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THE GODS (17)
by: Robert G. Ingersoll Of what use have the gods been to man? It is no answer to say that some god created the world,… -
Some Principles of Agnosticism
by: George Ardell My agnosticism leads me to see myself perched on a fence at the border between two (sometimes warring) factions — science and… -
THE GODS (18)
by: Robert G. Ingersoll Since Paley found his watch, the argument of “ design ” has been relied upon as unanswerable. ‘The church teaches that… -
THE GODS (19)
by: Robert G. Ingersoll Having shown how man created gods, and how he became the trembling slave of his own creation, the questions naturally arise:… -
It Happens
In thinking about writing the previous Meditation, my initial idea was to go a little further with the idea that we don’t have to point… -
Six demonstrations that the argument is wrong (or using a sledgehammer to obliterate a gnat.)
by: JT Will: I don’t know why you want to persist in this line of discussion. An axiom that contradictions are acceptable means that whatever… -
Asking why?
by: Richard Once we are talking “true” humans and not humanoid apes, their brain capacity should be the same as ours. They may be uneducated,… -
I included an axiom that contradictions are acceptable
by:Will Petillo I think you may have missed the point of my first “proof.” Basically, if one includes in one’s list of axioms that contradictions… -
With logic based on contradiction, you can prove nothing.
by: Gordon Barker I disagree with your statement that with logic based on contradiction, you can prove anything. In reality, you can prove nothing. In… -
I Am A Strange Loop: A Review
I Am A Strange Loop – Douglas Hofstader, Basic Books 2007 Two of my favourite books are by Douglas Hofstader. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal…