Chit-Chat » Books » 10/02/2015 3:15 pm |
Hi everyone!
Recently, I'm a little intrigued by Drange's book "Nonbelief & Evil." Has anyone read the book? If so, then how is it? I hope that Drange is not one of those atheist whiners. I just want to make sure that I spend my money on intellectually serious books.
Theoretical Philosophy » Concept of God » 10/02/2015 12:54 am |
Hmmm, that's a really interesting way of viewing the logical POE. I remember reading The Miracle of Theism and Mackie accepted Swinburne's definition of God. Perhaps the logical POE shows the absurdity of Swineburne's God.
Theoretical Philosophy » Concept of God » 9/29/2015 11:26 pm |
Also, I found a video where Dr. Craig and Parsons debate on "Why I am/not a Christian" . Eventhough in this video clip Parsons and Craig debate on the Resurrection of Jesus, they touch upon some questions related to this current thread. Parsons argues that he would end up believing in God if God revealed himself more obviously. However, even some atheists would argue against Parsons position such as Law's "evil god." Law would probably argue on what if the evil god generates an illusion, as another way to deceive and torment us. Additionally, Wes Morriston's Demonists would say something similar. As a side note, Parsons seems to have in mind God as an agent and what he should be or should not be doing.
Theoretical Philosophy » Concept of God » 9/29/2015 2:34 pm |
Alright, fair enough
Theoretical Philosophy » Concept of God » 9/29/2015 12:40 pm |
Regarding Mackie, he denied there was such thing as objective morality, and so he cannot use moral evils as an argument against God. However, what about natural evils?
Theoretical Philosophy » Concept of God » 9/28/2015 7:53 pm |
I noticed that, most of the time, when atheists attack the concept of God, they mean the divine attributes in univocal terms. For example, JL Mackie attacks the concept of God by using his logical POE,
(1) God is all-powerful and all-good
(2) Evil exists
(3) Then either He is all-powerful but not all-good or He is all-good but not all-powerful
(C) Therefore, God cannot exist
Mackie assumed "all-good" to be morally good in the same sense as us humans, but in a higher degree. However, Thomists deny univocal terms regarding God, instead Thomists use analogous terms. Also, Thomists deny that God is a moral agent. Hence, the logical POE loses a lot of its force. Indeed, if one uses univocal terms regarding God then one will get into trouble, especially when it comes to Divine Simplicity. I have not read Martin's "Impossibility of God" but I read Paul Copan's review of the book. He mentions that a lot of the "disproofs" are not that good. Maybe some day I will read it.
Chit-Chat » Critiques of feminism » 9/25/2015 4:23 pm |
Yes, I noticed that the modern version of feminism presupposes some rehashed Marxism, social constructionism, and other postmodern ideas. Nevertheless, "old" feminism is more classically liberal even though the idea that gender is a social construction comes from one Mary Wollstonecraft's works. I also noticed a lot of "common coin" concepts in feminism are in other postmodernist theories such as multiculturalism or critical race theory (whiteness bad/multicolorness good), LGBT theories(straight bad/gay, lesbian, trans good), etc.
Chit-Chat » Critiques of feminism » 9/23/2015 7:55 pm |
Hi everybody,
I have been looking for books that systematically attack or critique feminism. One book that I have and critiques feminism is Michael Levin's "Feminism and Freedom." Does anybody know any philosophical books, articles, essays, etc that critique feminism?
Practical Philosophy » Historical errors » 9/22/2015 9:56 pm |
Maybe you're right, some secular activists scream "Inquisition, Crusades, Witch hunts, etc" as a tactic to advance secularism as good.
Theoretical Philosophy » Books for Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems » 9/22/2015 9:54 pm |
Well, if you want mathematical rigor, try a book that introduces you to mathematical proofs. Take a look at "A Transition to Advanced Mathematics" by Smith, Eggen and Andre. If you want to go straight to mathematical rigor try any Real Analysis book.