See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. More on the intellect, […]
Leibniz’s Problem with Materialism — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor
In this essay, I shall consider a popular view in the philosophy of mind known as emergentism. Emergentism is a type of materialist view that says that the brain or some material […]
Summary Against Modern Thought: There Is Free Will
See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. At last! An initial […]
The Dangers Of Sam Harris’s Anti-Free Will View
Received this email from Justin. I’ve edited it only to correct the typos my enemies placed in my Inbox. Hi William, I am contacting you because you have a different view on […]
AI Does Not Pose A Challenge To Christianity
The theology and philosophy of the Atlantic article “Is AI a Threat to Christianity?” proves that it was all downhill after the schoolmen in the sad twilight of the Middle Ages adopted […]
Summary Against Modern Thought: Every Agent Acts for an End
Previous post. Every agents does indeed act for an end, and never for nothing. For nothing is the absence of anything. There is no such thing as “random”. How every agent acts […]
Musk’s Matrix Is Malodorous
“Elon Musk has said that there is only a ‘one in billions’ chance that we’re not living in a computer simulation.” Since all probability is conditional on the assumed premises, the natural […]
The Deepest State — Guest Post by Ianto Watt
I’d like to propose an analogy. But first, the groundwork. Let’s say you believe (but can’t prove) that there is such a thing as ‘The Deep State‘. Your friend, who is equally […]
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