science
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 [...]
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 [...]
Church History and Apologetics Classes
Recently, I had the opportunity of teaching two classes for my local church, on the subjects of Church History and Apologetics. Chris asked me to post them, so here they are! Note: I wasn’t professionally recorded – I did it myself – so the quality is only so-so. Church History: I used a primarily biographical [...]
Always Ready Study : Parts 1-5
Always Ready Study: Part I Always Ready Study: Part II Always Ready Study: Part III Always Ready Study: Part IV Always Ready Study: Part V
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 [...]
Science Is Not That Simple (Part 2)
(For the first part of Science Is Not That Simple click here.) Chalmers argues against the common idea that facts precede and are separate from theory. Chalmers starts his argument out against this common idea by explaining the ambiguity of the term “fact”. It can refer to a statement that expresses the fact and it can also [...]
Science Is Not That Simple
Science is often thought of as involving facts that are directly given to unprejudiced observers through their senses, facts that precede and are independent of theory, and facts that provide a firm basis for scientific knowledge. A.F. Chalmers argues against these widely accepted ideas. It is widely believed that facts concerning the world around us [...]
Serving the Creature
“…they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator…” Romans 1.25 Al Mohler comments on the “new religion” of thinking green here.
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