This is a review of Schick & Vonn's How to Think About Weird Things. Read it on PDF by clicking here or read it on this blog by clicking "Read more" below.
This site examines a variety of commonly held beliefs that arguably do not withstand close scrutiny. Sometimes those beliefs are just careless mistakes, but more often they are superstitions, delusions, and sometimes outright hoaxes promulgated for profit. Sometimes these delusions are delusions of sense - they are examples of pure verbiage that only masquerade as making sense.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Merry Christmas
How are we to make sense of the fact that we are deterministic automatons? Merry Christmas!
Read this writing as a PDF by clicking here or read on this blog by clicking "Read more" below!
Read this writing as a PDF by clicking here or read on this blog by clicking "Read more" below!
Topics:
Free Will,
W.J. Holly
Destructing Causal Deconstruction
Read this if you want to know how silly casual deconstruction is. Also, imagine a world that runs in reverse. You can read this as a PDF by clicking here or read this on the blog by clicking "Read more" below.
Topics:
Deconstruction,
Philosophy,
W.J. Holly
Is Jack a Slut?
If you think only women can be sluts, read this. Read as PDF by clicking here or read on this blog by clicking "Read more" below.
The Truth Fairy
Are those of us who seek and serve the Truth – those of us who believe in the Truth Fairy – any the less childlike in our faith?
What basis do we have for believing in truth? Read about it in this essay either on PDF by clicking here or on this blog by clicking "Read more" below.
What basis do we have for believing in truth? Read about it in this essay either on PDF by clicking here or on this blog by clicking "Read more" below.
Topics:
Philosophy,
Philosophy of Religion,
W.J. Holly
Augustine on the Goodness of All Things
Discussion of Augustine's argument that all things that exist are good. Read this either in PDF format by clicking here or on this blog by clicking "Read more" below.
Topics:
Philosophy,
Philosophy of Religion,
W.J. Holly
Saving God by Retreat to Metaphor
When theologians try to save God by resorting to metaphorical interpretations of the Bible, they risk throwing God out with the bath water. Read this extensive essay either on PDF by clicking here or on this blog by clicking "Read more" below, if you dare.
Topics:
Philosophy,
Philosophy of Religion,
W.J. Holly
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