The following is a mixture of notes prepared for an epistemology exam I have tomorrow, and the rudiments of a paper I hope to get published some day… The rationality of the sort of beliefs that normal people argue about (politics, religion, ethics) is an obvious topic for philosophy if you want to discuss the [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2008
The rebuttals write themselves
Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 30, 2008
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At Christian CADRE, a fundie apologist explains why if you’re put off by massacres of innocent people, you’re missing the big picture. Carry on.
Unwatchable
Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 29, 2008
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That’s my assessment of the presidential debates, for anyone who cares. I watched about a half-hour from the beginning, when they were talking about financial stuff, and then turned it off. Lots of snipping back and forth with no clear winner emerging, McCain being less wrong on spending, Obama being less wrong on taxes, no [...]
Synesthesia, etc.
Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 28, 2008
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This week for my biology of mind course, I did a post on how fMRI studies of synesthesia help us understand consciousness. I’ve also posted comments on a post on deja vu, biomedicine, and one of the professor’s posts on superstition.
Carnivalia
Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 28, 2008
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*The 114th Tangled Bank *The 78th Philosophy Carnival *The 95th Skeptic’s Circle