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Naturalism As True By Definition

July 18, 2009 – 11:47 am

Jason Streitfeld weighs in on the question of naturalism or supernaturalism, treated by Sean Carroll here, John Pieret here, and Shane and me in these this post and then this one. Streitfeld’s post is excellent so read it in full. Scientists do not rely on any notion of the supernatural to formulate their conception of [...]

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Can Scientists Infer About Naturalism And Its Limitations?

July 18, 2009 – 12:03 am

John Pieret is not thrilled with Sean Carroll’s foray into the philosophy of science and metaphysics from Thursday. Particularly, he is (rightly) critical of Carroll’s dismissal of major theories of scientific demarcation as mere “mottos” and his apparently unnuanced and uncritical preference for Occam’s Razor in all cases.  Only in the final paragraph does he [...]

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Is Karma Incompatible With Atheism?

July 17, 2009 – 9:31 pm

An excellent question posed by a Scot, a reader at The Friendly Atheist. While Richard gives a fine answer supposing belief in a supernatural version of Karma, I find several of the comments interesting and more akin to the way I’ve used the term. Gary says: Actually, the word “karma” is sanskrit and simply means [...]

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Science And Supernatural Hypotheses, Present and Possible Future

July 16, 2009 – 2:12 pm

Via PZ Myers, comes a long and recommendable argument by Sean Carroll on the philosophy of science and how scientific understanding of the world thus far precludes any room for miracles (thus making the religion and science incompatible).  Excerpted from the much longer article with interesting things on the philosophy of science which I recommend [...]

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The History Of The Universe With Physicist Michio Kaku

July 6, 2009 – 9:51 pm

Five Videos, start with this one: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geJa5ZFO1JU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01] Thanks to Atheist Media Blog.

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