One way of understanding "science" is that it is concerned with the discovery and verification of facts. If God exists, then the existence of God is a fact. If there is no God, then the non-existence of God is a fact. Either way, there is a fact to be discovered and verified. So, it looks like under this conception of "science" the question "Does God exist?" would be properly categorized as a scientific question.But, what is a "fact"? This is itself a problematic and ambiguous word. It might, on … [Read more...]
A Scientific Question? Part 8
September 2, 2010 By 3 Comments
There are four different possible kinds of questions, in relation to the categories of "scientific questions" and "historical questions" (prior to doing an analysis of these concepts):X.S.....H1. T.....T2. T.....F3. F.....T4. F.....F(1) both scientific and historical(2) scientific but not historical(3) not scientific but historical(4) not scientific and not historicalI am going to make a few plausible assumptions about what sorts of questions exist:(a) There are some scientific questions.(b) … [Read more...]
New Chick Tract
September 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Jack Chick for kids. (Though it's hard to believe any of his other tracts are for adults.)Weirdly self-referential. … [Read more...]
Goodbye to All That
September 1, 2010 By 28 Comments
Over the past ten years I have published, in one venue or another, about twenty things on the philosophy of religion. I have a book on the subject, God and Burden of Proof, and another criticizing Christian apologetics, Why I am not a Christian. During my academic career I have debated William Lane Craig twice and creationists twice. I have written one master’s thesis and one doctoral dissertation in the philosophy of religion, and I have taught courses on the subject numerous times. But no … [Read more...]
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