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Enlightened Atheism: An Exercise In Worldview Assessment
Sketching what is, by my lights, the most plausible atheistic worldview — and why I reject it
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Theism and Natural Theology
Why theism predicts that there are many successful arguments for the existence of God
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J.P. Andrew
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Thinking About Theism: Some Worldview Terminology
Some suggestions about how to understand the terminology figuring in the debate concerning the existence of God
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J.P. Andrew
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Assessing Appeals To Authority
Five rules for identifying, and deferring to, an epistemic authority
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J.P. Andrew
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June 2025

Confessions of a Former Consciousness Denier
How I once fell under, and then escaped, the spell of consciousness denialism
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J.P. Andrew
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The Problem of Free Will
Articulating one of the perennial puzzles in philosophy
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J.P. Andrew
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The Inescapability of Philosophy
Why philosophy matters and cannot truly be avoided
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J.P. Andrew
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Considering the Kalam
A brief presentation and analysis of the Kalam Cosmological Argument
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J.P. Andrew

May 2025

Antinatalism and Theism
Why confident natalism requires theism
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J.P. Andrew
My Interview With Galen Strawson, Part II
On free will, the self, the meaning of life, and Galen’s future projects
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J.P. Andrew
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Towards an End to Factory Farming
An assessment of the situation for factory-farmed animals and seven recommendations
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J.P. Andrew
Wagering On Value Realism
A pragmatic case for believing that value is real and objective
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J.P. Andrew
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