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“In poetry, words rhyme; in puns, ideas rhyme,” says James Geary. “This is the ultimate test of wittiness, keeping your balance even when you’re of two minds.” So why do puns have a bad reputation?

“In poetry, words rhyme; in puns, ideas rhyme,” says James Geary. “This is the ultimate test of wittiness, keeping your balance even when you’re of two minds.” So why...

Posted: Monday, August 20, 2018

A Pragmatic Approach to Libertarian Free Will

2018.08.26 : View this Review Online | View Recent NDPR Reviews John Lemos, A Pragmatic Approach to Libertarian Free Will, Routledge, 2018, 184pp., $140.00 (hbk), ISBN 9781138498037. ...

Posted: Monday, August 20, 2018

Old Glory

Now, how did that happen? Wanting to re-read Jonathan Raban’s Coasting, his evocation of a journey of discovery sailing round Britain, first published over thirty years ago, I just found a...

Posted: Sunday, August 19, 2018

Getting it right …

After a bad day battling with my intro logic book and feeling really rather despondent about it, I stumbled over this, from Philip Roth, whose Americal Pastoral I’m currently reading: “Writing...

Posted: Sunday, August 19, 2018

Given our collective mania for attention, and the boundless opportunities we now have to seek it, we might ask: What did people believe they lost when they lost their privacy?

Given our collective mania for attention, and the boundless opportunities we now have to seek it, we might ask: What did people believe they lost when they lost their...

Posted: Saturday, August 18, 2018

Relative Identity

[Revised entry by Harry Deutsch and Pawel Garbacz on August 17, 2018. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Identity is often said to be a relation each thing bears to itself and to no other thing...

Posted: Friday, August 17, 2018

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Dr. Robert McKim
  • on Religious Diversity
  • Professor of Religion and Professor of Philosophy
  • Focuses on Philosophy of Religion
  • Ph.D. Yale
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Dr. Alvin Plantinga
  • on Where the Conflict Really Lies
  • Emeritus Professor of Philosophy (UND)
  • Focuses on Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion
  • Ph.D. Yale
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  • on faith as a cognitive sickness
  • Teaches Philosophy at Portland State University (Oregon)
  • Focuses on atheism and critical thinking
  • Has a passion for teaching in prisons
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Taming the Beast: Building Self-regulating AI

on July 12 2018Paul Pardi, MA
Artificial Intelligence is all the rage these days–at least among the tech Illuminati. The attitude among the general population on the other hand seems to range from indifference, to fear, to outright antagonism. One of the big concerns many people share is the worry that AI systems will become too powerful and grow beyond the ability of their creators to manage and control. Is there a solution?...

Don’t take that class. It’s useless.

on May 19 2018Paul Pardi, MA
Is digital education ineffective and impractical? Can the same be said of college education in general? A recent tweet makes these claims and this article considers them and takes a look at the epistemology and educational philosophy that might justify it....

Soulmates: A Cinematic Quandary

on April 06 2018Candice Stockstell
Are two souls destined to be together? Candice Stockstell considers how this question is handled in American movies, world religions, and philosophy. This brief study is both delighfully whimsical and informative....
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