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Albert Camus on Negation and Absurdity
This quote is from Albert Camus’s essay, “Pessimism and Tyranny.” It appeared in COMBAT, September 1945: No, everything is not summed up in negation and absurdity. We know this. But we must first posit negation and absurdity because they are what … Continue reading
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Tagged absurd, Albert Camus, atheism, existentialism, life, pessimism, philosophy, Richard Dawkins, the absurd, theology
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The Baloney Detection Kit
This is something special and new. The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science has just put out its first video, and it’s pretty good:
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Tagged atheist, baloney, education, Michael Shermer, philosophy, positivism, reason, Richard Dawkins, science, scientism, skeptic
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Are Things as Bad as They Appear?
In Robert Wright’s interview with Salon.com today, he was asked about the end of his recent book, The Evolution of God : At the end of your book, you say the great divide in modern thinking is between people who … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, alexander pope, atheism, evolution, existentialism, philosophy, Reinhold Niebuhr, robert wright, theism
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Louis Mackey on Human Laziness and Fear
The brief excerpt below is from the stylized philosophy documentary, Waking Life. Speaking is the philosopher Louis Mackey. If his voice is familiar, it’s because he was tapped to play the anarchist in the film Slackers : Mackey: “[W]hat are these … Continue reading
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Philosopher David Sosa on Free Will v. Determinism
As portrayed in the critically acclaimed documentary, Waking Life:
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Tagged block universe, david sosa, determinism, free will, God, John Calvin, law, philosophy, physics, psychology, quantum physics
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The WTF Moment of the Day: A Father is Told That He Must Pay $3,000 for the Bullet That the Government Used to Murder His Son
According to the Wall Street Journal, on Saturday in Iran, a young man, returning home from an acting class, went missing. It turns out that, though he was not a government protester, he was caught in the crossfire between the … Continue reading
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Tagged bullets, death, family, fascism, guns, Iran, Islam, life, Muslim, oppression, rule of law, tehran
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Does the Honest Application of Skepticism and Critical Thought Lead One Inevitably to Atheism?
Over at The Barefoot Bum, Larry Hamelin chides me for saying that: “Atheist and agnostic evangelism can be Diet Coke misleading if we pretend that atheism and agnosticism aren’t real divorces from vital sources of hope in human beings.” Hamelin … Continue reading
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To Be an Atheist: “Thou Shalt” Becomes “I Will”
Here’s an example of one of the things that it necessarily means to be an atheist, and, therefore, why it shouldn’t be taken lightly: The “Thou shalt” of religion becomes the “I will” of individual choice and action. This particular … Continue reading
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