You have an interesting concept of "most likely explanation." It really just comes down to a matter of parsimony. You yourself say that...
Yes, they are old, but so are most noteworthy philosophers. Nevertheless, they all still have many followers today. I'm a big fan of Quine...
I hope you had a nice vacation, but this thread only has anything to do with atheism by extension. So, I don't find your answer satisfactory....
By Platonism, all I mean is the view that at least one type of universal exists external to the mind. Quine is a Platonist about numbers because...
[/size] While many naturalists do believe that all things are reducable to atoms (in the philosophical sense), it is not necessarily the case....
It's not as if general relativity is merely an extension of Newtonian physics. In fact, the two blatantly contradict eachother, but this is a...
This is an argument that I'm sure most atheists and agnostics have already thought of. This is only an attempt to formalize it. The argument...
Of course I know that. But I don't see what a book written 2000 years ago has to do with the argument that atheism and naturalism have recently...
/\ That's pretty fucking inappropriate, and Skip should probably ban this brat. Anyway, I don't think that Erasmus, if he chooses to reply,...
Have a bit of "faith," Libertine. It's not a tough question.
That's not necessary, I understand now. I got confused because of the Supreme Court ruling in supporting the pledge. The problem was I didn't...
I'm confused. I thought the Supreme Court ruled in favour of those who defend keeping "under God" in the pledge. And I still don't know what...
Strictly speaking, this should probably be in the atheism forum, but I figure that Erasmus visits this forum more frequently. So, I'm posting it...
No doubt you are far more politically-minded than me, but let's not pretend that your view is strictly legal. You are clearly concerned with...
I guess that's a question of values. So, I can't say that you're wrong. But it certainly looks like we're approaching the problem from two very...
Well, the pledge certainly isn't the establishment of a religion, and to call it an endorsement or promotion seems to be a bit of a stretch. The...
No, I'm not an atheist for theism, I just don't see atheism and theism as a struggle of good vs. evil. Michael Newdow says he wants to have the...
This, I suppose, is just where we differ. Everyone who's studied Hume knows the difference between "relations of ideas" and "matters of fact."...
While it seems that belief should be "stronger" than imagination, a person can conceive of a shade of yellow he has never seen before. If you...
Well, you at least have to know the basics of Spinoza's argument. So, it goes something like this: Spinoza was trying to do for ethics and...
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