You hear these words throughout the Bible. And all this time I thought it was just a catchy salutation. But it’s much deeper than that. Since we know that the present moment is all that […]
Author: David Dempsey
Flipping Hitchen’s Razor
Hitchens’s razor is an epistemological razor expressed by writer Christopher Hitchens. It says that the burden of proof regarding the truthfulness of a claim lies with the one who makes the claim; if this burden is […]
Experience is Evidence
And evidence is justification. And justification is what makes belief knowledge. We’ve already discussed how knowledge is justified true belief. But most of our human experience is justified only by our senses. This is knowledge. […]
Why is God good?
If you accept the Bible as true, this is a natural conclusion. But do we need the Bible deduce this? I don’t think so. In theism, we accept that God is the first, uncaused cause. […]
Sin means Free
Sin is proof we have free will. If we didn’t have free will there would be no fall in Eden, no rebellion in heaven, no need for Jesus. If there was no free will, there […]
To matt
So one of the most popular atheists on the planet responded to my email. Maybe you’ve heard of Matt Dillahunty. Regardless, I pitched my We Are The Evidence argument for Christianity. Here’s his response: Your […]
C-theory of Time
If time exists inside our universe, and passes as it appears to pass, A-theory of time is true. If a reality exists outside of spacetime, time is only an illusion. From this perspective, our past, […]
Exploring Beliefs
Beliefs are accepted propositions. I believe you means that I accept what you’re saying is true. All knowledge is belief, but all beliefs are not knowledge. Beliefs do not require justification, but knowledge does. For […]
Knowledge, Belief, and Fantasy
What is knowledge? It’s an awareness that something your head corresponds to reality. Of course, there may be justification needed to verify that what’s in your head does actually correspond with reality. Otherwise there is […]
Justifying the Justification
In our exploration of counterfactuals, we explored regrets and the principle of explosion, and how I think they could effect human behavior. In this post, we’re going to explore knowledge, and how its requirement for […]