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Author Archives: Maryann Spikes
Why is apologetics so important?
Caravaggio All the polls in the past few years show a rapid increase in those who have left their religion, and a rapid decrease in church attendance. Robert Putnam and David Campbell presented research showing “young Americans are dropping out … Continue reading
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My first Wikipedia article: Graded absolutism
Edit…Graded absolutism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Philosophy (Plato, Confucius, Avicenna) Philosophers[show] Aestheticians · EpistemologistsEthicists · LogiciansMetaphysiciansSocial and political philosophers Traditions[show] Analytic · ContinentalEastern · IslamicPlatonic · Scholastic Eras[show] Ancient · MedievalModern · Contemporary Literature[show] Aesthetics … Continue reading
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The Bibliographical Test for New Testament Historicity (guest post)
The below was taken from Gospel 101 curriculum developed by Redeemer Church, Modesto. Click on the image to get it on its own page. The bibliographical test seeks to determine the quantity and quality of documents, as well as how far removed … Continue reading
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Good without God?
Under every billboard of the sort above, should be the following one (click to get it on its own page)…
WLC’s case for the resurrection
This is an attempt to give a brief case for the evidence of Jesus’ resurrection, gleaned from Dr. William Lane Craig’s “Reasonable Faith” and “On Guard”. I tinkered w/ it only a bit. One example is that I took from … Continue reading
Where I am at with Hume’s is-ought distinction
The Scottish philosopher David Hume (May 7, 1711-August 25, 1776) lays out the is-ought problem, in book III, part I, section I of his A Treatise of Human Nature (1739). Hume says ought-statements are “entirely different” from is-statements and, in … Continue reading
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Why does Sam Harris’ "Moral Landscape" have the word "moral" in it?
I actually have ‘two’ questions (followed by a more important ‘third’ question). 1. Why does Sam Harris’ “Moral Landscape” have the word “moral” in it? and… 2. Why doesn’t its sub-title say “How science can likely determine human values”? Really, I … Continue reading
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Outside the Box: on the ‘extended mind’ hypothesis by Christopher Norris
Philosopher Christopher Norris, whose book Epistemology is discussed here on Ichthus77, has granted me permission to post the following as a guest post and enter it into the most recent Philosophers’ Carnival. It was written a couple weeks back and … Continue reading
Philosophers’ Carnival #127
Welcome to the June 27, 2011 edition of Philosophers’ Carnival. First those blog posts which were actually submitted will be listed, followed by blog posts which were gleaned. If you submitted a good post that was not included, please know there … Continue reading
Philosophers’ Carnival call for submissions
I’ll be hosting the next Philosophers’ Carnival on June 27 (submit by June 25). Email submission if need be. . Some topics I’d like to see in the submissions: How can an objectively true moral ‘ought’ correspond to the ‘is’ of reality? … Continue reading
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