Daniel Fincke of the blog Camels with Hammers has a post defending the relevance of philosophy. It includes a list of philosophical questions which Finke claims “Everybody cares (or should care) about.” After giving his list, Fincke says: The frequency with which I see these and numerous other philosophical questions discussed all over the place, [...]
Category Archives: philosophy
Atheist writing without “philosophy”: a reply to Daniel Fincke
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 10, 2011
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Stephen Law on his debate with Craig
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 7, 2011
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William Lane Craig has done a fairly detailed write-up on his debate with Stephen Law, to which Law has responded. It’s excellent, particularly because Law points out how Craig repeatedly misrepresents his views. I’m tempted to quote huge chunks of Law explaining why, but really, just go read the whole thing. One question I’d like [...]
What to do about odious, but popular, religious beliefs?
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 4, 2011
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Evangelical blogger Randal Rauser has written not one, not two, but three blog posts calling Richard Dawkins cowardly and immoral for refusing to debate William Lane Craig. Rauser’s “If Dawkins believes what he says about Craig…” premise, almost like he’s trying to give atheists advice, reminds me of Greta Christina’s “Letter to Concerned Believers,” but [...]
Dawkins: I won’t debate an apologist for genocide
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 20, 2011
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Recently, I’ve been posting blog comments saying that atheists shouldn’t debate William Lane Craig, given his track record of dishonesty, especially his track record of misrepresenting his opponents’ views. Now, Richard Dawkins has written a blog post on why he won’t debate Craig giving another reason: Craig is an apologist for genocide. (HT: PZ) This [...]
Have theologians given up on arguments for the existence of God?
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 18, 2011
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Quick follow-up to this post: After writing it, I realized that I only considered philosophers (defined as “people with philosophy degree, jobs in philosophy departments, and publications in philosophy journals) and totally ignored the theologians (defined analogously). I did so because I am totally unaware of any important work done by a living theologian on [...]