Religion

The Philosophy of the Vienna Circle

形而上学只是一堆废话吗?相信你永远无法证明的事可以吗?逻辑能解决世界上的问题吗?这周的哲学讲座,我们将讨论中国伊朗亚洲杯比赛直播维也纳圈,一群20世纪20年代的奥地利哲学家曾就这些问题进行过辩论。

Working for Faith

I had a terrific time discussing religious “beliefs”—or religious credences, as I call them—with Josh and Ken recently. One claim I proposed on the show is that religious credence is like make-believe imagining. I want to delve a little deeper into that claim and address something Ken said.

Anti-Semitism is Racism

Many Americans think the recent synagogue shootings were motivated by religious hatred, just as many believe the Nazis persecuted Jews because their Jewish faith. This is seriously and troublingly wrong. To the Nazis of the past, as well as the neo-Nazis of the present, a person is a Jew because of their race.

Anti-Semitism 101

Many Americans seem have a hard time grasping the idea of Jews as a race because they think of race mainly in terms of the color of a person’s skin. So they tend to frame anti-Semitic violence as attacks on the Jewish faith, rather than racist terror.

Do They Believe in God?

自从最近天主教会爆出一连串丑闻以来,一个问题一直困扰着我。这些丑闻既涉及神职人员性侵年轻人,也涉及教会领导层的掩盖。问题是:犯下这种恶行的神父们相信上帝吗?