Category: Philosophy
In Praise of Small Bars of Soap
There is a kind of person—and mood, and outlook on life—for which slow-to-disappear bars of soap are a problem. You know what I mean. You start a new bar of soap. A week
A Historical Bibliography of Philosophy of Religion (according to LLMs, edited by humans)
This was generated by LLMs with a few additions and corrections by me (and you, I hope). I looked it over and corrected anything I thought wrong and improved anything needing improvement; but
Plan for a Public Notebook
Some background My strange career began with academia and a little college teaching, and then a series of knowledge and education startups and consulting stints. I have rarely been short of interesting opportunities,
On W. L. Craig on whether God can learn
A friend of mine has pressed me to respond to William Lane Craig’s defense of Molinism, so here is a small contribution. Recently, I found an occasion to do so. Craig’s X.com team
Zobot: A Third Kind of Self-Sustaining Being
Philosophy and theology posit two kinds of self-sustaining beings: God, who is eternally self-sustaining, depending on nothing outside himself for his being; and living beings or organisms, consisting of many interoperative systems that
On freedom and divine sovereignty (summary)
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A Sketch of My Theological Method
While thinking about a certain book on the history of religious ideas, I considered how my own approach to theology might fit into that enormous history. This led me to the following summary
How a Skeptical Philosopher Becomes a Christian
It is finally time for me to confess and explain, fully and publicly, that I am a Christian. Followers of this blog have probably guessed this, but it is past time to share my testimony properly. I am called to “Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” One of…
On Biblical Inspiration
Introduction: the problem The Bible, Christians believe, is inspired. What this means, however, is not at all clear, at least according to philosophical theology, in which there is a variety of theories. It
Against Cannibalism
UPDATED; first published August 25, 2019. For further evidence of a rising interest in cannibalism, see this Twitter thread. I’m going to go out on a limb and declare that eating people is
