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Why Does Anything At All Exist? Pt. 2June 5, 2018 - 1:12 pm
This is the second in a series of posts examining the argument for God’s existence from contingent beings. Click here to read the first post. In my previous post, I presented the cosmological argument from contingent beings[i], and defended the second premise. As a reminder, here’s how the argument runs: Everything that exists has an […]
The Argument from Consciousness: ConclusionMay 22, 2018 - 12:51 am
This is my fifth and last post in a series on the Argument from Consciousness—the basic form of which should by now be familiar. The argument begins by presenting properties of consciousness which cannot in principle be reduced to the physical. It then argues that the existence of conscious agents with these mental properties implicates […]
Why Does Anything at all Exist?May 14, 2018 - 6:48 pm
“Philosophy starts in wonder, and wonder impels us to find reasons for things”[i] When I was a child, on the odd occasion I would find myself lying in bed at night, wondering what it would be like to not-exist. After confounding myself with such reflection, I was naturally led to wonder what it would be […]
The Gospel According to DawkinsMay 11, 2018 - 9:05 am
The ‘new atheists’ have frequently ignored their best qualified critics, particularly in recent years. As Richard Dawkins tours NZ this month, will he continue with this trend? If his many confident claims about the core historical aspects of the Christian faith (an area well outside his field of expertise) were subjected to rational scrutiny and […]
Richard Dawkins is Coming to New Zealand, and That’s Good News!May 7, 2018 - 11:35 am
(From Canterbury Evangelism Network and Thinking Matters) Who is Richard Dawkins? Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary biologist and science populariser. He is the former University of Oxford’s Professor for Public Understanding of Science. He has written many books including The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, Climbing Mount Improbable and The God Delusion. He is a […]

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