Is the purpose of reason to achieve truth or to defeat others in argument? Read the full text by clicking here or 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.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Plagiarism and Cheating: How Wrong is it Really?
How wrong is it to plagiarize or cheat? Count the ways. Read about it on a PDF by clicking here or read on this blog by clicking "Read more" below.
Topics:
academic cheating,
Ethics,
Plagiarism,
W.J. Holly
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Review of Schick's How to Think about Weird Things
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.
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!
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
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