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The Existence of Ideal Entities — Guest Post by the Cranky Professor

In this essay, I shall argue that meanings, as expressed in language and thought, are timeless, immaterial and extra-mental entities. I will defend the views of Bernard Bolzano, Frege and…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: There Is No Highest Evil

Previous post. The good is "that which all things desire." With that, and in these two chapters, we wrap up the subject of evil. We next time move to the…

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Infinity — Part 1 of N

We've discussed infinity before, but since the subject in inexhaustible, we're discussing it again. Infinity comes in sizes, as many readers know. What's less appreciated is how these sizes relate…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil Has A Cause

Previous post. Two chapters this week on the (non-controversial) claim that evil must have a cause. The nature of this cause is, however, of some interest. That Evil Has A…

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Scientists Prove There Is Life After Death?

Headline: "British And German Scientists Prove There Is Life After Death." Thanks to reader Mark Charters for discovering the study. British and German scientists have confirmed there is some form…

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Science Is Not The Most Important Subject

Stream: Science Is Not The Most Important Subject What's with all the kowtowing to science among religious folks? As soon as a scientist, or science cheerleader, starts talking about the…

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Edge’s Last Question

The guy who runs Edge, the site we've had some fun with over the years, has decided he's run out of interesting questions. So to go out with a noise,…

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Summary Against Modern Thought: Evil Does not Wholly Destroy the Good

Previous post. A hint of the calculus and a reminder all acts intend a definite good, even when the act results in an evil. That Evil Does not Wholly Destroy…

gareth on Lesson 13: No “Fair” Dice & Jaynes SymmetryJuly 17, 2024
Thanks for doing this Briggs :-) Am (partially) following... (by which I mean that I'm getting some or most of…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Lesson 13: No “Fair” Dice & Jaynes SymmetryJuly 17, 2024
My writer friend describes a memorable lesson in statistics, given in her office where she was health editor at a…
Rightful Freedom on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 17, 2024
"That everyone ought to be equal is a moral idea which simply never occurred to anyone in antiquity; not even…
Cary D Cotterman on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 17, 2024
If DEI continues, it will be the destruction of everything humanity has achieved. You'd think that then the woke would…
Johnno on The Enlightenment Was The Beginning Of The Great Leveling: Stove 2July 17, 2024
Equality is irrational and contrary to nature. But when a man can become a woman, nature can become artificial, numbers…