It is frustrating because Gilberson admits to his own cognitive dissonance. Ultimately he uses the same the reasoning as the creationists he condemns. The sum...
The latest CFN newsletter is just out at http://www.naturalism.org/CFN% 20Newsletter.htm . I've reviewed a book critical of naturalism by theistic dualists...
Thanks Stephen. The "scandal of compatibilism" as I see it is that many compatibilists believe retributive, non-consequentialist punishment is justifiable. But...
Stephen Lawrence wrote over at Applied Naturalism: <So for instance, let's say I have a chipped windscreen and am asked what caused it. I'll say "a stone flew...
... hypothetical ... and ... stone ... still ... Well we can but it's still the case that if the universe could not have been in a different state, that the...
One reason it makes sense to imagine situations that aren't possible given determinism is that actual situations have occurred which are close, even nearly...
... wrote: <It's true that the windscreen could have been damage free, if the stone hadn't flown up and hit it. It's true that the stone could not have not...
... wrote: <This is where it gets a bit messy. We need to explain why it makes sense to say something could have happened hypothetically, if we are also saying...
Hi Tom, ... Yes,I think it might be this simple but as far as I can tell most philosophers believe was possible means could have been actual. I really don't...
<<<We need to explain why it makes sense to say something could have happened hypothetically, if we are also saying the hypothetical is deterministically...
... <stephnlawrnce@...> wrote: < Leibniz seemed to reject necessitarianism because he believed there could be no choices or voluntary actions in a necessary...
Hi Will,--- In naturalismphilosophyforum@yahoogroups.com, Will ... have happened hypothetically, if we are also saying the hypothetical is deterministically...
Steve, From a subjective standpoint I might say "If only that rock hadn't bounced off the highway and taken that exact trajectory might windshield would still...
Have enjoyed reading past postings (though with dictionary in hand) so I'm going to have a go. Related, I guess, to the current hypotheticals discussion, is...
Hi Deej0, Have enjoyed reading past postings (though with dictionary in hand) so I'm going to have a go. Related, I guess, to the current hypotheticals...
That's right, we're forming a hypothetical based on past experience. If we have previously experienced that the shop was shut at midnight then it stands to...
Greetings Tom, I'm currently reading the (Christian) Bible (following the One Year Bible curriculum--it's the only way I would ever finish it) and I'm also...
Red Biology /Blue Biology: Political Attitudes Predicted By Physiological Traits Is America's red-blue divide based on voters' physiology? A new paper in the...
Hello everyone, As some of you may know I have recently put together a team of writers for a news-blog focussed on free-thought issues in India. My objective ...
Hey all, This is kinda off-subject but I was wondering how many here identify themselves as objectivists? If my intuition is right, the answer is probably...
Hi Ajita, Couldn't agree more about objectivism, see here <http://www.naturalism.org/libertar.htm#Round4> for instance. I've recently run across a naturalist...
Hey Ajita, When I first heard about objectivism I was intrigued and thought It might be something that I might agree with but I quickly found out that it...
Hi Tom, James, Thanks for your replies. Tom, I checked out the links you provided and the reasoning there has definitely helped me refine my thoughts on the ...
Ajita, While not strictly an Objectivist, there is much in Rand's philosophy that is part and parcel of the naturalistic viewpoint expounded at Naturalism.org....
Hi Rich, I just saw your response here. I'll be the first to admit that I'm no philosopher but I'll try to expand on this subject a little. We obviously...
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