October 21, 2013
False, Reasonable, Practical Reason-Generating Beliefs
My last post set off a bit of a firestorm, which I expected. Following J’s friendly amendment, I thought I’d write up something quick to explain a bit more what…
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October 19, 2013
Yetter on Vallier on the Reasonableness of Theism
Richard Yetter-Chappell responds to Kevin’s post here. I’ll quote the bulk of it: Some kind of minimal deism (motivated by the cosmological argument) seems reasonable enough. But (as I’ve previously noted) it’s…
October 17, 2013
This Post is an Abomination Unto Nuggan
I recently spent a long weekend in Seattle talking about Milton (the poet, not the economist) with friends and colleagues. (This is how I have fun. Don’t judge me.) The…
October 16, 2013
Christian Belief is Reasonable, So Respect It
I’m a big believer in reasonable pluralism, the notion that there are deep, pervasive disagreements about morality, politics and religion that are the unavoidable result of practical reasoning in a…