence is without already knowing the meaning of the term "is"? A statement such as "there is a crate of oranges in front of ...
July 3, 2010
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If, as Dawkins reminds us in "The God Delusion", our cellular self is completely renewed over time, should we absolve the criminal of his crimes after time has passed on ...
March 19, 2010
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Are there any books you could recommend about the concept of reality? The philosophical origins of reality that is. Thank you!!
March 11, 2010
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This is a twist on the "If a tree falls in the woods" question: Certainly there lived in the past a person, but the person in question has some very ...
March 4, 2010
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On May 28, 2009, Jennifer Church wrote: "A more abstract reason for disallowing suicide concerns the apparent contradiction in the idea that we can improve a life by ending a ...
February 25, 2010
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What is meant by the question "why is there something, rather than nothing?" Or rather, how can it be put into simpler terms so it can be more easily answered?
January 28, 2010
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Do holes exist? Or are they pockets of nonexistence?
August 22, 2009
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great point -- I think I largely agree -- but there may, still, be some disanalogy between the two cases (the Irish legend v. 'God') -- namely once you begin describing God's various attributes (omnipotence, creator, goodness, etc.) then it may well be plausible to seek independent/direct evidence of his existence in the world around you, independent that is of the 'source' of the 'tale' itself -- and that might not be equally true, or true to the same degree, as in the Irish legend case -- after all, you may not need to know who thought of the idea of a 'Creator' God first in order to evaluate, perfectly rationally, whether the world around us exhibits any evidence of intelligent design or creation -- of course, when you do learn more about the 'source' of the idea of God that may increase your skepticism about the truth of the claim that God exists, but it does seem to me that claim may also be evaluable independently of its sources --
best,
Andrew