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(tags: c++ programming) Epistemic extremism - UseOfReason Contra Internet (“shoe”) atheism: I don’t need to be able to prove a thing to you before I can rationally believe it.
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Recommendations please: Is there more to Belief than Credence above a certain threshold? : askphilosophy Apparently, the thesis that this is all there is to belief is known as the Lockean thesis and is regarded as wrong. Some interesting references to dig into.
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Just why can’t we atheists see that religious belief is reasonable? Some religious answers “Why do we atheists reject religious belief, and consider it irrational? Here is a survey of some of the explanations that have been offered by the religious. They’re not good. “
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Is a ‘lack of belief’ the best we can do? | The Philosopher’s Groan “There is a common view - one you yourself may hold - that the only intellectually honest position for an atheist to have is a ‘lack of belief’ in gods. Today I’m going to argue that this definition is confused, and should be retired. It is too broad to be useful, and that we ( Read more... )

Arguments From My Opponent Believes Something | Slate Star Codex 1. Argument From My Opponent Believes Something, Which Is Kinda Like Believing It On Faith, Which Is Kinda Like Them Being A Religion: “The high priests of the economic orthodoxy take it on faith that anyone who doubts the market is a heretic who must be punished.”
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