Welcome to the 24th edition of the Humanist Symposium. Unfortunately, I cannot claim this is any milestone, as Greta Christina did when she declared the symposium old enough to drink. It won’t even be old enough to rent a car for another three weeks! Oh well, we still have a good line up of blog [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2008
The argument from overboard praise, and other things HT Stephen Law
Posted by Chris Hallquist on August 24, 2008
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This post was inspired by a response Stephen Law got to his criticism of the liar, lunatic, or lord argument. It’s not very too the point, but a couple parts are worth picking out for discussion: L. Ron Hubbard was not God, so it wouldn’t matter much if four or five people witnessed his resurrection. [...]
The case against Gettier
Posted by Chris Hallquist on August 22, 2008
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This is a post about how one of the most famous, enviable papers in philosophy is misleading and irrelevant–misleading because it is irrelevant. The paper in question is officially titled “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” but is commonly just called the “Gettier Paper” because it’s the only famous paper it’s author, Edmund Gettier, wrote. It’s [...]
“In a time of universal deceit…
Posted by Chris Hallquist on August 10, 2008
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…telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”–George Orwell That Orwell quote immediately went through my mind when I read this post by Hemant, about a quote from a Christian saying “Every Atheist I’ve ever known has been some sort of loser.” Hemant was annoyed, but my initial response was “Well, kinda yeah.” In a society [...]
Carnivalia
Posted by Chris Hallquist on August 8, 2008
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Hookay, so I’ve been tardy doing my carnival linkage: *The 23rd Humanist Symposium and Disillusioned Words. *The 97th Carnival of the Godless at Kieran’s Commentary. Includes a smackdown of a notable twit. *The 92nd Skeptic’s Circle at The Lay Scientist. *The 74th Philosophy Carnival at Enigmania. *The 51st Encephalon at The Mouse Trap. *The 3rd [...]