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September 2017

September 14, 2017

Scientific Consensus and Probability

A recent thread erupted into a debate about the value of scientific consensus. Here are...

September 13, 2017

Yes, Scientific Consensus Really Does Matter

In the comments of my last contribution, most of the discussion was about the consensus...

August 2017

August 20, 2017

Answering Questions about Empiricism as Foundational: Knowing that We Know

I recently wrote a piece on empiricism as being foundational to philosophical approaches to epistemology....

August 16, 2017

Empiricism as Foundational

I have talked before about the empiricism vs rationalism debate that has taken place historically...

July 2017

July 05, 2017

Faith and Facts

Memes are dangerous things to think too deeply about because they are, more often than...

June 2017

June 26, 2017

On the Argument from Divine Miscommunication

The Argument from Divine Miscommunication, as set out by people like John Loftus (for example,...

June 20, 2017

A Science-Based Solution to Lies in Politics

I am cross-posting this from my Patheos Nonreligious mate Gleb Tsipursky (at Intentional Insights). I will look...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Philosophy 101 (philpapers induced) #10: Knowledge: Empiricism or Rationalism

Having posted the Philpapers survey results, the biggest ever survey of philosophers conducted in 2009, several readers...

March 02, 2017

What Are We Doing? And Why?

The very name of this blog, “A Tippling Philosopher,” hints that we aim for wisdom,...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Defending Methodological Naturalism

Some time ago, I was having a debate with a fellow Tippling Philosopher (from the...

December 2016

December 30, 2016

Jehovah Witnesses and Cold Feet. No Minds Changed, I Doubt.

The last time the Jehovah's Witnesses came to visit, at my last house, I was...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

On theists believing ridiculous, unscientific things, and Terror Management Theory

Over at another post of mine, when I originally posted it some time back, we...

November 14, 2016

Bonkers Epistemology: “I think Trump is great” and “I don’t like Obama”

I was having a conversation the other day with some family members and I was...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

Where Have I Heard This Before?

I was reading an article yesterday about the history of the NFL, and some of...

July 2016

July 01, 2016

On Being More Skeptical of Claims

I had a phone call with a member of my family last night who made...

June 2016

June 25, 2016

Offense Intended

Some people say that nonbelievers should not attack religious belief aggressively because religionists will be...

June 06, 2016

The Exodus Revisited: Taking a Commenter to Task

I posted some notes I made on the ridiculousness of the Exodus account the other...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

A Question of Faith

This is the first of a series of fictional articles. The second, titled “Religion and...

April 14, 2016

This Is Brilliant: Maybe the Zombie Apocalypse Isn’t Unreasonable!

March 2016

March 27, 2016

Crystals, Creation, and the Constitution: Why Faith Matters

Most Sunday mornings, after drinking a few cups of coffee and watching some lectures on...

March 24, 2016

On the Skepticism of the Resurrection

Christmas is over, time to get on to Easter. Someone in Malawi is about to...

March 06, 2016

What Would It Take Me To Believe? And You?

This is one of those questions that comes up in debates these days, often in...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Philosophy 101 (philpapers induced) #9: Knowledge claims: contextualism, relativism, or invariantism?

Having posted the Philpapers survey results, the biggest ever survey of philosophers conducted in 2009, several readers...

February 24, 2016

Can we choose what we believe?

Isn´t it interesting how the same argument can be very powerful and persuasive for some...

February 15, 2016

Naturalism vs Supernaturalism: In Defence of Methodological Naturalism – Which Horse Wins?

I once had a debate elsewhere with a fellow Tippling Philosopher and rushed out this response....

February 06, 2016

Heads You Win, Tails I Lose

Here is one I wrote a few years back, but came up in a conversation...

February 04, 2016

Gould’s NOMA – a thorough analysis (part 2 – updated)

As Promised, the concluding part to the other day's blog post. Is there really no overlap...

February 03, 2016

CofE school headteacher ridiculed after claiming evolution is only a theory & there is ‘more evidence’ Bible is true

Oh dear. Yet again the "just a theory" trope raises its ugly head. This is...

January 2016

January 15, 2016

Ockham’s Razor and Christianity, revisited

Having just moved to Patheos, it gives me a great opportunity to revisit some older...

October 2015

October 18, 2015

Burden of Proof

I was asked by a fellow blogger to write something on the burden of proof....

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