Brooks W: Just finished it up. If I had to give my two cents, I think your use of the Stroudian objection fails to appreciate that the falsity of skepticism is a point of contact for many unbelievers. If they … Continue reading Debating the Falsity of Skepticism: A Dialogue on TAG and Presuppositionalism
Squash: Gents and ladies, I’ve been hanging around POLITICS and am experienced with a flavor of presup over there that looks a little like this. P1: God is the necessary precondition for knowledge.P2: Knowledge.C: God. When pushed for P1, I’ve … Continue reading Theonomous Reasoning and Knowledge: A Philosophical Discussion
Addressing Objections from Scholastic Lutherans: A Rebuttal In this article, Jimmy and I will address the objections raised by a collaborative YouTube channel called Scholastic Lutherans. This channel uploaded a video last December on the topic of Presuppositionalism, providing several … Continue reading Debunking Scholastic Lutherans: A Defense of Presuppositionalism
“Given our current sensory experience, how can we justify inferences from them and from our records of the past to the future and to the sorts of scientific laws and theories we seek?” (Rosenberg 2013) Hume’s argument: A conclusion is … Continue reading Hume’s Challenge: Justifying Induction in Modern Philosophy
Chris Matthew Responds to an Argument Making the Rounds on Twitter. The Wretched argument. “Wretched” is an apt term, if not an understatement, for something as difficult as this. Before I begin my rejoinder, though, I’ll reproduce the argument here: … Continue reading Divine Essence and Creation: Chris Matthew’s Analysis of Creatorhood and Aseity
The God of Hope: An Explanation from a Covenantal Ontology by Jimmy Stephens: Classical theism: God is by nature timeless and it contradicts His nature to be in any sense temporal whatsoever. Open theism: Temporal properties possessed by God exclude … Continue reading The God of Hope: An Explanation from a Covenantal Ontology
This is Jimmy Stephens thoughts about human Conceptualism: We have to give him credit for avoiding saying abstracta are just labels. At least he’s only as stupid as to say universals are the map of them, instead of saying universals … Continue reading Conceptualism: A Problematic Tale
Here were some of Jimmy Stephens thoughts about Pallmann’s views: First, let’s grant that reasoning is never justificatory. Acts of reason only occasion things that lend justification and those acts never themselves lend justification. Even if that were the case, … Continue reading Are you assuming Reliabilism?
Short Summary: David initially delineates between two distinct forms of authority. An authority figure typically possesses expertise in a particular domain. A deontic authority directs actions, dictating what one should do. For instance, a police officer issues commands based on … Continue reading Is Scripture our Highest Authority?
From Jimmy Stephens: Cultures depend on their notion of love vs hatred, prosecution vs forgiveness, justice vs grace, etc. There are several intersecting tensions here, but the main issue is how to deal with guilt. All humans are guilty of … Continue reading Is Atonement Necessary?
The Council 
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