I'm glad you are participating in interfaith work. When in university, I had the opportunity to visit religious groups as part of a world religions course and it is one of the things that sticks with me.
Many years ago, I was having a…
What a load of poppy-cock. You want a naturalistic - indeed materialist, phyicalist - theory of universals? David Armstrong. It's not Platonic, of course, it's Aristotelian. In this scheme, there are universals, but not that many. The…
A place to discuss analytic philosophy, its relationship to science, and its contemporary role in promoting rational thought and the scientific worldview.
Wakefield, being a British doctor, had very little to do with the American Medical Association. He does have a lot to do with the anti-vax brigade though.
I'm based just outside London. I'm studying for a MA in Philosophy at the University of London. I've not believed in God for quite some time now, but first consciously realised it when I was about 11 years old and said "I think the stuff they tell us in church is a story".
I did my dissertation on the many logical problems with intelligent design. I'm now spending my time trying to get my head around the last hundred years of analytic philosophy.
I am also involved in Semantic Web stuff, and enjoy soul, funk and jazz music. I also have an unhealthy but utterly pleasurable relationship with cheese.
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Thanks for the warm welcome. I've updated me profile to include a bit more background. Am I a person? Hmm. Not sure about that. The study of metaphysics has awoken me from my dogmatic slumbers, and I have no idea what I believe anymore.
Welcome to Atheist Nexus. Don't be shy anymore,its just lovely to know that we are many,may be we are many who are going to hell...........lol,am kidding,happy new year