By DOUG SHAVER
Here are some miscellaneous commentaries that are not complete enough to be self-contained essays. Many of the initial (undated) batch were sitting on my hard drive for several years. Subsequent entries are current as of the posting date.
On early Christian dishonesty
Some reflections on historical research
Reducing induction to deduction
Like it or not
The Pournelle axes
A writer's apology
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Considering all things
Moral judgments
Parity of evidence
Comparative apologetics
Reflections on quantum defiance of classical logic
Random reflections
Still learning after all these years
On scientific laws
On worldviews
On award-winning journalism
My conservatism
'That's not us'
Philosopher kings? Kings no. Philosophers yes.
No new atheism
Reflections on induction
On Karen Armstrong's Case for God
Notes on "New Perspectives on Old-Time Religion"
The right to believe: No big deal
On extraordinary claims
Reflections on induction
Testimony
Existence
Clifford, belief, and morality
The philosophical pioneers
Ancient documents and ancient thinking
Historical research, legalities aside
And so what?
Not much to go on
Truth, reality, and logic
Needed: Citizen philosophers
The epistemic community
The important questions
History and principled behavior
Proving arithmetic
Knowledge and certainty
Human nature