Posted inFun Philosophy
Ad Hominem, My Sweet
I'm on the road for the next several days and won't always have access to the Internet. So I'm reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…
Posted inPhilosophy
The Genetic Fallacy: He Works For An Oil Company!
I'm on the road for the next several days and won't always have access to the Internet. So I'm reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: First Causes In The Distinction Of Things
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. No matter…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: Good And Evil Aren’t Wholly Opposites
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 deep…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: Matter Doesn’t Always Matter
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. Just a…
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Real Philosophy Is Science — Guest Post by Old David
Editor's note: Old David, a.k.a. David Marwick from Australia, is familiar from the comment pages, and I thought it would be fun if he were on the receiving end of…
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Are We Special? New Thoughts about the Anthropic Principle — Guest Post by Bob Kurland
Editor's note This post first appeared at Kurland's home site. My criticisms follow. "Scientists are slowly waking up to an inconvenient truth - the universe looks suspiciously like a fix.…
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The I-Have-Big-Muscles Fallacy
Harvard graduate walks down the street where a 50-lb sack of cement blocks his way. He reaches down to shift it but discovers that despite all his might the bulk…