Swinburne’s Case for God – Part 10
1. Don’t Criticize what you don’t understand. I have been following this principle in my approach to Richard Swinburne. For more than a year now I have studied his case for God in The Coherence of Theism and The Existence of God. As an atheist the objective of finding significant problems in his case for … Swinburne’s Case for God – Part 10
“The Evolution of Religion”
I highly recommend a review article by Scott Atran and Joseph Heinrich, “The Evolution of Religion: How Cognitive By-Products, Adaptive Learning Heuristics, Ritual Displays, and Group Competition Generate Deep Commitments to Prosocial Religions.” It’s a great summary of current thinking about scientific explanations of religion. (Thanks to Konrad Talmont-Kaminski) Sample quotation: In sum, religion, as an … “The Evolution of Religion”
C.S. Lewis Pontificates about Something or Other
Victor Reppert has recently posted this quote from C.S. Lewis on his Dangerous Idea blog: “The process whereby man has come to know the universe is from one point of view extremely complicated; from another it is alarmingly simple. We can observe a single one-way progression. At the outset the universe appears packed with will, … C.S. Lewis Pontificates about Something or Other
Existentialist textbook sticker
Voas paper
I just got back from Belgium, where I was on the PhD defense committee of Maarten Boudry, a philosopher interested in science and pseudoscience and science and religion issues. He’s already done some really good work and he put together an excellent thesis. I hope those of us interested in such matters will be hearing … Voas paper
Guessoum interview
Stuart Elliot pointed me to an interesting interview with Nidhal Guessoum online, concerning Islam and science. I met Guessoum last month at the AAAS meeting. Interestingly, I was responding to a question after my talk, and I gave Guessoum as an example. He turned out to be in the audience. (I had not met him … Guessoum interview
The “Inner Testimony” of the Holy Spirit
I forget whether I have posted this before. If so, pardon the redundancy. Having had on two occasions the privilege of debating Prof. William Lane Craig, I found the experiences both exhilarating and frustrating. One point of frustration was that Prof. Craig often appeals to the “inner testimony” of the Holy Spirit as trumping any … The “Inner Testimony” of the Holy Spirit
Victor Reppert on Christianity and Science
Victor Reppert posted the following remarks on his Dangerous Idea blog relating to the topic of Christianity and the development of science: “A couple of things off the top of my head. First, the major advances of modern science, when it became clear that science could really make a difference not only in the way … Victor Reppert on Christianity and Science
Swinburne’s Case for God – Part 9
Let’s take a brief break from conditional probabilities and probability calculations involving Bayes’ theorem. Much of Chapter 7 of The Existence of God (EOG) consists of general points, objections, and replies to objections, along the lines that one would expect in a more traditional philosophical discussion about cosmological arguments. I’m not clear on how some … Swinburne’s Case for God – Part 9
The Brutal Facts!!!!
I just got notice about this: http://edwardfeser.blogspot.com/2011/01/brutal-facts-about-keith-parsons.html The BRUTAL FACTS about Keith Parsons (Gasp! Shudder!). Woo. I must have really gotten to this guy. If he is gainfully employed his boss should really find some more work for him. Clearly, he has waaaaaay too much time on his hands.