Estranged Notions: “Brute Facts” vs. “Sufficient Reasons”

Today's post:

“Brute Facts” vs. “Sufficient Reasons”

Estranged Notions: Why Modern Physics Does Not Refute Thomistic Philosophy

Yesterday's post:

Why Modern Physics Does Not Refute Thomistic Philosophy

Bonnette tries to defend his precious Thomism against modern science, without much success.

Estranged Notions: The Idea of Progress: A Comparative Study

Yesterday's post:

The Idea of Progress: A Comparative Study

Estranged Notions: “Optimistic Nihilism” and Whistling Past God’s Graveyard

Today's post:

“Optimistic Nihilism” and Whistling Past God’s Graveyard

Estranged Notions: Does God Punish People Through Natural Weather Events?

Today's post:

Does God Punish People Through Natural Weather Events?

Estranged Notions: What Is the True Understanding of Causality?

Today's post:

What Is the True Understanding of Causality?

SN's broken comment threads

I've put up a list, also linked from the blog header above, of those SN articles with broken comment threads and their previous comments.

I haven't counted the affected comments, but it's 69 comment threads, and could easily be 5,000 to 20,000 individual comments.

(Brandon could fix all this in a few minutes, using the tools mentioned here in the Disqus help in particular the URL Mapper. The affected threads are easily identified by the presence of "www." in the disqus identifier.)

Exile's Thread

Time for a new open thread.

Estranged Notions: Are Metaphysical First Principles Universally True?

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Are Metaphysical First Principles Universally True?

Estranged Notions: Answering the “Confusing Revelation” Objection to Christianity

Tuesday's post:

Answering the “Confusing Revelation” Objection to Christianity