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Thomas Nagel

On Atheists Who Want Atheism to be True

May 17, 2018 by Randal

The following article is adapted from a section of my book Is the Atheist My Neighbor? If you appreciate this article, please spread the word! The existence of God is a topic that tends to elicit strong passions. People have their beliefs about whether God exists or not, but they also have their hopes. Many people […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: antitheism, atheism, Is the Atheist My Neighbor?, Thomas Nagel

Thomas Nagel vs. the Atheistic Fundamentalists

January 16, 2014 by Randal

In my article “Can you be indoctrinated into atheism?” I distinguished between atheism simpliciter — that is, mere disbelief in God’s existence — and a robust, full-orbed atheism that seeks to articulate a comprehensive atheistic worldview. I observed: The leaders of intellectual atheism from W.V.O. Quine down to Thomas Nagel have always been committed to […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: apologetics, atheism, Counter Apologist, Thomas Nagel

Do naturalists have more to lose? If not, why are they crucifying Thomas Nagel?

June 13, 2013 by Randal

Matt DeStefano wrote a response to my article “Do atheists simply want to know the truth? Does anybody?” titled “Do Christians have more to lose?” Matt starts out agreeing with my observation that academics can become emotionally and personally invested in positions they defend and as a result, the pursuit of a particular thesis and […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: academic freedom, Norman Finkelstein, Thomas Nagel, truth

A Journey in Mindandcosmosia: God as explanatory posit

December 27, 2012 by Randal

As I continue my journey reading Thomas Nagel’s book Mind & Cosmos I will pause here and there to make various observations. If it makes things more interesting, think of the book as a mystical land called Mindandcosmosia which we have come to by passing through a magical wardrobe. After squeezing between musty fur coats […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: argument from sufficient reason, cosmological argument, God, metaphysics, Mind & Cosmos, theism, Thomas Nagel

Thomas Nagel, Iconoclast and Antitheist, on Intelligent Design

December 25, 2012 by Randal

Thomas Nagel is one of the most respected philosophers in the world. Like many great philosophers, he has demonstrated throughout his career a penchant for independent thought. While lesser minds have been swayed by various intellectual fashions and orthodoxies, Nagel has cut his own path. This is evident in Nagel’s 1974 paper “What is it […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: antitheism, atheism, Mind and Cosmos, naturalism, philosophy, Thomas Nagel

On Affirmative Atheism

June 28, 2011 by Randal

Protest atheism is the belief that there is no God combined with the refusal to recognize or submit to or honor or worship God should it turn out that God does, in fact, exist. A close bedfellow to protest atheism is another type of atheism that I call affirmative atheism. This is the view that […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: affirmative atheism, atheism, Christopher Hitchens, Thomas Nagel

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