Induction
Should we concede anything to our opponents?
Series on Does God Exist? Dr. Greg Bahnsen versus Dr. Gordon Stein Debate Transcript Should we argue for “general theism”? Should our case be “subjective or personal”? Should we concede anything to our opponents? Bahnsen’s last introductory remark prior to his main argument for the existence of God involves a concession to Stein’s “area of [...]
Praxis Presup: Episode 3
Praxis Presup Episode 3 – August 28, 2010 Chris Bolt Chris Bolt discusses the new site, the Gospel, and makes a few comments on the recent debate between Ben Wallis and Chris Bolt on the existence of God. Praxis Presup 3
Debate: Does God Exist?
The debate between Ben Wallis and our own Chris Bolt is complete. You may obtain it here.
The things you find while not looking for them…
“NB that choosing hats errantly supposes that by rational Bahnsen means deductive. But anyone with even a modicum of familiarity with Bahnsen and Van Til would know that both of them considered induction rational.” – Mark Someone taking shots at me and my understanding of Bahnsen from afar as it were recently made the claim [...]
A Response To Mark
“It is no wonder that the critic has a problem making up his mind about hats and the RazorsKiss does not appear to be razor sharp.” – Mark “They [Mr. Di Giacomo's posts] are thorough, clear, correct and easily understood. At least if one is willing to wipe the tears away and quit whining. [...]
Response to "Van Til, Bahnsen, Logic and TAG" by Ronald W. Di Giacomo
Recently I had an email exchange with a friend of mine concerning the infamous “Fristianity Objection” to the Transcendental Argument for God. In that discussion my friend utilized a version of TAG which I pointed out as being in disagreement with Van Til and Bahnsen’s TAG. When I provided quotes to support my case he [...]
Science Is Guesswork
A recent visitor to Choosing Hats who goes by the name “noen” made a few comments which imply that he does not believe the material on the site is up to his ‘standards’. For example in response to the post here he wrote, “Not really impressed” and “The argument is without merit”. Of course I doubt that the [...]
Knapp’s “Induction and the Unbeliever”
Recently the “Bahnsen Burner” Dawson Bethrick took a swing at Choosing Hats founder and administrator Brian Knapp’s contribution to The Portable Presuppositionalist as a part of his ongoing attempt to provide an answer to the Problem of Induction from within the confines of the Objectivist worldview. Mr. Bethrick quotes from page 124 of Knapp’s “Induction [...]
David Hume Is Rolling In His Grave
The “Bahnsen Burner” Dawson Bethrick is busy writing a number of posts concerning the Problem of Induction that I discussed with him some time ago. In his most recent post Mr. Bethrick repeats where he thinks David Hume went wrong on induction thus allegedly setting himself up for a future post on how Objectivism rids itself of [...]
Science Is Not That Simple (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 Chalmers also challenges the idea that facts provide a firm and reliable foundation for scientific knowledge. This argument falls in line with the other arguments. Further difficulties concerning the reliability of the observational basis of science arise from some of the ways in which judgments about the adequacy of observation statements [...]
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