March 16, 2013 by

Pope Francis

In Praise of Pope Francis The simplicity of God implies that the essential nature of God (his essence) is one and…

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March 13, 2013 by

Designer babies

Designer babies: Professor Julian Savelescu “Fancy a child who’s likely to be altruistic? Then look for a version of the COMT…

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March 10, 2013 by

Article: Free will and autonomy Victor Stenger

In this article Victor Stnger, a physicist, counters Sam Harris' claim that are wills are fully determined and so there can…

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March 9, 2013 by

Extract 7: Key terms in Sartre’s philosophy of freedom

SARTRE SUMMARY 1. EXISTENCE PRECEDES ESSENCE. "Freedom is existence, and in it existence precedes essence." This means that what we do,…

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March 9, 2013 by

Article: Morality -objective or cultural?

In this article by Jesse Prinz, an American academic, in the journal Philosophy Now, the issue of whether reltivism is true…

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March 9, 2013 by

Article: BANK Everything you need

In this useful link Ted Honderish has brought togther every article you might need to investigate the free will debate from…

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March 9, 2013 by

Advanced Article: Compatibilism PF Strawson Freedom and Resentment

Compatibilism as a view that freedom and determinism can be reconciled has a long history dating back to Thimas Hobbes (leviathan)…

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March 9, 2013 by

Advanced Article:Hume’s compatibilism

In this brilliantly clear and well-argued article Paul Russell of the University of British Columbia considers the nature of Hume's compatibilism….

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March 8, 2013 by

Article: Can God do what’s logically impossible – Descartes

God’s Omnipotence – Gregory Rich Source: groups.wfu.edu Can an omnipotent God do anything, including things that are logically impossible, like make a…

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March 6, 2013 by

Powerpoint: Problem of Evil

Peter Thistlethwaite provides a helpful outline of the theodicies of Augustine and Irenaeus.

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