Philosophy – Page 65 – William M. Briggs

Gravitational Waves And Discovering Cause

You'll have heard by now that the existence of gravitational waves have been "confirmed." The scare quotes are intentional, but not in the sense that I (necessarily) disbelieve in the…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Brought Things Into Being Out Of Nothing

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're only…

Philosophy Statistics

Infinity, (Physical) Parameters, Fine Tuning, & Probability

Via Ed Feser I was led back to Alvin Plantinga's Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism, which has a lot about probability. I'll not do much of…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God Is The Cause Of All Being

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. Note that…

Culture Philosophy

Analysis Of A Sermon From The Secular Scientism Priest Neil deGrasse Tyson

It's not that anybody of stature claims Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of our greatest minds; instead, it has been said he is a harmless entertainer. In this there is…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God And His Relation To Effects

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. This is…

Philosophy SAMT

Summary Against Modern Thought: God’s Action, Power & Substance

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. Most of…

Culture Philosophy

When Philosophy Lost Its Way Discussion

So the official voice of godless materialism published a piece by Robert Frodeman and Adam Briggle (who are plugging a new book, see below), "When Philosophy Lost Its Way" which…

James on Reader Opinion Requested: What Science Do You Find Sketchy, Exaggerated Or Wrong?July 16, 2025
The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis might be worthy of exploring for bad science: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic_ape_hypothesis
Scott Locklin on Jung’s Synchronicity & CoincidenceJuly 16, 2025
There was a book on the correspondence between Jung and Wolfgang Pauli (who was a genius, but also an alcoholic…
Ralph Mertesdorf on Vegetarians Crave Power And Success More Than Meat Eaters Do, Study FindsJuly 16, 2025
I found another headline at that "Study Finds" site" "Many Texas Communities Are Dangerously Unprepared For Floods, And Lack Of…
Tars Tarkas on Vegetarians Crave Power And Success More Than Meat Eaters Do, Study FindsJuly 16, 2025
"39. She always wants to be the one who makes the decisions. She likes to be the leader." This is…
Brian (bulaoren) on Vegetarians Crave Power And Success More Than Meat Eaters Do, Study FindsJuly 16, 2025
Obviously, a vegetarian diet does not produce a feeling of satiation.