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Swartz' "Philosophy as a Blood Sport"

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:11. April 2009
  • Post category:Metaphilosophy
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Copyright © Norman Swartz 1994 URL http://www.sfu.ca/philosophy/swartz/blood_sport.htm This revision: April 9, 1994 Department of Philosophy Simon Fraser University These notes may be freely reproduced, in whole or in part, provided…

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Does a sound LPoE establish that god is impossible?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:7. April 2009
  • Post category:Religion
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I've heard that claim, but do you think it is true? I don't. All LPoEs (Logical Problem of Evil's) can be seen as an inconsistent set of propositions. Here's a…

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Atheism/Theism and Agnosticism – Definitions

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:30. March 2009
  • Post category:Philosophy/Religion
  • Post comments:1 Comment

  -------------- Introduction In this essay I will explore the two major competing nomenclatures concerned with the definition of atheism, theism and agnosticism. Then I will argue that the new…

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The Onion: Are violent video games adequately preparing children for the apocalypse?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:29. March 2009
  • Post category:Humor
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http://www.theonion.com/content/video/are_violent_video_games?utm_source=a-section En interessant vinkel.

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Objective propositions?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. March 2009
  • Post category:Philosophy
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Over at FRDB we recently discussed whether propositions are objective (i.e. exist independent of any mind). Usually, I prefer to take a nominalist approach, but in this thread I decided…

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The universe is made of failium!

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:2. March 2009
  • Post category:Humor/Literary nonsense
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Researches [Who?] has recently discovered that the universe is made of failium. Failium is a newly discovered element which has the number 0. It has the remarkable ability to fail…

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Tough modal logic formalization

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. February 2009
  • Post category:Logic/Religion
  • Post comments:2 Comments

Source. Gamgee wrote: In the Ontological Argument, Anselm refutes Guanilo's Perfect Island criticism by stating that God has Aseity. Anselm does not, as far as i know, make any attempt…

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JTB+ and the first person perspective

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. February 2009
  • Post category:Epistemology
  • Post comments:1 Comment

Emil Kirkegaard I have already expanded a bit on certain problematic aspects of the JTB+ theory. In this essay I will expand on a certain methodological feature: If you're "looking"…

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A quick argument for the principle of simplicity

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:19. February 2009
  • Post category:Epistemology
  • Post comments:3 Comments

Suppose there is a world where there are facts F1, F2, F3, ... Fn that need to be explained. Suppose further that someone advances an infinite amount of theories that…

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Dangerous anti-sex addiction, DASA

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. February 2009
  • Post category:Humor
  • Post comments:0 Comments

Ken: Are you addicted to writing posts? HelpingHand: Yes, I am. In fact, the other night, my wife was trying to seduce me, but I felt a sudden urge to…

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