Problem of Induction

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Praxis Presup: Episode 3

By admin ⋅ August 28, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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?

By RazorsKiss ⋅ August 20, 2010 ⋅ 6 comments

The debate between Ben Wallis and our own Chris Bolt is complete. You may obtain it here.

David Hume Is Rolling In His Grave

By C.L. Bolt ⋅ March 8, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

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 [...]

My Debate Opponent Converted To Theism!

By C.L. Bolt ⋅ March 4, 2010 ⋅ 29 comments

Please note that this post is not a part of my current debate with Nocterro. Excited? I am not. The title of Nocterro’s most recent post at Urban Philosophy is A Conversion. The title is puzzling. In what way has Nocterro experienced a “conversion”? One thing is for certain; he is no Christian. Nocterro has [...]

An Objection That Does Not Count

By C.L. Bolt ⋅ January 7, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Non-Christians can and do engage in activities using logic, science, and morality. Christians do as well. Presuppositionalists claim that these two groups can do so only because the world is what God says it is. The argument advanced for this claim begins with one of the accepted activities mentioned above (logic, science, or morality) and [...]

Possibility In Objectivism

By C.L. Bolt ⋅ October 12, 2009 ⋅ One comment

Rule “If there is no evidence for a proposition, there is no need to take it seriously.” – Objectivist Dawson Bethrick of www.bahnsenburner.blogspot.com This was written recently in the midst of what has proven to be a lengthy dispute between the author and me over topics like induction and presuppositionalism. I felt this statement in [...]

God Is Not Whacky

By C.L. Bolt ⋅ October 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As presuppositionalists we take the whole of the Christian worldview and set it against those positions which are opposed to it. Claims must be understood within the contexts of the views from which they originate. For the Christian this means, among other things, that he or she should be familiar with Scripture. Our apologetic is [...]

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