Unapologetic Review – Part 3: The Main Argument
I cannot recommend the book Unapologetic by John Loftus, because I have not carefully read the whole book yet. But I have read Chapter 5, which I take to be the heart of the book, and I can recommend reading Chapter 5 of Unapologetic. It is an interesting, informative, and thought-provoking chapter about the philosophy … Unapologetic Review – Part 3: The Main Argument
What is Philosophy – Part 2
Some people (who are sadly mistaken) think that the question “What is philosophy?” can be answered simply by picking up a dictionary and reading the definition (or definitions) of the word “philosophy”. Although it is delusional to look to a dictionary to resolve this issue, it is not a bad idea to start out this … What is Philosophy – Part 2
How Many Ways to Analyze the Word ‘God’ – Part 7
My last post on this subject (How Many Ways to Analyze the Word ‘God’ – Part 6) was from way back in February of 2011. In that post I claimed that one can generate over 233 million definitions of ‘divine person’ from a set of just four attributes: 1. power 2. knowledge 3. freedom 4. goodness Since … How Many Ways to Analyze the Word ‘God’ – Part 7
What is Philosophy? – Part 1
The question “What is philosophy?” is an important question. One reason this question is important is that we must answer this question FIRST, before we can answer any of the following questions: Q1. Is philosophy a legitimate academic discipline? Q2. Is philosophy useful? Q3. Can investigation/inquiry/argumentation in philosophy produce answers to significant questions? Q4. Can … What is Philosophy? – Part 1
The Nature of Naturalism
Over the last year (or two?), I’ve had on-again and off-again exchanges on various blogs with reader “Crude” about the definition of metaphysical naturalism. I’d like to comment on his (?) recent objections in the combox on Victor Reppert’s blog start with the linked comment here and work your way down. Each time we’ve had an … The Nature of Naturalism