Two kinds of certainty
A quick explanation of two types of certainty that people tend to confuse. The first is the one we typically mean in natural language. It's called psychological certainty. It's a…
Why something rather than nothing? An argument for the necessity of a something-world
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Motivation, reason, the impossible
Inspired by reading of David Hume's Enquiry concerning the principles of Morals (EPM) edited by Tom L. Beauchamp.1 "Hume is often interpreted as arguing that no value judgment--however extreme, obscene,…
A journey into possibility land
Intro and types I've been paying very close attention as of late to a special type of discourse: Namely, about what is possible and what is impossible. This study has…
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…