This free online encyclopedia has achieved what Wikipedia can only dream of
What's your favourite article? — Banno
This free online encyclopedia has achieved what Wikipedia can only dream of
What's your favourite article?
— Banno
Mine is "The reason why limp social questions without philosophical content or argument pass for thought-provoking opening posts which would normally be required to have a philosophical content, inviting debate."
You should read it, Banno. — god must be atheist
Today, my favorite is the article on Nothingness. It's my current favorite because it was relevant to a debate I was having in another forum: is nothingness metaphysically possible.What's your favourite article? — Banno
Today, my favorite is the article on Nothingness — Relativist
Bear in mind that very few issue in Philosophy are settled — Relativist
Nevertheless, the article shows that there are good reasons to think nothingness is impossible, or at least very improbable. — Relativist
Why THIS something rather than some OTHER something? Why expect there to be a reason? — Relativist
Are you a theist and wonder what God had in mind? — Relativist
Adolf Grubaum wrote a good paper on this, so consider reading it — Relativist
The article, instead of providing anything that might actually give me some insight into the answer, just provides a lot of history. Okay, history can be interesting. But I'd prefer actual insight to a long exposition on many failed attempts. — Douglas Alan
I don't think you understand the concept of a modern encyclopedia. — SophistiCat
Adolf Grubaum wrote a good paper on this, so consider reading it (Grunbaum: Why is there a World At All Rather than Nothing?). — Relativist
Are there any specific issues you take with his analysis? — Relativist
It's a strawman that fits the Leibnizian Cosmological Argument proferred by apologist William Lane Craig:He's also tilting at strawmen, — Douglas Alan
it's a strawman that fits the Leibnizian Cosmological Argument proferred by apologist William Lane Craig: — Relativist
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