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My Dog Isn't An Atheist (But I Am): What Christopher Hitchens Should Have Said to William Lane Craig
Two weeks ago I talked about how badly Hitch dropped the ball in that debate. Here's what he could have said instead.
Mar 12
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I Know This Will Shock You, But Karl Marx Would Not In Fact Have Been a MAGA Guy
A couple of odd contrarians have been making the case for the compatibility of two of the most apparently incompatible ideas in the universe. Let's take a look.
Mar 5
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Chomsky on ChatGPT: Are Machine Learning Systems Like Concentration Camp Guards?
Noam Chomsky and his co-authors attribute the "moral indifference" of ChatGPT to purely cognitive limitations. They may be overstating the case on that issue--and missing a deeper Humean point.
Mar 19
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Hitch and the Philosopher: A Look Back at Christopher Hitchens's Debate with William Lane Craig
I find much of Hitchens's humanistic moral critique of Christianity compelling--and he was an immensely talented debater. But when he went up against a real philosopher of religion, it was a disaster.
Feb 26
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Thinking Harder About Justice: Rawls vs. Cohen vs. Marx
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Don't Cancel Zizek
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Sam Harris Has Nothing Useful to Say About Free Will
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Hume in Hell
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Jordan Peterson Thinks Atheists "Unconsciously" Worship Pan
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Is Analytic Philosophy Counter-Revolutionary?
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Slavoj Zizek and the Case for Compatibilism
Compatibilism is supported by deep intuitions about responsibility and control. It can also feel "obviously" wrong and absurd. Slavoj Žižek's commentary…
Feb 19
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Is Analytic Philosophy Counter-Revolutionary?
In a pair of battling Jacobin articles, Christoph Schuringa argues that analytic philosophy is intellectually narrow and deeply tied to anti-communist…
Feb 12
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Sam Harris Has Nothing Useful to Say About Free Will
Sam Harris has done a lot to promote strident skepticism about free will and moral responsibility. His arguments don't stand up to scrutiny.
Feb 5
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Jordan Peterson Thinks Atheists "Unconsciously" Worship Pan
Peterson loves to score culture-war points by bashing atheists, but the closer you look at his own religious views--and his version of pragmatism about…
Jan 29
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The Liar Paradox (and Russell's Paradox) for Non-Logicians
Here's why you should find the challenge the paradoxes pose to classical logic philosophically interesting--even if you're the kind of person whose eyes…
Jan 22
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Don't Cancel Zizek
I don't agree with my friend Slavoj Žižek about everything but he's an insightful thinker. I have nothing but contempt for attempts to denounce him as a…
Jan 15
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Thinking Harder About Justice: Rawls vs. Cohen vs. Marx
The Marxist philosopher G.A. Cohen is often understood as criticizing John Rawls's theory of justice "from the left." Let's take a closer look.
Jan 8
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Hume in Hell
A deep dive on David Hume's essays on suicide and the afterlife
Jan 1
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Thinking Harder About Justice: Rawls vs. Cohen vs. Marx
34
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Don't Cancel Zizek
25
4
Sam Harris Has Nothing Useful to Say About Free Will
20
2
Hume in Hell
26
1
Jordan Peterson Thinks Atheists "Unconsciously" Worship Pan
22
2
Is Analytic Philosophy Counter-Revolutionary?
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