On Reason Podcast Episode 2
December 5, 2011 in Belief, christianity, Comedy, On Reason Podcast, Philosophy, Podcasts, Religious Persons, Science
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* NEW * On Reason Podcast
November 8, 2011 in Atheism, Drugs, Education, Empathy, Ethics, Law, Music, On Reason Podcast, Philosophy, Podcasts, Reason, Religion, Science, Social Justice, World Issues
Welcome to the home of the On Reason Podcast. Hosts Brian Bridson and Michael Bourgon have weekly discussions on topics such as science, music, philosophy, ethics, religion, world issues, psychology, drugs and more.
Episode 1 is scheduled for Wednesday, November 9, 2011. This means that barring any unfortunate incidents with uploading, the podcast should be available by late tomorrow night or very early on Thursday.
All episodes will be available here, and, hopefully, on i-Tunes in the VERY near future.
On Reason Podcast by Brian Bridson and Michael Bourgon is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at philosophershaze.com.
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William Lane Craig Debates Peter Millican
November 3, 2011 in Atheism, Belief, bible, christianity, Ethics, Faith, Philosophy, Reason, Religion, Religious Persons, Science, William Lane Craig
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On October 17, 2011, William Lane Craig (WLC) kicked off his Reasonable Faith Tour in the United Kingdom by debating Stephen Law at Westminster Central Hall; a debate which I discussed and analyzed here on October 23. But on October 21, 2011, WLC debated Oxford University professor of philosophy Peter Millican (PM) at Birmingham University‘s Great Hall. With over 1000 people in attendance, WLC and PM debated the existence of god…kind of.
And this ‘kind of’ really speaks to some of my fundamental challenges with debates. Read the rest of this entry →
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An Angry Christian Responds
October 29, 2011 in abortion, Atheism, Belief, christianity, Education, Ethics, Faith, god, Invalid Belief, islam, judaism, Philosophy, Reason, Religion, Religious Persons, Richard Dawkins, Valid Belief
Yesterday I published a post regarding the pro-life protest occurring in Ottawa: Forty Days For Life, titled Forty Days For Life, Ottawa: My Report. I have received a couple of responses thus far, and one of them was so inane I decided that, instead of providing a private reply to him that I would make it the content of this post; after all, I do enjoy highlighting ridiculousness. The first set of asterisks below indicates the beginning of Garry H’s reply, and the second set of asterisks indicates the beginning of my reply to him. Read the rest of this entry →
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Consciousness and an Empathic Civilization: Philosophical Musings on Objective Reality
October 24, 2011 in Being, Belief, Drugs, Ethics, Philosophy, Reason, Science
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“If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, does the tree still make a sound?”
This question seems to be used in an almost rhetorical manner whenever someone wants to express a sentiment of sheer bewilderment, as if this were being asked instead of simply saying “I have no idea.” But this is a relatively straight-forward question to answer. One needs to think about what happens when a tree falls. The trunk of the tree begins to snap, pieces of wood fly off in various directions. The tree begins to lean; its own height and mass begin to work against it and the tree falls over, smashing down upon whatever lies beneath it. Read the rest of this entry →
