tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.comments2023-05-20T07:46:10.187-07:00ex-apologistexapologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1595125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-76107418801195927682022-07-22T13:30:09.667-07:002022-07-22T13:30:09.667-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.exapologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-78473409244473627012022-07-16T07:00:52.087-07:002022-07-16T07:00:52.087-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015770374656358261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-77707392054342303362022-05-23T11:35:55.861-07:002022-05-23T11:35:55.861-07:00Hi Chris,
Yes, for on the kind of necessitarianis...Hi Chris,<br /><br />Yes, for on the kind of necessitarianism at issue, if there is a god, then God had to create this particular world (where the notion of necessity in play is categorical necessity, and not mere hypothetical necessity (in Leibniz's sense of the distinction), which is contrary to the doctrines of divine freedom and divine sovereignty.<br /><br />Best,<br />EAexapologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-71836142822407572512022-05-05T09:02:11.215-07:002022-05-05T09:02:11.215-07:00I know of some Calvinist necessitarians. Do you th...I know of some Calvinist necessitarians. Do you think they're vulnerable to a charge of contradiction between that and some other traditional theistic commitment?Chris Mathewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00893801277708943538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-27071179845197845542022-03-16T15:34:15.145-07:002022-03-16T15:34:15.145-07:00Thanks, Jake!
-EAThanks, Jake!<br /><br />-EAexapologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-38247008282439832952022-03-16T03:42:51.933-07:002022-03-16T03:42:51.933-07:00Love your blog. Thanks for the posts.Love your blog. Thanks for the posts.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015770374656358261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-7192938775474916512022-02-01T19:23:20.010-08:002022-02-01T19:23:20.010-08:00Wow. This book sounds awesome! Can't wait to t...Wow. This book sounds awesome! Can't wait to take a look.scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709377505803597851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-89731812152151021532021-12-11T13:34:15.118-08:002021-12-11T13:34:15.118-08:00On a quick read I thought it was an interesting pa...On a quick read I thought it was an interesting paper. I took the main worry to be this. If we're souls, then origin essentialism doesn't apply. <br /><br />I don't agree with that claim. It seems to me that even if we are souls, different processes could be used to get duplicate souls. So God could create a soul ex nihilo. But God could also endow physical processes with the ability to create souls. And a physical process could create a duplicate of the soul God creates ex nihilo. But they'd originate through different processes. A soul having a physical origin and a soul having an ex nihilo origin arise through different processes. So the two souls would be different.<br /><br />Follow up questions and objections welcome!scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709377505803597851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-63383347891737502002021-12-11T11:55:36.779-08:002021-12-11T11:55:36.779-08:00Awesome. Thanks John. I'll take a look!Awesome. Thanks John. I'll take a look!scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709377505803597851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-39591323697258880522021-12-06T07:26:36.620-08:002021-12-06T07:26:36.620-08:00There is this paper published in an obscure journa...There is this paper published in an obscure journal that offers a different perspective.<br /><br />If God Didn’t Satisfice, We Could Still Exist by Rick Repetti<br /><br />http://researcherslinks.com/current-issues/If-God-Did-not-Satisfice-We-Could-Still-Exist/9/5/163/html <br /><br />“ I argue that this thesis is inconsistent with the theology informing Adams’s theodicy. That theology identifies us not as our bodies, but as our nonphysical souls. On that theology’s “identity thesis,” identity of subjects of experience is preserved through conception, life, death, and the after-life, and thus is capable of preservation in alternate bodies. Thus, God could have created us as better beings in a better world, exhibiting grace and avoiding imperfection. Thus, (b) cannot support God’s satisficing. I entertain an objection that God could create souls whose identities vary with their bodies, but reply that He could create souls whose identities do not vary trans-corporeally.”JohnAlbertChalmershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683329819738196350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-63795132611753380512021-12-06T07:25:09.447-08:002021-12-06T07:25:09.447-08:00There is this paper published in an obscure journa...There is this paper published in an obscure journal that offers a different perspective.<br /><br />If God Didn’t Satisfice, We Could Still Exist by Rick Repetti<br /><br />http://researcherslinks.com/current-issues/If-God-Did-not-Satisfice-We-Could-Still-Exist/9/5/163/html <br /><br />“ I argue that this thesis is inconsistent with the theology informing Adams’s theodicy. That theology identifies us not as our bodies, but as our nonphysical souls. On that theology’s “identity thesis,” identity of subjects of experience is preserved through conception, life, death, and the after-life, and thus is capable of preservation in alternate bodies. Thus, God could have created us as better beings in a better world, exhibiting grace and avoiding imperfection. Thus, (b) cannot support God’s satisficing. I entertain an objection that God could create souls whose identities vary with their bodies, but reply that He could create souls whose identities do not vary trans-corporeally.”JohnAlbertChalmershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683329819738196350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-83469988651634704752021-12-04T22:40:16.485-08:002021-12-04T22:40:16.485-08:00Hi Scott,
You bet. Looking forward to reading the...Hi Scott,<br /><br />You bet. Looking forward to reading the interview!<br />exapologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-72910041663838966942021-12-04T07:56:20.510-08:002021-12-04T07:56:20.510-08:00Thanks so much for the shout out Felipe! I did an ...Thanks so much for the shout out Felipe! I did an interview about the paper here: <br /><br />https://adherentapologetics.com/2021/12/03/animals-suffer-because-if-they-didnt-you-wouldnt-exist-the-non-identity-theodicy-w-dr-scott-hill/<br />scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17709377505803597851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-25026051895857465502021-09-20T09:44:44.673-07:002021-09-20T09:44:44.673-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.exapologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-66852326799868682732021-09-19T13:05:55.062-07:002021-09-19T13:05:55.062-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.linford86https://www.blogger.com/profile/02695092164810601895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-82752356437811523852020-12-16T19:03:57.099-08:002020-12-16T19:03:57.099-08:00Nice. FOr those who are interested, I deal with so...Nice. FOr those who are interested, I deal with some of the problems they raise in this paper. <br />https://philpapers.org/rec/CHOCAWFrederick Choohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08932984094060205587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-59007392536774311312020-12-14T00:15:10.247-08:002020-12-14T00:15:10.247-08:00Ah, I had forgotten about that paper. Thanks for t...Ah, I had forgotten about that paper. Thanks for the reminder!exapologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915579495149582531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-57598708548580087772020-12-02T04:00:02.693-08:002020-12-02T04:00:02.693-08:00Hi, you might be interested in Adams and Robson pa...Hi, you might be interested in Adams and Robson paper from 2016, ‘Does absence make atheistic belief grow stronger?’. The experiences you write about are somehow similar to what they call atheistic natural signs. Kaspianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762904177247750828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-19057763598710210202020-09-06T03:18:35.409-07:002020-09-06T03:18:35.409-07:00Does the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism ...Does the Evolutionary Argument Against Naturalism Defeat God's BeliefsGodless Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505595538609877753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-82010477542764701392020-09-06T03:05:02.331-07:002020-09-06T03:05:02.331-07:00I wrrote that paper!I wrrote that paper!Godless Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10505595538609877753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-32524543742950166752020-06-04T13:17:22.291-07:002020-06-04T13:17:22.291-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.downshifting_romaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387476779660139889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-21956791975292811452020-05-04T14:46:42.519-07:002020-05-04T14:46:42.519-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.downshifting_romaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387476779660139889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-79481080412648288512020-05-03T01:26:20.273-07:002020-05-03T01:26:20.273-07:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.downshifting_romaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387476779660139889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-18210404039559093992020-03-05T16:54:25.694-08:002020-03-05T16:54:25.694-08:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15079998493810246855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835720.post-11246406734671886592019-09-24T09:37:04.352-07:002019-09-24T09:37:04.352-07:00Here is the core of the argument, which I know you...Here is the core of the argument, which I know you said is brief. "If autonomy is required for the flourishing of properly functioning adult humans, then being a subordinate who lacks privacy to even their own thoughts is contrary to the flourishing of mature, properly functioning adult humans, in which case beings made for autonomy of this sort is prima facie surprising on theism." <br /><br />I want to challenge the assumption that there is a threat to autonomy. Suppose that upon birth, a doctor places a Bluetooth device in a child's head that is capable of capturing the thoughts and feelings, as much as can be described with language, and the data is stored on a server somewhere. Let the data be encrypted and no one knows how to decrypt it. If you want, let it be beyond the powers of humans to ever discover how to decrypt it, e.g., suppose the world is coming to a climatastic ending in 10 years and we can't generate a way to break the encryption within 10 years). <br /><br />Question: does this person lack autonomy? <br /><br />Now let a guy in IT get access to the data and he has the key to decrypt it. He doesn't look.<br /><br />Question: does this person lack autonomy? <br /><br />Now let the IT guy actually look at the data.<br /><br />Question: does this person lack autonomy? <br /><br />(Btw. if there are concerns about placing Bluetooth in the head, there are other technologies we can develop to not require that. It is just a useful way to making mind-reading technologies and the data accessible more plausible.)<br /><br />I think there are reasons that giving people in IT - especially IT! - access to this sort of data is concerning, specifically because we know people in IT are not morally good. I'm kidding. But all those concerns about their moral goodness remain, which is why their having this access is so concerning (cough cough Zuckerberg cough). But if we assume moral neutrality or moral goodness of the individuals with access, then the argument loses it bite. So it seems to me. Thoughts?<br /><br /> James A. Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14816918735557659061noreply@blogger.com