Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
In a short essay titled Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?, philosopher Edmund Gettier raised some concerns about, as you may have guessed, justified true belief and knowledge. For this post, I’d like to explore how Gettier’s essay relates to belief in God. If God happened to exist, can Christians rightly claim the ‘high ground’ and say […]
My written debate with JD Curtis on the topic of “Does the Christian God Exist?” has concluded. All of our statements have been posted on our respective blogs. All of the linking and foraging though my blog and JD Curtis’s blog might be somewhat annoying (even though I’ve included links in previous posts, so I’ll […]
Episode two of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast is now online! Podcast Topics: The second episode of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast will cover the discussion topic on religious faith and commentary on local news articles. Cast: Justin Vacula (Podcast Host, Co-Organizer, Spokesperson, and a Board Member Rodney Collins (Founder, Organizer, and Chairman of the […]
Here is my essay written for my Modern and Contemporary Philosophy class. I argue that William James’ criterion presented in “The Will To Believe” are untenable and one should not believe a proposition just because it makes them happy. True belief should be the goal and persons should not intellectually resign and let their emotions […]
