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Kenny Pearce

@KennethLPearce

I read old books and am confused about God. Philosophy Prof, @JMU_Phil_Rel (formerly @TCDPhilosophy). Latest book: Is There a God?, https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/PLoGNQKzBn

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The official preprint of "Metaphysical Symmetry and the Modal Ontological Argument" is now available (open access!) from Religious Studies: doi.org/10.1017/S00344125261…
Metaphysical symmetry and the modal ontological argument | Religious Studies | Cambridge Core

Metaphysical symmetry and the modal ontological argument | Religious Studies | Cambridge Core

Metaphysical symmetry and the modal ontological argument

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Phil Hoyeck
@PAHoyeckNov 11
Something like this happened to me recently and it is thoroughly depressing.
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Really looking forward to discussing this text with my students tomorrow!
HYPATIA: OR, THIE HISTORY OF A Most beautiful, most vertuous, most learned, and every way accomplish'd LADY; WHO Was torn to pieces by the CLERGY of Alexandria, to gratify the pride, emulation, and cruelty of their ARCHBISHOP, commonly but undeservedly stil'd St. CYRIL.

ALT HYPATIA: OR, THIE HISTORY OF A Most beautiful, most vertuous, most learned, and every way accomplish'd LADY; WHO Was torn to pieces by the CLERGY of Alexandria, to gratify the pride, emulation, and cruelty of their ARCHBISHOP, commonly but undeservedly stil'd St. CYRIL.

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Orin Kerr
@OrinKerrNov 5
One suggestion for legislation in a new Congress: A statutory Bivens remedy.
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I know this seems technical and abstruse, but as someone with a little (now very outdated) computer science background, the suggestion that AI might be close to proving P=NP is the first time I've seriously worried about AI apocalypse scenarios. science.org/content/article/…
AI cracks a 27-year-old pillar of computer science, OpenAI and Anthropic claim

AI cracks a 27-year-old pillar of computer science, OpenAI and Anthropic claim

The result, one of three major claims from OpenAI, raises questions about sharing of AI-generated work

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Zach W. Lambert
@ZachWLambertNov 4
Senior Advisor to Ken Paxton says “our churches, Christianity—it’s all gone” after the blue wave last night. If you think Christianity is gone because of these election results, then you weren’t worshipping Jesus… you were worshipping the Republican Party.
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Kevin Vallier
@kvallierNov 4
This is, on balance, good news for the Church. Maybe the American people won't associate Christianity as much with the right as they do. Good. The Gospel should not be tied to any political party.
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@ezrakleinNov 4
One of the more exciting parts of this election - among many - is the return of a religious left.
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Apart from Kierkegaard, what should I read for philosophical reflection on the binding of Isaac or Ishmael? (Thinking about the nature of faith.)
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Phil Hoyeck
@PAHoyeckOct 31
Some horror-themed philosophical theses and thought experiments for Halloween. Am I missing any? • The Evil Demon thought experiment (Descartes) • The Ghost in the Machine (Ryle) • The Leviathan (Hobbes) • Philosophical zombies (Chalmers) • The Spectre of Communism (Marx) • The Spirit of Revenge (Nietzsche) • Spooks (Stirner) • Swampman (Davidson) • The Utility Monster (Nozick) • The World-Spirit (Hegel)
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Friday afternoon office space.
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There’s a shared Outlook calendar for public events across my college, and someone has (presumably accidentally?) added an event that just says ‘walnut’ for 90 minutes tomorrow evening.
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For the first time, I put a reading comprehension section on my exam (gave my students a one-page excerpt from an early modern text they hadn't seen before & asked questions about it). I need more practice writing these kinds of exam materials, but I'm definitely doing it again.
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It's great for determining who has actually been working through the assigned texts and figuring out how to read them for themselves, and it's also great info for me to know what they're having trouble with that we can work on in class.
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In case you are curious, I used an excerpt from this lovely book, which I am CERTAIN no one had studied in a class before! 🙂
An Account of Mr. Lock's Religion, Out of his Own Writings, and in his Own Words.

ALT An Account of Mr. Lock's Religion, Out of his Own Writings, and in his Own Words.

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For their midterm exam I had my students write an essay on the continuing relevance of a quote they recorded in their common place books, and I am loving the analyses of the relevance of Locke's comments on the epistemic vices of sectarianism to present-day partisan polarization.
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Eric Schwitzgebel@eschwitzOct 15
Friends and readers: I have cancer. The type of cancer is not yet fully confirmed, but all signs point toward kidney cancer that has spread to my hips, back, and pleura. On the bright side, all my blood tests so far are normal, suggesting that the cancer is moving slowly, 1/6
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In his contribution to this book (cambridge.org/core/books/pas…), Alan Hajék introduces the constant '🙂' to stand for the expected utility of wagering that God exists. That is all.
Pascal's Wager

Pascal's Wager

Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Religion - Pascal's Wager

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Teaching Locke’s Essay in the context of a class on religion and politics this semester was great! Starting with how Locke’s argument for religious toleration appeals to the claim that no one can know for sure that their religion is true...
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...and then looking to the Essay for the epistemology that supports that claim really kept students engaged, & they picked up on a lot of religious content in the Essay that even serious scholars often miss.
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John Locke (1689) on partisan polarization: "the greatest part of the partizans of most of the sects in the world…have [no] opinions of their own…They are resolved to stick to a party, that education or interest has engaged them in...
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...for what reason should we think, that he beats his head about the opinions of his church, and troubles himself to examine the grounds of this or that doctrine? It is enough for him to obey his leaders, to have his hand and his tongue ready for the support of the common cause…
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...Thus men become professors of, and combatants for those opinions they were never convinced of…no, nor ever had so much as floating in their heads.” (EHU. §4.20.18)
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