special pleading

Ockham’s Fairy

Ockham's Fairy: if your position has as much rational justification as the existence of fairies does, it's just as absurd.

4 weeks ago

Rational Panpsychism

Panpsychism is the belief that consciousness or experience is fundamental to matter. That is, the fundamental building blocks of matter,…

2 years ago

Pantheism and Ockham’s Razor

When viewed under the lens of Ockham's Razor, pantheism appears to rise above its competitors. Ockham's Razor favors the explanation…

3 years ago

Shadow of the Dead God Critiques Our God Proof

Someone calling themselves Shadow of the Dead God has issued a critique of our proof for the existence of God.…

4 years ago

The Special Pleading of Mentality’s Strong Emergence

Humans are ultimately composed of elementary particles or fields. Every complex physical trait we have can be traced to primitive…

4 years ago

Panpsychism’s Combination Non-Problem

For many philosophers the so called combination problem is panpsychism's Achilles' heel. The combination problem refers to not understanding how…

4 years ago

Proving Panpsychism

Panpsychism is the view that all things have a mental component. That is, all things, from quantum fields to atoms…

7 years ago

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