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#apologetics #christianity
In this video I'll talk a bit about some concerns I have with the way some people practice "apologetics" and why I think this
You can also see @Randal_Rauser 's video, though I have a slightly different perspective on these topics: youtube.com/watch?v=EpCsvFOi3xI&t=829s
References:
[1] Crossway Bibles, Ed., ESV: study Bible: English standard version, ESV text ed. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Bibles, 2007.
[2] J. D. Hunter, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World. Oxford University Press, 2010.
[3] M. B. Penner, The end of Apologetics: Christian witness in a postmodern context_ Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2013.
[4] P. Feyerabend, Science in a Free Society. Verso Books, 2017.
#apologetics #christianity
In this video I'll talk a bit about some concerns I have with the way some people practice "apologetics" and why I think this
You can also see @Randal_Rauser 's video, though I have a slightly different perspective on these topics: youtube.com/watch?v=EpCsvFOi3xI&t=829s
References:
[1] Crossway Bibles, Ed., ESV: study Bible: English standard version, ESV text ed. Wheaton, Ill: Crossway Bibles, 2007.
[2] J. D. Hunter, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World. Oxford University Press, 2010.
[3] M. B. Penner, The end of Apologetics: Christian witness in a postmodern context_ Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2013.
[4] P. Feyerabend, Science in a Free Society. Verso Books, 2017.



![...but what is probability? what is chance?
#statistics #philosophy #datascience #probability #chance #bayesian
In this video, Ill explain what probability and chance are often meant to capture. Ill talk about the differences between the Frequentist and Bayesian perspectives.
NOTE: There are two typos at 14:52. The average or expected side length for cubes with a face area from 0 to 1 should be 2/3, and the average or expected side length of a cube with volume from 0 to 1 should be 3/4. This doesnt change the argument but these are the correct values for those integrals.
References:
[1] E. T. Bell, The Development of Mathematics. Courier Corporation, 2012.
[2] B. De Finetti, A. Machì, A. F. M. Smith, and B. De Finetti, Theory of probability: a critical introductory treatment. Chichester, UK ; Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2017.
[3] R. W. Hamming, The Art of Probability for Scientists and Engineers. Redwood City, Calif: Addison-Wesley, 1991.
[4] A. N. Kolmogorov and A. T. Bharucha-Reid, Foundations of the Theory of Probability: Second English Edition. Courier Dover Publications, 2018.
[5] A. Hájek, “Interpretations of Probability,” in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Winter 2023., E. N. Zalta and U. Nodelman, Eds., Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, 2023. Accessed: Jul. 18, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2023/entries/probability-interpret/
[6] L. J. Savage, The Foundations of Statistics. Courier Corporation, 2012.
[7] A. D. Morgan, Formal Logic: Or, The Calculus of Inference, Necessary and Probable. Taylor and Walton, 1847.
[8] F. P. Ramsey, “Truth and Probability,” in Readings in Formal Epistemology: Sourcebook, H. Arló-Costa, V. F. Hendricks, and J. van Benthem, Eds., Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016, pp. 21–45. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20451-2_3
[9] H. Reichenbach, The Theory of Probability: An Inquiry into the Logical and Mathematical Foundations of the Calculus of Probability (English Translsyion by Ernest H. Hutten and Maria Reichenbach)_ Repr. 2. ed. Berkeley: Univ. of California Pr, 1971.
[10] A. Hájek, “The reference class problem is your problem too,” Synthese, vol. 156, no. 3, pp. 563–585, Jun. 2007, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-006-9138-5.
[11] J. M. Keynes, A Treatise on Probability. Courier Corporation, 2013.
[12] A. de Moivre, The Doctrine of Chances, Or, A Method of Calculating the Probabilites of Events in Play 1738.
[13] N. Shackel, “Bertrand’s Paradox and the Principle of Indifference,” Philosophy of Science, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 150–175, Apr. 2007, doi: [10.1086/519028](https://doi.org/10.1086/519028).
[14] B. C. van Fraassen, Laws and Symmetry. Clarendon Press, 1989.
[15] E. T. Jaynes, “Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics. II,” _Phys. Rev._, vol. 108, no. 2, pp. 171–190, Oct. 1957, doi: [10.1103/PhysRev.108.171](https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.108.171).
[16] C. S. Peirce, “Notes on the Doctrine of Chances,” in _Dispositions_, R. Tuomela, Ed., Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1978, pp. 237–245. doi: [10.1007/978-94-017-1282-8_14](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1282-8_14).
[17] E. Sober, Philosophy Of Biology, 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2019. doi: [10.4324/9780429494871](https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429494871).
[18] S. Oladyshkin and W. Nowak, “The Connection between Bayesian Inference and Information Theory for Model Selection, Information Gain and Experimental Design,” Entropy, vol. 21, no. 11, p. 1081, Nov. 2019, doi: [10.3390/e21111081](https://doi.org/10.3390/e21111081). ...but what is probability? what is chance?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sO8-ZS-upHc/mqdefault.jpg)



![Atheism implies Moral Nihilism. Heres why
In this video, Ill explain why atheism in particular, and naturalism more generally, both imply moral nihilism.
References:
[1] SEP - Naturalism
[2] G.E. Moore - Principia Ethica
[3] Alasdair MacIntyre - After Virtue
[4] David Hume - A Treatise of Human Nature
[5] A.J. Ayer - Language Truth and Logic
[6] J.L. Mackie - Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong
[7] James Rachels - The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
[8] Nature - Global evidence of extreme intuitive moral prejudice against atheists
[9] Hunter and Nedelisky - Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality
#theism #christianity #atheism #morality #naturalism Atheism implies Moral Nihilism. Heres why](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ufY3PSI9of0/mqdefault.jpg)
![St. Anselms Ontological Argument (Arguments for Christianity)
I have a SubStack: Read more here: https://thinkingchristian.substack.com
In this video, Ill talk about St Anselms Ontological Argument for the existence of God. I think this is one of the most widely misunderstood arguments in philosophy, because it rests on Platonic Metaphysics (which is largely lost in our society today, which is more Aristotelian thanks to Thomas Aquinas).
References:
[1] https://iep.utm.edu/anselm-ontological-argument/#:~:text=More%20formally%2C%20the%20argument%20is,that%20does%20not%20necessarily%20exist.
[2] Richard Brecher - “Greatness in Anselms Ontological Argument” (1974) link: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2217714#:~:text=better%20or%20more%20perfect,Anselms%20argument%20for%20his%20existence.
#christianity #theism #god #philosophy #theology St. Anselms Ontological Argument (Arguments for Christianity)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vAhp1vLGgHI/mqdefault.jpg)

