Tag: metaphysics
Jay Richards: Myths, Metaphysics, and Artificial Intelligence
It isn’t a superior grasp of the technology involved that drives some to warn that AI will achieve superiority over human beings.
Dreaming Spiders? My Disagreement with Michael Egnor
Rapid eye movement may indicate neural activity, but dreaming for me implies a conscious awareness of the dream state, which I consider as unlikely in spiders.
Mathematics and the God Hypothesis
There is a classical proof of God’s existence that uses universal concepts such as mathematics, proposed most prominently by St. Augustine.
Must We Be Able to Reason to Be Thought of as Human Persons?
A common argument as to why abortion is generally ethical is that the unborn child cannot reason.
Why the Main Argument Against Intelligent Design Is False
As Darwin argued, “we can hardly believe that the webbed feet of the upland goose or of the frigate-bird are of special use to these birds.”