>>>This is a post from my second calendar year of blogging (i.e. the January after I started). I like it because it reminds me of what it’s like to be really, deeply perplexed by a philosophical issue. Nowadays, I’m used to thinking that I don’t know what to say about a philosophical issue, but I’m [...]
Category Archives: reposted uncredibility
What good science looks like
Posted by Chris Hallquist on August 29, 2008
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>>>This is another post from December of my first year of blogging.<<< Yesterday, I turned in a rather lengthy paper for chemistry class, the end product of I forget how many hours going to libraries, accessing online journal archives, figuring out what specialist-oriented articles were saying, and then typing the thing up. It’s something I [...]
Logical analysis of /ad hominem/
Posted by Chris Hallquist on August 8, 2008
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>>>What follows is a repost from December 1st of my first year of blogging. It’s an entry in a longer debate with HIV denialist Dean Esmay.<<< Dean has cited the comments on the further debunking of his HIV/AIDS nonsense as, “profitable.” As I read his response there, his position makes less and less sense to [...]
Reposted Uncredibility: A professor’s opinions
Posted by Chris Hallquist on August 1, 2008
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>>>I post this because it represents a formative experience in terms of how I think philosophy classes should be run. Oh, it might be worth mentioning that this was the professor who convinced me to be a philosophy major. First published 31 October 2005.<<< This is a post I delayed for a very long time, [...]
Reposted Uncredibility: Christian skeptic?
Posted by Chris Hallquist on July 18, 2008
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>>>Like my last Unposted Credibility, this post stems from going to a Campus Crusade production.<<< Thursday, I went to see a magician by the name of Andre Kole perform on campus. What drew me in was the e-mail from Campus Crusade I got promoting the event: Prepare to be amazed by Andre Kole! World renowned [...]