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- Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:46 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: New to PN
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2761
Re: New to PN
Hi, welcome to the forum.
- Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:45 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: An Amoral Manifesto (Part I)
- Replies: 77
- Views: 30189
Re: An Amoral Manifesto (Part I)
I read it more as a statement on the implications of whether morality was dependent on God. Marks' conclusion seems, to me anyway, to be that human being can still act ethically even without the concept of morality that religion has given us. So even if we accept the "no morality without God&qu...
- Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:57 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Science
- Topic: Hawking
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7660
Re: Hawking
Not theological or interesting really, just the same old claim that you have no way to be certain about your claim. Actually, I apologize for even making the comment, as this is such tired ground. Old habits die hard I guess, my bad. Typist, have you read William James' lecture The Will to Believe ...
- Thu Sep 02, 2010 11:51 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Science
- Topic: Hawking
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7660
Re: Hawking
"Because there is a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing." This seems to be saying the law of gravity existed before the universe itself. Fine if he proves it, but it begs the usual questions of where did gravity come from, or maybe it was always there...
- Thu Sep 02, 2010 7:19 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Science
- Topic: Hawking
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7660
Re: Hawking
Very possibly. It's hard to offer much comment without reading the book. Typical press shorthand and simplification often doesn't help.Rortabend wrote:I'm not sure Hawking is claiming anything. It's more likely to be his publisher misinterpreting the book for a press release!
- Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:50 am
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Greetings
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1475
Re: Greetings
Hello, and welcome to the forum.
- Fri Aug 20, 2010 9:40 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Science
- Topic: On Time and Archaeology
- Replies: 128
- Views: 48441
Re: On Time and Archaeology
Saw this on the BBC news site this morning: Universe likely to grow forever, scientists say. Thought it might be of interest.
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 2:03 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Science
- Topic: "X shares Z% of its DNA with Y" means what?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3769
Re: "X shares Z% of its DNA with Y" means what?
According to http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/project/journals/insights.shtml "The human genome sequence is almost exactly the same (99.9%) in all people." I think the important part there is probably "sequence". To take the book analogy, two books might share t...
- Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:36 am
- Forum: Applied Ethics
- Topic: Teen Shot Dead By Police Officer
- Replies: 81
- Views: 33194
Re: Teen Shot Dead By Police Officer
Assuming the events are substantially as reported, the victim deserved to die, as does anyone who brings a baseball bat to a gunfight. The world has one less idiot now. Of course he didn't deserve to die. And that's not the same as saying the cop had no option but to shoot him but how can anyone sa...
- Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:18 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Science
- Topic: God doesn't play dice: cause and effect
- Replies: 24
- Views: 10969
Re: God doesn't play dice: cause and effect
Can evolution be possible by chance? No, because “ The second law of thermodynamics “ says the Universe as whole goes to cold equilibrium ( T=0K) , to regress, to death. So, by chance evolution is impossible. How do you know what's happening in the universe as a whole? applying the second law of th...
- Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:06 pm
- Forum: Philosophy of Science
- Topic: Economics and epistemological naturalism: a request
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2811
Re: Economics and epistemological naturalism: a request
How about thermoeconomics? Not that I'm actually familiar with it beyond what Wikipedia has to say about it.
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:23 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Hey friends :)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2196
Re: Hey friends :)
If there was a degree course that guaranteed you earnings of a million a year I think it would be a tad oversubscribed
- Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:58 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Hey friends :)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2196
Re: Hey friends :)
Welcome and good luck with your studies.
Out of interest, what would your family have preferred you to study?
Out of interest, what would your family have preferred you to study?
- Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:13 pm
- Forum: Introduce Yourself
- Topic: Hello
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3538
Re: Hello
Welcome Philosophicalpoet.
nicoledc109 is almost certainly a spammer, or at least not a legitimate new member, though. New profiles have been registered in that name on dozens of forums over the last few days and any message is the same as the one seen here.
nicoledc109 is almost certainly a spammer, or at least not a legitimate new member, though. New profiles have been registered in that name on dozens of forums over the last few days and any message is the same as the one seen here.
- Thu Jul 08, 2010 11:36 am
- Forum: Philosophy of Religion
- Topic: A Challenge to Richard Dawkins and the Atheists
- Replies: 1888
- Views: 384420
Re: A Challenge to Richard Dawkins and the Atheists
If God is good then goodness, and thus morality, must exist outside of God so it is perfectly possible for the atheist to be moral. Perhaps the atheist has to discover morality for themselves but what gurantee does the religious person have that the morality their religion teaches them hasn't been ...