LINK: Philip Kitcher on Militant Modern Atheism
From the abstract: Militant modern atheism, whose most eloquent champion is Richard Dawkins, provides an effective and necessary critique of fundamentalist forms of religion and their role in political life, both within states and across national boundaries. Because it is also presented as a more general attack on religion (tout court), it has provoked a … LINK: Philip Kitcher on Militant Modern Atheism
LINK: Rosalind Carey’s Review of Michael Martin’s ATHEISM, MORALITY, AND MEANING
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LINK: William Rowe’s Latest on Friendly Atheism
Abstract: This paper endeavors to explain what friendly atheism is and why it is reasonable to seek to be friendly toward those whose views about God differ substantially from one’s own. Unfortunately, online access to this requires a paid subscription. LINK
LINK: Silver’s Defense of Draper’s Argument from the Biological Role of Pain and Pleasure
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LINK: A Bayesian Analysis of the Cumulative Effects of Independent Eyewitness Testimony for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
I just discovered this essay by John DePoe which defends a Bayesian technique to measure the cumulative effect of independent eyewitness testimony for the Resurrection. Check it out: Resurrection.pdf I think this article could be of interest to anyone interested in Bayesian approaches to evidence for or against God’s existence, not just people interested in … LINK: A Bayesian Analysis of the Cumulative Effects of Independent Eyewitness Testimony for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
LINK: Anthony Aguirre on the Multiverse Hypothesis
Anthony Aguirre is a physicist at UC Santa Cruz. He wrote a paper in 1995 on the multiverse hypothesis. Here is the paper’s abstract: The notion that there are many “universes” with different properties is one answer to the question of “why is the universe so hospitable to life?” This notion also naturally follows from … LINK: Anthony Aguirre on the Multiverse Hypothesis
LINK: Bradley Monton’s Blog
This is another one that falls into the “not new, but new for me” category. Bradley Monton is an atheist philosopher at the University of Colorado at Boulder who specializes in philosophy of religion, philosophy of science (especially physics), probabilistic epistemology, and philosophy of time. Secular Outpost readers will be interested in Monton’s interesting essay … LINK: Bradley Monton’s Blog
LINK: Matt McCormick’s Atheism Blog
His blog isn’t new, but I just discovered it and wanted to mention it here. LINK For those of you who do not know who Matt McCormick is, he is an atheist philosopher of religion at California State University at Sacramento.
LINK: Two Sites Related to Darwinian Ethics
While web browsing, I stumbled across two sites related to nontheistic and/or Darwinian ethics. Pretty much anyone interested in The Secular Outpost will probably be interested in both of these sites and for the same reasons.1. The website for the late James Rachels. For those of you who do not know who James Rachels was, … LINK: Two Sites Related to Darwinian Ethics
LINK: Confessions of an Ex-Moralist
The New York Times recently published an essay by philosopher Joel Marks, entitled, “Confessions of an Ex-Moralist,” in which he describes his decision to eliminate “all moral concepts and language from [his] thinking, feeling and actions.” If you haven’t already seen this, it’s an enjoyable read. LINK