Contraries and contradictories
Contraries If one looks in a general dictionary one will not a find a definition of contrary that is philosophically useful.i I looked the word up in a philosophical dictionary…
Swartz' "Philosophy as a Blood Sport"
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…
Does a sound LPoE establish that god is impossible?
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…
Atheism/Theism and Agnosticism – Definitions
-------------- 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…
The Onion: Are violent video games adequately preparing children for the apocalypse?
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/are_violent_video_games?utm_source=a-section En interessant vinkel.
Objective propositions?
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…
The universe is made of failium!
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…
Tough modal logic formalization
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…
JTB+ and the first person perspective
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"…
A quick argument for the principle of simplicity
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…