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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

8 months

I'm thankful that of all the conceivable conscious beings, you exist.

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I’m thankful that there is something rather than nothing

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

1 year

Quick arguments against endless hell: 1. From the happiness of heaven: good people aren't fully happy knowing their children are suffering w/o end. 2. From love: if you perfectly loved someone, you wouldn't put them into a risk of an infinite / permanent pain. 3. From justice:

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

C.S. Lewis never claimed his letters were inspired by God. Neither did the Apostle Paul. Or Jude. Or Peter. If you think God inspired some texts, how do you discern which ones?

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2 years

Looks like I broke ChatGPT.

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2 years

Each has a flagship problem: 1. dualism: causal interaction 2. reductive physicalism: multiple realizability 3. non-reductive physicalism: causal exclusion 4. panpsychism: combination problem 5. idealism: incredulous stare

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2 years

"Scientists studying the inner workings of the human organism have found no soul there" -- Harari, A Brief History of Humankind. According to the philosopher of science, Alexander Rosenberg, we also found no thoughts in there, either. Where do we go from here?

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

I can see how matter can emerge from mind, but I do not see how mind could emerge from matter. So rather than multiply mysteries (beyond necessity), I infer that mind is prior to matter.

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

5 months

"I'm taking my talents to the Athens of Texas." Thank you all for your inspiration along the way, which has contributed to me in many ways (far beyond your knowledge).

Rasmussen from Azusa to Baylor

Joshua Rasmussen, currently associate professor of philosophy at Azusa Pacific University, will be moving to Baylor University, where he will be professor of philosophy. Professor Rasmussen works in...

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

2 years

Time to fold up my shop. I'm relocating to the life science building.

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

1 year

Just got off a zoom call with Robin Collins to discuss his recent work. I think it is not an over-exaggeration to say that he is sitting on what may be the most important discovery in human history.

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

2 years

While panpsychists and eliminativists (mind is everywhere vs. mind is nowhere) have very different visions of reality, they tend to agree on this: The emergence of mind from mindless matter would be inexplicable magic. Neither side wants the magic.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

A priori, it is strange and unlikely that I exist. Empirically, there are no peer reviewed scientific studies that verify my existence. Belief in my existence is fringe -- most scientists don't even know about it. Carry on.

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

10 months

Phil 101 students, example of strawman:

Eric Hovind

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I don't have enough faith to conclude that the universe created itself from nothing.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

Religions are like organisms. They adapt to survive. The concept of "salvation" contributes to survival: a religion stays alive by convincing its members that the consequences of leaving are literally infinite. This defense-psychology doesn't track truth.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

He must not have understood physics:

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

2 years

There is nothing to fear in testing your most cherished beliefs, and then giving them up if they fail the test. Truth liberates.

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

10 months

Reincarnation is unbiblical (not taught in the Bible). Also unbiblical: Jordan Peterson exists. Also unbiblical: if something is unbiblical, then it isn't true. Carry on...

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Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

Contrary to popular impression: if souls exist, they don't exist in bodies. It is the other way: bodies are spatial contents of visual experience, which exist in seats of conscious awareness ("souls"). Also: there is WAY more evidence for the existence of souls than for the

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

10 months

Dear Christians, if you have been thinking that the Bible is the highest authority *on the grounds that was inspired by God*, then, to be consistent, you should also believe that if God inspires a personal dream or insight from God's Spirit, then that too has the highest

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Joshua Rasmussen

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6 months

"The paradox of non-self-exemplification is curled like a worm in the very heart of human reason; perhaps it was put there to keep us humble" -- Alvin Plantinga (email correspondence, May 2013)

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Joshua Rasmussen

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4 years

A thought: if you want to improve your worldview, take responsibility for seeking truth, stay humble, listen to those who disagree, love those who disagree, and follow the clearest lines you see.

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

8 months

I used to think that physics is more fundamental than psychology. I now think the opposite is so: physical laws are determined by a subset of psychological laws. Over and out.

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

3 months

"We have no evidence at all that a mind can exist in the absence of material things" -- Peter Millican (). Is there any evidence (at all) that a material thing can exist in the absence of a mind? If so, what?

Professor Peter Millican | God does NOT exist

Professor Peter Millican gives his argument against the existence of God.SUBSCRIBE for more speakers ► http://is.gd/OxfordUnionFacebook @ http://fb.me/theoxf...

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

2 years

I continue to be intrigued by the diversity of things that exist within consciousness: thoughts, smells, intentions, illusions, tastes, sounds, hopes, spatial structures in visual images, dreams, stories, etc. And I continue to wonder: can anything exist without consciousness?

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Joshua Rasmussen

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7 months

Game: respect everyone. Challenge: they don't respect you. Strategies: 1. Find common ground. 2. Find something you genuinely appreciate about them and highlight that (to yourself, at least). 3. Be curious about what you can learn from them. 4. Set healthy boundaries. Others?

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

4 months

A friend and I had a disagreement over how to interpret a message from ChatGPT. But then I wondered: what determines the *correct* interpretation if there's no authorial intent?

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

1 year

The Dark Soul speaks: "The evidence of my love for you, my dear one, is that you shall suffer forever if you don't love me back. Now bow to me, or burn!"

Darwin to Jesus

@darwintojesus

1 year

You can kid yourself, but you won’t kid God.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

One reason truth-seekers rarely stay in the religion of their youth is that they keep updating their mind, as they uncover more truths, and it is very unlikely that any of us were were born in a culture that got everything right.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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9 months

I'm more convinced this argument is sound even than that I have a brain (and I'm pretty sure I have a brain!): 1. I am introspectively aware of a thought in my mind. 2. I am not introspectively aware of brain activity. 3. Therefore, a thought in my mind is not brain activity.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

The Hard Problem of Color: 1. Colorful things can't be explained solely in terms of colorless things. (Explanatory gap.) 2. Some things are colorful. 3. Therefore, color is a fundamental feature of reality. Is this a parody of the "explanatory gap" argument for fundamental

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

10 months

@DrScotMSullivan Relative to whom?

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

1 year

I'm excited for the release of my new book, TODAY: . *Thank you* each and everyone of you for your connections on the journey. All your Twitter engagement on this topic, in all your styles, have certainly improved me and this project.

Who Are You, Really?

What does it mean to be human? Philosopher Joshua Rasmussen offers a step-by-step examination into the fundamental nature and ultimate origin of persons. Using accessible language and clear logic, he...

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

9 months

If you are in southern California, you might be interested in this talk I'll be giving at Azusa Pacific University:

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Joshua Rasmussen

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5 months

Consciousness cannot emerge from AI, but AI can emerge from consciousness.

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

3 months

I feel honored and excited to be teaching my first grad seminar in the philosophy of mind this fall. Just submitted my course description: Minds and Bodies: How to Make a Mind in a Material World This grad seminar examines the nature and origin of conscious minds. The course is

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

"Turning third-person molecules into a first-person self is like turning numbers into nickels, growing thoughts on trees, or making feelings out of flour. The materials are wrong."

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

2 years

I *still* sometimes have a dream that I missed a class or need to take a final exam but can't find the classroom. Anyone relate? (Thoughts that distract me from grading.)

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

8 months

After discussing Alex O'Connor and Ben Shapiro's debate (here: ), *this* new argument leaped into my mind this morning right when I woke up: 1. You can do stuff (e.g. like object to this tweet). 2. If *you* can do stuff, you are not a mere puppet of

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Joshua Rasmussen

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4 months

I like this post, not only because it is clear and insightful, but also because it strikes me as very honest (authentic) in its aim for truth.

Why I Am An Atheist

There have been two previous versions of this post. While they expressed my feelings accurately at the time, I kept reading and growing, and eventually they seemed out of date. The plan was to make…

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Joshua Rasmussen

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10 months

I don't know what they are saying about me, but millions of people understood it...

The Wild Project #221 ft Javi Santaolalla & Enric Gel | ¿Puede DIOS...

¿Hay algún argumento que pueda demostrar la existencia de Dios? ¿Vivimos en una simulación? ¿El Big Bang fue el inicio de todo, o somos un universo más de mu...

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

Can't let childcare get in the way of philosophy work!

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Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

You are special, just as you are. Nothing to prove, nothing to do, nothing to be. You are it. You have a value that no mere state of you -- color of skin, shape of body, present state of mind -- has. The knowledge of your value is one of the greatest treasures anyone can know.

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1 year

5. From revelation: from all that I've seen (I've looked extensively into this), there are zero revelations (biblical data, mystical experiences, NDEs) that, in context, reveal an endless hell, but only in some cases the opposite.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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10 months

@RTB_official Selection effect: many atheists are uninterested in the topic, but you don't hear about them (because they are uninterested); among those who are interested, many have experienced the pain of losing a belief they had insufficient evidence for and that limits others by dogma.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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10 months

Just saying...

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Joshua Rasmussen

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9 months

My hunch was right! Okay, this paper impressed me so much that when I reviewed it I thought, "if I'm right about this, his legendary status is going up even higher than it was." The young Magnus Carlson of philosophy, Joe Schmid, @majestyofreason . Congratulations!!!

Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

I just blind-reviewed a *really beautiful* paper. I have a hunch who the author is, but am not sure. I look forward to finding out who it is. The paper is quite impressive.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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11 months

Restricting God's powers to the *logically possible* does not answer the paradox of omnipotence but concedes the conclusion: the concept of having all powers *without restriction* is logically impossible.

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

2 years

Goodbye idealism.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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8 months

Many years ago, I remember thinking "I would LOVE to have a conversation with that guy." Then this happened:

The Problems of Consciousness | Within Reason #47

To support me on Patreon (thank you): http://www.patreon.com/cosmicskepticTo donate to my PayPal (thank you): http://www.paypal.me/cosmicskeptic - VIDEO NOTE...

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 months

"We have no evidence whatsoever that minds can exist in the absence of a physical substrate." Peter Millican () I'm stuck on a symmetrical idea: We have no evidence whatsoever that any physical reality can exist in the absence of a mental substrate.

William Lane Craig vs Peter Millican: "Does God Exist?", Birmingham...

This debate on "Does God Exist?" took place in front of a capacity audience at the Great Hall, University of Birmingham. It was recorded on Friday 21st Octob...

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Joshua Rasmussen

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4 months

@waldenpod Give me 10 yrs...

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

A morning thought: it takes more than will power to stop addictive habits you regret. It takes wisdom, to see what you *really want* in a *larger* picture, and then to make a plan to support your greater desires.

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Joshua Rasmussen

@worldviewdesign

2 years

"the Bible is the only truth" is not in the Bible -- and so, if that statement is true, then it is *not true*. Logic. Sets you free from bad theology.

Robert Clifton Robinson

@MenWhoSawJesus

2 years

@MaxQ19384273 @TheoreticalBS @trumpocalypse08 @lowerhangingfr1 The Bible is the Word of God, the only truth. As such, it is not subject to human review. It is perfect, as-is. Jesus said that unless a person is born again by the Holy Spirit, it is impossible to understand the depth of scripture. The world doesn't believe this, and never will

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Joshua Rasmussen

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8 months

For intro phil. class discussion: 1. If God is perfectly good, God is willing to prevent all suffering. 2. If God is all-powerful, God is able to prevent all suffering. 3. If God is able and willing to prevent all suffering, then all suffering is prevented. 4. Not all suffering

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Joshua Rasmussen

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9 months

A morning thought: beliefs w/o evidence are impossible.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 months

Magical thinking? "'How it is that anything so remarkable as a state of consciousness comes about as a result of irritating nervous tissue, is just as unaccountable as the appearance of Djin when Aladdin rubbed his lamp."

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

I see no reason to posit a "soul," as a separate substance from my body. I also see no reason to posit a "body," as a separate substance from my own self.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

@RayComfort On the contrary, atheism has helped shave off faulty concepts of god, liberate people from religious abuse, and expand our understanding of the natural world. If you think Sobel was stupid, would love to see where you think he goes wrong in Logic and Theism.

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2 months

The Ontological Argument for Atheism: 1. God, by definition, is the greatest conceivable being. 2. A being that exists in all stories, including all fictional stories, is greater than a being that only exists in true stories. 3. God doesn't exist in The Maze Runner. 4.

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2 years

The argument that caused my Platonism to crumble (in slow motion over 4 years):

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Joshua Rasmussen

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17 days

Perhaps, but not as much of a miracle as generating conscious experiences from molecular motions.

Dr Diego Caleiro /dd

@diegocaleiro

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Can we agree that parting the Red Sea is a far more impressive miracle than making fish, bread, wine and Lazarus?

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Joshua Rasmussen

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5 months

"One starts as a materialist, then one becomes a dualist, then a panpsychist, and one ends up as an idealist"

From Materialism to Idealism: David Chalmers and the Mind-Body Problem

I explain how and why some modern philosophers are moving from materialism to idealism.Timestamps00:00 – Intro00:13 – Quick rundown01:03 – David Chalmers and...

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Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

It has become increasingly evident to me that we, as humans, often read our worldview *into* our observations, which we then take as evidence for the view we baked into them. This is surprisingly *hard to see* in oneself, and also hard to expose for others!

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

If you are 100% convinced that you are right about X based on LOTS of evidence, does it follow by your light that anyone who disagrees is irrational? I think not: there can be rational disagreement between convinced people, given different total experiences & analysis.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 months

I emerged out of *that*?

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Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

I would.

Rational Theist Collective

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Would you like to see @worldviewdesign talking with @joerogan ?

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Joshua Rasmussen

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5 months

@McClureShawn Telling kids *anything* without giving them tools to explore & examine it for themselves (and the freedom to disagree) is indoctrination.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

We have no examples of rivers without rocks. Also, there are correlates between rock formations and river waves. Therefore, we know that river waves emerge from (nothing but) rocks.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

Example of an *unfalsifiable* claim: 2+2=4. Example of a *falsifiable* claim: 2+2=3. Carry on.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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9 months

I wonder if this argument could have more appeal on a popular level. Testing: 1. You can't cut thoughts into pieces. 2. You can cut material things (brain states) into pieces. 3. Therefore, thoughts aren't material things. Objections?

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Joshua Rasmussen

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3 months

"We are all skeptics of most of the materialist models that humanity has ever believed in. Some of us just go one model further." -- Richard Shawkins

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Joshua Rasmussen

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3 months

btw. looks like I'll have the honor of debating professor Millican on the existence of God in an online event July 1st.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

'water is H20' is knowable a priori, once you know what the terms 'water' and 'H20' designate.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

Everyone sees from a first-person point of view. Such is our limitation, and a reason we need each other. You see a piece no one else can.

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8 months

Intro phil. class discussion, problem of evil, part 2: 1. A lot of suffering appears pointless (e.g., a baby deer burning up in a forest fire). 2. This is expected if some suffering is actually pointless, but not as expected if God exists. 3. Therefore, the appearance of

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2 years

Christians, could Krishna be an incarnation of Christ? If not, why not?

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9 months

A picture of neurons or galaxy clusters?

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

I noticed that there are some proposals that, paradoxically, I don't believe, disbelieve, or even am agnostic about. Instead, different versions of me seem to have different doxastic attitudes. Like part of me believes it and another part rejects it. Anyone else relate?

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Joshua Rasmussen

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8 months

Notes to self. I've noticed: if a human being doesn't like the conclusion of an argument (for example, an argument from evil against a loving God), they are more liable to find a parody that *doesn't represent* the argument in its best light. Also: if someone *likes* a

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2 years

Is belief in the existence of empirical evidence justifiable by empirical evidence?

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2 years

It's happened again. Another of my friends suggested to me, not merely they didn't believe in the reality of thoughts, but that to believe that thoughts are real is *nonsensical* and even comical on face value. Phil mind is intense!

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11 months

My current ranking from *most problematic* (empirically and conceptually) to *least problematic*, IMHO: 1. You are generated by a brain. 2. You are a brain. 3. You don't exist. 4. Your brain is a control device for certain conscious experiences, but your existence is prior.

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7 months

Knowledge is a personal experience.

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2 years

A sign that that the conversation will turn out unproductive: it feels like a competition. A sign that that the conversation will turn out productive: it feels like a collaboration.

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Joshua Rasmussen

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2 years

@elonmusk Elon, where can I send you my book on the mind ()? It supports your insight, and is relevant to your work and the future of humanity.

Who Are You, Really?

What does it mean to be human? Philosopher Joshua Rasmussen offers a step-by-step examination into the fundamental nature and ultimate origin of persons. Using accessible language and clear logic, he...

www.ivpress.com

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When Dilahunty says that we know that *nature* exists, but not whether anything else exists, I want to ask what is included in "nature." If nature includes me, my thoughts, feelings, intentions, dream images of purple dragons, and other contents of consciousness, then I think I

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A younger version of my current body. Since then, the atoms of that body have dispersed. I'm not those atoms, fortunately, for I have not dispersed. But suppose those original atoms were reassembled to form a duplicate of my current body. Would that body be *me*?

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@BissetteHunter Pop atheists think atheism is *lacking belief* in a god.

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1 year

Evolution is not a MEANS of creation (whether by God or Nature). Rather, evolution is a CONSEQUENCE of a certain type of creation--one consisting of diversifying replicators in a common environment (i.e., a complex adaptive system).

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We know about the Hard Problem. I hereby offer "The Big Question": How can some things exist, such that it is not even *true* that those things exist? This question is exposed by a Propositions Paradox: 1. Suppose for all things that exist, it is true that they exist. 2. Then

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Images are not located inside computer circuits, but on SCREENS. For this reason, images in your mind are not located inside brain tissue, but on the screen of your eye balls! Kidding. They are located on the surface of cells. Still kidding. But seriously, where are the images?

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"The only thing we know about the intrinsic nature of matter is that some of it, i.e., the matter inside brains, has an intrinsic nature made up of forms of consciousness" -- @Philip_Goff

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1 year

I've noticed some people who used to annoy me a TAD have grown on me, and I even find myself loving them and admiring them. This happened after I began to see the world from their vantage point, became more self aware (of my insecurities), and took fewer things personally.

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From online conversations about theories of consciousness, I think I discovered something interesting: the SAME intuition that leads some people to view panpsychism as *crazy* leads others down a path to becoming panpsychists. I'll explain. The intuition on a crude level is that

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Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

Grew up: nominalist. Currently: Aristotelian realist. Could see myself becoming: conceptualist.

Benjamin Blake Speed Watkins

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Grew up: Quaker Currently: Atheist Could see myself becoming: An attenuated deist

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The hardest question of my career (and I'm still thinking about it):

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Joshua Rasmussen

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1 year

@grcastleberry So you're saying that on atheism, ethics is reduced to the opinions of those in power, whereas on Christianity it's reduced to the opinions of the one with the most power.🤔

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The Paradox of the Path: Story 1. The past is infinite. Story 2. During this infinite past, balls have been moving along a path. (To minimize assumptions, the path could be circular with finitely many balls moving along it.) Story 3. There is a switch on this path. When a ball

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4 months

I used to think that *if* there is a Hard Problem of explaining consciousness in terms of mindless matter, there is a Reverse Hard Problem problem of explaining matter in terms of consciousness. I don't think that anymore. As far as I can tell, everything about matter can be

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2 months

Success!

Majesty of Reason

@majestyofreason

2 months

I am delighted to share the newly revised SEP article on Ontological Arguments that I co-authored with Graham Oppy ( @OppyGraham ) and Josh Rasmussen ( @worldviewdesign ). Check it out!!!

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