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Just a thought. 4.
With the little bit of free time I've had this summer, I've been organizing files on my computer. In the process, I've been reading through some projects I've had sitting on the shelf for a while. The following paragraph is an excerpt from a larger project -- on belief acquisition -- and I thought it…
Introducing Theodicy. What on earth is a Theodicy?!
Loosely speaking, a theodicy is an attempt to explain why God allows evil in the world. More particularly, it's an attempt to answer The Problem of Evil; that is, to give an account of how the existence of God and of evil are not incompatible. So the problem is just this: 1) God is omnipotent…
Update to my About page.
In case anyone following my blog is interested, I've updated my About page. - P
A David Hume Quote worth contemplating. A balanced life.
"Man is a reasonable being; and as such, receives from science his proper food and nourishment: But so narrow are the bounds of human understanding, that little satisfaction can be hoped for in this particular, either from the extent or security of his acquisitions. Man is a sociable, no less than a reasonable being: But…
Narrowboat in the Spring
I took these photos whilst pointing my lens out the window of a narrowboat on an English canal, first one way and then the other. (You can see the change in direction of the wake.) We’d travelled a short distance between shots, but even so the difference in colour from one direction to the other…
Just a thought. 3.
Today's thought is a quote that originates with Tacitus, Roman historian, in his work Annals (CE 109). This quote, translated as follows, appears in Latin on the title page of the first edition of Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature. "Seldom are men blessed with times in which they may think what they like, and…
A little advice about social media.
Why the advice? To encourage you to 1) Protect your health and well-being (physical/mental/emotional/social); 2) Protect your reputation; 3) Protect your intellectual integrity. ADOPT THE COUNT-TO-10 RULE. If something someone says on the internet pushes your buttons, do not immediately reply. Instead. Count to ten. And think. If you are still worked up, log out…
Just a thought. 2.
Do I deny that there are people not worth talking to? Certainly not. I’m only cautioning you not to be one of them. …
Just a thought. 1.
The common name for diplomacy is the Golden Rule, and we learn by experience that its employment is one way to avoid a bar fight. Self-defence is what we tend to use after we’ve already lost a couple of teeth. …
