Wow. So Andrew Sullivan posts a reader e-mail: It does not follow that because there is no God, that life has no meaning. Let’s, for a second, exclude the question of God which is taken as so momentous and examine what we know about the Universe. It is massive in scale, in what we see [...]
Category Archives: atheism
Atheist writing without “philosophy”: a reply to Daniel Fincke
Posted by Chris Hallquist on November 10, 2011
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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, [...]
Greta is wrong about something!
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 31, 2011
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This is actually about a post that I mostly agree with (as I do with most of what Greta writes–seriously, she’s amazing). The post is titled, “We’re Telling Them They’re Wrong: Why Coming Out Atheist Is Inherently Oppositional,” about the point that “Coming out as an atheist means telling believers we think they’re wrong.” Greta [...]
The IQ2 debate: awful arguments from an archbishop
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 7, 2011
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Last month, Russell Blackford took part in a debate in the Australian “Intelligence Squared” series on the topic “atheists are wrong.” The video is now available on ABC’s website. There were six (!) speakers in the debate, and Russell was by far the best. Jane Caro was funny and made some good points, though her [...]
“Takes seriously the question”
Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 19, 2011
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I haven’t been blogging much lately, but this book review by Gary Gutting is right in my wheelhouse. It reviews a book by Philip Kitcher, and spends a lot of time talking about why he’s so much better than Dawkins. In particular: Even more important, Kitcher takes seriously the question of whether atheism can replace [...]