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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil is Not Intended
Previous post. Evil is not intended, but it often results because of lack of knowledge of The Good or the will is not directed toward The Good. That evil in…
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There Is No “Problem” Of Old Evidence In Bayesian Theory
Update I often do a poor job setting the scene. Today we have the solution to an age-old problem (get it? get it?), a "problem" thought to be a reason…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Every Agent Acts for a Good
Previous post. Every agent acts for what it thinks is a good, even if it misses the mark. That every agent acts for a good 1 Next after this we…
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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…
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The Static Theory of Time and Free Will — Guest Post by The Cranky Professor
It is often argued that if the block universe theory of time is correct then people lack free will. The reason for this contention is because on a B-theory of…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: God is in Charge of Everything
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. We have…
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Why Not Only Us? Men Speak, Animals Make Noise
A review of the book Why Only Us: Language and Evolution by Robert Berwick and Noam Chomsky. Everybody knows, or used to know, that only men speak. Animals make noise,…
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No, The Size of the Universe DoeS Not Prove God Doesn’t Exist
Stream: No, The Size of the Universe Doe Not Prove God Doesn't Exist Some philosophers are claiming God doesn't exist because the universe is big and mostly humanity-free. These academic…