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Category Archives: Divine Essentialism
Open letter to William Lane Craig regarding April 7 debate with Sam Harris
[ Reposting from Friday. ] I know you are a seasoned apologist but wondered if you will be using Hume’s is-ought fallacy, and Harris’ appreciation of correspondence theory, to question Harris on what his real ought corresponds to in reality, … Continue reading
Natural law, divine command and Euthyphro’s dilemma resolved
…using Hume’s is-ought distinction’s mirror concept, the ought-is distinction***. Euthyphro’s dilemma: “Is the pious loved by the gods because it is pious? Or is it pious because it is loved by the gods?” This can be reworded to read “Is … Continue reading
Philosophers’ Carnival #122
Welcome to the 122nd fortnightly edition of Philosophers’ Carnival! Without too much ado [ besides a plug for the Carnival’s new FB page ] I present to you a philosophers’ blog carnival that is (this round) predominantly about mostly Philosophy of Religion and mostly Ethics…with a smidge … Continue reading
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Hume’s is-ought, Plato’s true-justified, Euthyphro’s dilemma and Gettier’s problem
Hume‘s is-ought (fact-value) distinction is the same as Plato‘s true-justified distinction. When is/true/fact and ought/justified/value are not kept distinct, the Euthyphro dilemma as applied to epistemology ensues: Are we justified in believing (ought we believe) merely because our belief is true (can truth justify … Continue reading
Norris, Gettier, Euthyphro, Hume and Plato: Is knowledge justified true belief?
[ Section on Gettier revised 1/7/11 ][ Mention of Euthyphro dilemma as applied to epistemology revised 2/23/11 ] When deciding whether knowledge is justified, true belief (Plato), a question arises: Is the truth of a belief 1) external to the … Continue reading
At Coffee with the Euthyphro Dilemma
Maryann, Dawkins, and Harris are at coffee…Maryann pops off with… Maryann: It is a true fact that love…treating the other as self…is the highest value. Dawkins (pre-Moral Landscape): Nature neither knows nor cares. Nature just is. Maryann: Agreed. But the … Continue reading
Are you an essentialist or a voluntarist?
Seven questions, followed by three possible outcomes: Upon what should human (rights) laws be based? ☐Humans should stop making baseless laws (at best, the base is impossible to know) and let nature take its course. (N/S) ☐Human (rights) laws should … Continue reading
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God’s Essential Nature
I was asked by Peter Harrison on Richard Dawkins’ forum to explain what God is, exactly. He took issue with the fact that God is the same as His attributes. Read on… Peter: “What” is the same as “attributes”? Watch … Continue reading
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