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Against Faith and In Defense of Naturalism and Induction

June 30, 2009 – 1:53 am

It should not be necessary for understanding this post, but in case you’d like to catch up on the full debate with Camels With Hammer Reader/Debate Spar Extraordinaire Shane leading up to this post, here are the previous installments: Objections to Religious Moderates and Intellecuals 1 Objections to Religious Moderates and Intellectuals 2 Objections to [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheism, Authority, Evidence, Faith, God, Miracles, Naturalism, Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Religion | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (5)

How Faith Is Not Like Other (Revisable) Reflexive Assumptions

June 29, 2009 – 12:00 am

(It should not be necessary for understanding this post, but for the full backstory to this debate see my series on Objections to Religious Moderates and Intellectuals, parts 1, 2, 3, & 4 and my post “On Teleology and Intellectual Virtues and Vices”) Shane writes in reply to my post “On Teleology and Intellectual Virtues [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in Atheism, Epistemology, Ethics, Faith, Historical Ethics, Metaethics, Metaphysics, Miracles, Naturalism, Philosophical Ethics, Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Teleology | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

The Theocratic Mindset of James Dobson

June 24, 2008 – 1:29 pm

As something of a Rawlsian about public discourse, I have no problem with religious people arguing in government for application of ideals that they personally discovered through their religion or their sacred texts, their religious institutions, etc. as long as they respect the need to give reasons that are publicly accessible, reasons that do not [...]

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By Daniel Fincke | Also posted in 2008 Presidential Race, Abortion, Applied Ethics, Atheism, Barack Obama, Faith, News Discussion, Philosophical Ethics, Philosophy, Theocracy | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)