Category: 3 AM Philosophy

“Agnosticism” in 3 ways.

 Steve McRae  January 21, 2019  2 Comments on “Agnosticism” in 3 ways.

The word “agnosticism” is polysemous and has a number of different meanings in philosophy. I will try to briefly explain…

Steve McRae’s actual positions to help with strawman abatement. (Work in progress)

 Steve McRae  December 28, 2018  1 Comment on Steve McRae’s actual positions to help with strawman abatement. (Work in progress)

In order to at least attempt to avoid being strawmanned or at least less frequently I have endeavored to try…

Can atheism be true? Not the way you may think.

 Steve McRae  December 4, 2018  0 Comments on Can atheism be true? Not the way you may think.

Late night ponderings:   First, I do personally think atheism as “lack of belief” seems to have an implicature that…

“Agnostic atheism” is either nonsensical or superfluous: Presented in three cases.

 Steve McRae  November 21, 2018  3 Comments on “Agnostic atheism” is either nonsensical or superfluous: Presented in three cases.

It would seem some greater elucidation is required to explain more specifically why the phrase “agnostic atheist” in the weak…

Why lack of belief atheism has a type of burden of proof…explained.

 Steve McRae  November 19, 2018  0 Comments on Why lack of belief atheism has a type of burden of proof…explained.

TRIGGER WARNING: DO NOT read this if ALL you plan to do is BITCH about the topic as people who…

Not all justifications are the same…

 Steve McRae  November 13, 2018  0 Comments on Not all justifications are the same…

Ernest Sosa in his paper “The Raft and the Pyramid: Coherence versus Foundations in the Theory of Knowledge”  makes a distinction between…

Metaethics, normative or applied? Why it matters…and why it doesn’t!

 Steve McRae  November 12, 2018  0 Comments on Metaethics, normative or applied? Why it matters…and why it doesn’t!

Do atheist and non-believers make a mistake when discussing morality to allow theist to concentrate on metaethics (what makes something…

Example of a “married bachelor” :)

 Steve McRae  November 7, 2018  0 Comments on Example of a “married bachelor” :)

Example of a “married bachelor”: Someone from a FB group had asked me to give an example of how even…