Tag: David Hume
Evolution Versus Design: An Ancient Debate
The universe, according to Epicureanism, is without a creator, a purposeless and non-intelligent concourse of atoms without any cosmic source of direction.
Jay Richards: A Look Back at Paley and Hume
Dr. Richards addresses David Hume’s critique of analogical arguments like those used by William Paley.
Determinism: A “Bizarre Position” Held by Scientists “with Great Confidence”
If it’s true, then all one says or thinks — right or wrong, true or false — was determined some 13.8 billion years ago.
When Scientists Make Truth Claims Outside Science
Here is a small, representative sampling of such claims over the past three centuries. These claims are not from science, but they drive science.
Determinism: Smart People and an Absurd Claim
Why should Sabine Hossenfelder think for a moment that anything that occurs to her has any correspondence to truth?