J.L. Schellenberg’s Wisdom to Doubt, Chapter One: The Subject Mode
This is the first in a planned series of blog posts reviewing J.L. Schellenberg’s important book, The Wisdom to Doubt. The first chapter of Schellenberg’s book is valuable to anyone who wants to think clearly about unrecognized evidence, including the implications of unrecognized evidence for arguments from silence and cumulative case arguments. See why.
The Argument from Silence, Part 9: Mormonism’s Missing Golden Plates
I began this series with a Bayesian interpretation of arguments from silence and then proceeded to use that interpretation to evaluate various arguments from silence about Jesus and God. In this post, I want to assess an argument from silence against a central claim of Mormonism, namely, that the Book of Mormon is the English translation of golden plates … The Argument from Silence, Part 9: Mormonism’s Missing Golden Plates
G&T Rebuttal, Part 5: Chapter 6
Chapter 6. New Life Forms: From the Goo to You via the Zoo? Drawing upon the work of sophisticated Intelligent Design (ID) theorists such as William Dembski, Michael Behe, and Jonathan Wells, this chapter uses many of the state-of-the art Intelligent Design (ID) arguments against evolution by natural selection. It also defends ID against various … G&T Rebuttal, Part 5: Chapter 6
Is Empathy Just Another Feeling That Can Be Suppressed if Metaphysical Naturalism Is True?
Depending on the particulars, an argument from silence may be logically correct or incorrect. I’ve argued that the most charitable interpretation of arguments from silence is as explanatory arguments. In order to succeed, arguments from silence must successfully show that the non-existence or non-occurrence of the thing in question is a better explanation than rival … Is Empathy Just Another Feeling That Can Be Suppressed if Metaphysical Naturalism Is True?
The Argument from Silence, Part 8: The Missing Links Argument against Biological Evolution
I began this series with a Bayesian interpretation of arguments from silence and then proceeded to use that interpretation to evaluate various arguments from silence about Jesus and God. In this post, I want to assess an argument from silence that is extremely popular with anti-evolutionists, an argument I call the “missing links” argument. If we abbreviate … The Argument from Silence, Part 8: The Missing Links Argument against Biological Evolution