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Emil O. W. Kirkegaard blog

Rebuttal to an agnostic position.

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. October 2008
  • Post category:Religion
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An agnostic opening post and my rebuttal. The debate can be found here. Opening post: "I was a Christian only as a young teenager. Eventually I left the faith, but…

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The incompatibility of omnipotence and omniscience

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. October 2008
  • Post category:Philosophy/Religion
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Abstract I have recently discussed whether omnipotence and omniscience are incompatible i.e. a being cannot have both properties at the same time. Much of the discussion was centered around an…

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Defending the Invisible Pink Unicorn!

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:5. October 2008
  • Post category:Humor/Religion
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Solving the pink and invisible problem Normally most people that know of the Invisible Pink Unicorn (henceforth, IPU) believe that it cannot logically exist, because pink and invisible are inconsistent,…

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The case for evil theism

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:2. October 2008
  • Post category:Religion
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Intro Most of us already know what theism is, but I will repeat it here for clarity. Theism is a set of beliefs in a supreme being that created the…

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Duty calls!

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:27. September 2008
  • Post category:Humor
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Nonsensical English

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:15. September 2008
  • Post category:Humor/Language
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Imagine that John complains to Peter that he did not sleep well last night. He then says that he will attempt to sleep weller the next time. This sentence fails.…

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The prime facie principle in epistemology

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:3. September 2008
  • Post category:Epistemology
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The prima facie principle is a principle that deals with justified belief in cases where opposing evidence is absent. The principle can be stated as this: P. If one has…

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JTB+ and knowledge

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:3. September 2008
  • Post category:Epistemology
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Also brought on IIDB.org here. -------------------------------- This article will focus on an evidentialist approach to knowledge. An evidentialist states the individually necessary and jointly sufficient conditions for knowledge as: 1.…

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Re: Argument from movement

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:17. August 2008
  • Post category:Religion
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I want to add my comments to the argument from movement, as a "rationally compelling argument for the existence of God" as worded by punkforchrist (henceforth pfc). It might as…

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Statistics – Dialog

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:25. June 2008
  • Post category:Multilogues/Philosophy
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Malintent: 78% of all statistics are completely made up. Wyz_sub10: ...but only 31% of all people know that. Smullyan-esque: And 10 out of 9 people just can't understand statistics at…

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