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and also one which most atheists will go to great lengths to refute.

It has to come from inside the party that’s responsible if it’s going to make any difference. I don’t see many. A couple of sleazebag climate denialis...

I think there's a connection between American protestant fundamentalism and the extreme gullibility that you see in these ludicrous conspiracy theorie...

Blistering piece by Ben Sasse in The Atlantic: Q Anon is Destroying the Republican Party from Within

I've previously spotted a few instances of what I now know is called 'copypasta' (great word by the way) but didn't realise it was outside the ToS - I...

Oh, I don't think the UK can be held responsible for the emergence of that mutant strain, but it's fairly clear that their response was generally pret...

Well, there's that, but it's still been a hugely successful campaign. Both my Christmas and New Years' plans were torpedoed by the December outbreak i...

Again, Underhill is a good place to start. Many of her books are now in the public domain. Dean (Wiiliam) Inge is another - he was an Anglican clergym...

Actually, that ought to read ‘cannot be justified empirically’ in my opinion. This is because his argument is that we cannot see the conjunction of ca...

Remnants of theism are worth holding on to, if the alternative is what amounts to mass euthenasia. ‘I mean, what’s the problem with letting go of a fe...

I don't think there is any 'trick' to attaining those states of insight. First, it is a gift, and not everyone possesses it. Secondly, it has to be gi...

:up: I like that. Like ‘driving pitons into the cliff-face of possibility’.

I sometimes wonder if you could do a global search-and-replace of the word ‘media’ with the word ‘mirror’ in all Trump and Trump allies’ fulminations ...

I did raise the question of affiliation in an earlier thread: Submission guidelines for all three of the journals mentioned can be viewed online, they...

phew.

Also it was reported this morning on the Australian Broadcasting Corp. news that Mitch McConnell has announced Republicans will have a conscience vote...

she's one of the q-anon nutjobs. Magnetically attracted to Dear Leader. Her comms director just walked. It's a matter of executive responsibility.

Well, good luck with it. I don't think I'll offer to be a reviewer, as although I did a semester on Hume, it was a long time ago and I don't know if I...

I also have to say I think Mike Pence deserves kudos for his response on January 6th - after a mob broke into the Capitol with the explicit aim of ‘ha...

Sure. Romney isn't magnficent, or a world-conquering hero, or the greatest guy in history. But he's a decent bloke, which is about the best you could ...

Actually I agree, it was atrocious, but then, so is what we've been seeing. It's more than just politics. The culture itself encourages and coddles st...

https://nyti.ms/3in4DSI

I sometimes think that the big problem in America is that stupid people are given too much power. Of course, there's no easy remedy. 'Idiocracy' was o...

And I will reiterate my reply that questioning the accepted consensus is the fundamental task of philosophy (and even science, for that matter). A lot...

Trump at the time of the riot was President of the United States. So his words obviously have the power to influence others. When he said 'go there an...

As a matter of interest, what do you consider to be a 'high impact philosophy journal'? I'm vaguely familiar with some of them, mainly because their n...

Romney is an obvious choice, he's had the guts to call Trump out since day 1. Ben Sasse has also made a stand. 10 Republicans voted to impeach, as not...

I did an entire semester on that book, back in the day. It was a book I loved to hate, although I've gotten over that. I'm a sixties type. We're after...

Unfortunately true. They stood up against Nixon back in the day but then Nixon was hardly a magnetic personality.

Most of the people who do that have zero interest in or knowledge of philosophy per se, this forum is just a place where they can get free interaction...

Well I have to say, contender for best and clearest OP of the year so far. :up: I would say that as one of the resident metaphysical idealists, the is...

Yeah I know. That's what's sad about it. I think there are plenty of decent Republicans, but the lunatic fringe seems to have taken over. There's a lu...

:vomit:

Republicans Are Tough on Terrorism Until the Terrorists Are Republicans

Death threats against Republicans who voted to impeach: Daily Beast.

She is so impressive! Even outshines Jacinta Adern who has a stellar reputation in this part of the world. I think the reason why socialism has such a...

Might be worth mentioning Ron Cram's previous posts on this topic. https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/6872/humes-failed-attack-on-newtons-law-o...

:lol:

The nearest thing to that in American culture are the radical right - Trumpism, which actual democratic institutions are in a desparate struggle with....

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OK I'll provide the post that I learned it from: The Clenched Fist of Reason

Parlor game - what is the etymology of 'world'?

If ever that pathetic deluded individual realises who is his own worst enemy, that will be the end of him. And that is my last ever post in the Trump ...

All strength to them, and every success.

That is telling!

Never read a post from him that wasn't a complaint.

Out of a poll sampling of 1000. Similar poll named Richard Dawkins as the world's leading intellectual not long back. :clap:

Not to forget that Trump had the lowest consistent approval ratings of any President in history. They never got above 50%

The ‘no-violence’ call is undoubtedly scripted by Trump’s handlers, It’s welcome all the same, but the scripted Trump should never mistaken for the re...

A textbook passage on 'the correspondence theory of truth' (gleaned from previous exchanges on philosophy forums). 'According to correspondence theory...