existentialism – Uncommon Descent

Darwinian philosopher Michael Ruse muses on life

He does not really address the fact that most naturalists don’t actually believe that the free will he assumes actually exists.

mike1962 WJM, By the way, when I wrote, "Shut up and get some humility", this wasn't against you personally. Just a... – 12 Successful Predictions of Mental Reality...
Querius EDTA, I think your approach in your point 2 is interesting. -Q – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
Querius Viola Lee and EDTA, Hmmm. I'm really not that familiar with the mathematics of infinities such as Cantor's and serious... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
polistra Funding will NOT disappear, because all of these changes are EXPLICITLY COMMANDED by the funders. Partisan science is what the... – Science writer mourns the slow suicide...
mike1962 Me: Consider, readers, for a second, humans can’t even describe the difference between the conscious experience of red and blue.... – 12 Successful Predictions of Mental Reality...
Mac McTavish Aaron, as far as I know, authors don’t get paid extra for publishing open access papers. I think they have... – That notorious ID paper was the...
AaronS1978 Yeah and it’s also competing with other papers what are the authors pay as open access – That notorious ID paper was the...
Viola Lee Yes, I agree with your 1 through 4. You can proceed indefinitely, but you never “reach infinity” because infinity is... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
EDTA Viola Lee & Querius, Pardon my interrupting, but this argument about infinity is very intriguing to me. I think I... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
Viola Lee Hi Querius At #42, you posted the following to William, but I hope you won't mind if I respond, as... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
Mac McTavish To put it in context, authors who pay to have their papers published as open access have a much higher... – That notorious ID paper was the...
Viola Lee I haven't been involved in the theology discussion, but I imagine you're right about that. And speaking of "equilateral triangles... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
Querius Haha, joke! I bet the article actually meant "hominids" rather than hominims! It does make a difference. But on the... – Did hominins from 300 kya use...
Querius Viola Lee, One of my favorites is Morley’s theorem Cool—I didn’t know that! And from there, it’s equilateral triangles all... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
jerry The theory is that the C19 virus does not kill many people. What kills most people is the over reaction... – BREAKING: President Trump, Mrs Trump &...
jerry RHampton just presented a study where HCQ had a positive effect. What has happened? – BREAKING: President Trump, Mrs Trump &...
AaronS1978 Jerry Coyne is obviously not keeping up with current Neuroscience he might wanna check out https://neurophil-freewill.org/ They are current they... – Jerry Coyne and Determinism
EDTA WJM, I too write, but not professionally (yet). Ideas do sometimes surprise me, but after I have written them down... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
kairosfocus Q, Coriolis forces and similar virtual forces tied to non inertial frames of reference are always interesting. And yes, one... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
Viola Lee Hi Q, re 43 The study of non-euclidean geometry produces many logical but surprising results. Actually, so does Euclidean geometry!... – The Problem With Most Theological Doctrines...
Viola Lee Thanks, Q. I have a high school English teacher friend who teaches the Parable of the Cave in her senior... – 12 Successful Predictions of Mental Reality...