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Speculative Fiction by and for Christians

Twitter led me to a blog called My Friend Amy, where there’s an interesting take on speculative fiction in today’s “Faith ‘n Fiction Saturdays” category. The post address… more →

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Speculative Fiction by and for Christians — 10 comments

Doug Geivett wrote 1 month ago: Twitter led me to a blog called My Friend Amy, where there’s an interesting take on speculativ … more →

Tags: Adaptations, Blogging, Books, Christian Fiction, Christianity, Counterfactuals, Destiny, dysfunction, For the Love of Books!

What about those who never heard of Jesus? — 1 comment

Wintery Knight wrote 4 months ago: One of the most difficult questions for Christians to answer, especially when posed by adherents of … more →

Tags: Polemics, Apologetics, Atheism, William Lane Craig, Pluralism, middle knowledge, Religious Pluralism

This is Conjecture, You Understand?

Doug Geivett wrote 5 months ago: Robert Harris is one of my new favorite authors. His genre? Literary fiction in the thriller/suspens … more →

Tags: Books, Reading Jags, Reading, writing, Fiction, Robert Harris, Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, Historical Fiction

Failure in Iraq: A good thing? — 3 comments

Jamelle wrote 6 months ago: I basically agree with DymaxionWorldJohn’s argument that there was never a moment where the Un … more →

Tags: iraq, War-on-terror, america, Foreign Policy, Neoconservatives, American exceptionalism, andrew bacevich

If you had a brother, would he like cheese? — 3 comments

JSE wrote 8 months ago: My mom pointed out that Elliot Sober did not, in fact, write the “If you had a brother, would … more →

Tags: Family, Comedy, History, Philosophy, elliot sober, Jokes, Our American Cousin, Drama

Regret — 2 comments

Malcolm wrote 8 months ago: I had an odd experience last night: I stayed up very late playing Fallout 3 (very fun) and as usual … more →

Tags: Design Lesson, save-games, regret

Southern California Number Theory Day, the airport Chili's, Evan Longoria counterfactuals — 1 comment

JSE wrote 8 months ago: I came back this morning from a very brief trip to California to speak at Southern California Number … more →

Tags: Math, Food, Baseball, World Series, Evan Longoria, Phillies, Rays, intentional walk, Jayson Werth

Do Counterfactuals Violate Modus Ponens? — 19 comments

Alex wrote 11 months ago: There has been an intensive debate about whether modus ponens fails for indicative conditionals. Les … more →

Tags: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Logic, conditionals, McGee, modus ponens

Do Counterfactuals Violate Modus Ponens? — 14 comments

moritz wrote 11 months ago: There has been an intensive debate about whether modus ponens fails for indicative conditionals. Les … more →

Tags: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Logic, conditionals, McGee, modus ponens

"Might"-Counterfactuals and Reversed Sobel Sequences — 4 comments

Alex wrote 1 year ago: To which extent are counterfactuals context-dependent? Lewis suggested that we can do without a syst … more →

Tags: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Logic, Context-Dependence, David Lewis, Sobel Sequences

"Might"-Counterfactuals and Reversed Sobel Sequences — 4 comments

moritz wrote 1 year ago: To which extent are counterfactuals context-dependent? Lewis suggested that we can do without a syst … more →

Tags: Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Logic, Context-Dependence, David Lewis, Sobel Sequences

Run Lola Run: A Discussion Guide

Doug Geivett wrote 1 year ago: Run Lola Run (Germany, 1998); directed by Tom Tykwer Chapter 7 of my book, Faith, Film and Philosoph … more →

Tags: Alternate Possibilities, Casino's, Counterfactuals, Counterfactuals, Couples, Destiny, drug culture, Film Discussion Guides, Foreign Language Film

Was there an alternative to the Atomic Bomb? — 2 comments

Ross wrote 1 year ago: Counterfactual history has in recent years become an increasingly popular area of historical study w … more →

Tags: Atomic Bomb, Counterfactual History, Second World War, Nuclear Weapons, Second World War - Pacific

Counterfactuals in History - An Introduction. — 1 comment

tcw48 wrote 1 year ago: In my introductory essay, I remarked that history can turn on a coin. Franz Urban could have easily … more →


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