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Author Archives: Maryann Spikes
Dawkins, Craig and others debate: "Does the universe have a purpose?"
Matt Ridley, Michael Shermer, Richard Dawkins VS Rabbi David Wolpe, William Lane Craig, Douglas Geivett @La Ciudad de las Ideas 2010 I was wondering when Dawkins would talk about the science of morality, but he only mentioned it at the … Continue reading
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Is-ought fallacy and knowledge as justified, true belief
The is-ought fallacy (Hume) is a real fallacy, and is why knowledge is justified, true belief (Plato). In order to be knowledge, a belief must both be justified by the evidence, and true by correspondence. If we consider justified a belief … Continue reading
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Philosophers’ Carnival 115
I had the priviledge of hosting a “Moral Landscape” edition of Philosophers’ Carnival here.
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The New, New Theism
Edited the fourth option on my scale 2/17/11. THE NEW, NEW THEISM (a bit of satire)followed by three versions of Dawkins’ belief scale, the final version being mine The theism of the New, New Theism is not a belief, but a … Continue reading
Posted in Apisticism, Faith, Golden Rule, Richard Dawkins
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Norris’ "Epistemology" Postscript, II
Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Concluding Scientific-Realist Postscript – Section II.After restating some things said in section I, Norris states that he has tried to represent opposing positions fairly, without caricature. The issue has been … Continue reading
Norris’ "Epistemology" Postscript, I
Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Concluding Scientific-Realist Postscript – Section I. First-off, I can’t help thinking of Kierkegaard’s “Concluding Unscientific Postscript” when reading the title of this chapter, but Norris never overtly names him.Norris basically … Continue reading
Norris’ "Epistemology" Ch5, VI
Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 5: Making for Truth: Some Problems with Virtue-Based Epistemology – Section VI.Grand finale for this chapter. One more chapter after this, with only two sections in it. Marie McGinn … Continue reading
Norris’ "Epistemology" Ch5, V
Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 5: Making for Truth: Some Problems with Virtue-Based Epistemology – Section V.Ok, so, apparently “foundationalist” means coherentist, and “anti-foundationalist” means pragmatist. Sosa claims they are a dead-end dispute to … Continue reading
Norris’ "Epistemology" Ch5, IV
Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 5: Making for Truth: Some Problems with Virtue-Based Epistemology – Section IV.Virtue-based epistemology “has partly grown out of, and partly emerged as a reaction against, the kinds of reliabilist … Continue reading
Norris’ "Epistemology" Ch5, III
Book Discussion of Christopher Norris’ “Epistemology: Key Concepts in Philosophy” Chapter 5: Making for Truth: Some Problems with Virtue-Based Epistemology – Section III.Can a virtue-based epistemology, unlike McDowell’s efforts, “(1) make good the normativity-deficit, and (2) avoid all the usual … Continue reading
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