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Gödel’s Mathematical Proof of God’s Existence
In March of 1976, my advisor and favorite history professor, Edward Cashin, threw an end-of-quarter party for his students. At the party, one of the students learned I was an atheist and told me he had a mathematical proof of … Continue reading
Realism & Epirealism
Let’s start with one of the first questions that comes up in philosophical inquiry—Is there a real world external to my sensual experiences and thoughts, or is everything only in my head? This presents us with the first meaning of … Continue reading
Primacy of Mind
The crucial difference between a supernatural and a natural worldview is this: the former embraces the primacy of mind, and the latter denies it. The crucial distinction is not about God, but about mind. In other words, the atheism resulting … Continue reading
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A B C Realities
In my previous posts, Are Mountains Real? and Roundness & What is Real, I employed the philosophical definition of realness. But this differs from the normal use of the term “real,” and that might be confusing to some readers. In … Continue reading
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Questioning Direct Realism
In his book, Seeing Things As They Are [Oxford Press, 2015] John Searle says that objects in the observer-independent world cause our subjective visual perceptions. And that as a consequence, seeing is knowing. For example, when I look at a … Continue reading
Two Types of Atheism
There are in general two types of atheism. atheism from burden-of-proof skepticism atheism from natural worldview (naturalism that entails atheism) 20th century atheism was almost entirely the former. The 20th century champion of atheism from skepticism was Antony Flew. The … Continue reading
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How I Found Ungod
[Old piece of writing from one of my mid-1990’s websites—yes, it’s a spoof, but one with a philosophical/atheological point to make (see first footnote explaining the origin and concept of “Ungod”).] Excursions Near the Temple of Gloom or How I … Continue reading
Coherence of Naturalism
One of the fundamental “facts” about existence we all experience is that physics trumps sentience. As a consequence, physics trumps goodness, trumps morality. A single example should suffice. When a murderer points his gun at a saint and pulls the … Continue reading
Skepticism, Pragmatism and Empiricism
From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article on Pragmatism… Richard Rorty (1931–2007) turned consciously to pragmatism to rectify what he saw as mainstream epistemology’s crucial mistake: naively conceiving of language and thought as ‘mirroring’ the world. Rorty’s bold and iconoclastic … Continue reading
Mind-Stuff
Summary: Mind-stuff refers to sensations and meanings (which are also sensations) produced using (probably) reference frames stored in the cerebral cortex/neocortex. How does mind-stuff relate to the world? Our thoughts and feelings, our sensations and memories, are the only medium … Continue reading