Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Stilpo, Quentin Smith and Antony Flew

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5 ideas

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 6. Space-Time

15194

Time, as it appears in standard modern science, is bad verificationist metaphysics [Smith,Q, by Le Poidevin]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3029	Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god [Stilpo, by Diog. Laertius]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / b. Religious Meaning

1466	Claims about God don't seem to claim or deny anything tangible, so evidence is irrelevant [Flew, by PG]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / d. Religious Falsification

1465	You can't claim a patch of land is tended by a 'gardener' if there is no evidence, and all counter-evidence is rejected [Flew, by PG]

1467	Religious people seem unwilling to accept any evidence that God does not love us, so their claim is unfalsifiable [Flew, by PG]