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BILL MEACHAM, PhD : PHILOSOPHY | Moral confusion about abortion
One of my teachers has said that you can’t talk somebody into changing their mind, but sometimes you can listen them into it. By Bill Meacham, PhD | The Rag Blog | July 7, 2022 The controversy about abortion–whether it … Continue reading
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How Christians misunderstand atheists
I have never met an atheist who did not accept the scientific method, which explains why the god hypothesis fails for these people. By Lamar W. Hankins | The Rag Blog | June 14, 2016 Journalist and author Christopher Hitchens … Continue reading
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IDEAS | The anti-realist vegetarian
Once you realize the socially constructed nature of morality, you get to choose whether or not to buy into it. By Bill Meacham | The Rag Blog | August 25, 2015 I venture to guess that most people are moral … Continue reading
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IDEAS | Mental parasites
Just as a parasitical lancet fluke can direct an ant to climb up a blade of grass, we are unknowingly manipulated by cultural memes. By Bill Meacham | The Rag Blog | October 21, 2014 What if your brain were … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Cultural Memes, Free Will, Ideas, Lancet Fluke, Nature, Parasites, Philosophy, Rag Bloggers, Second-Order Volition
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A radical imagination: Dilemmas and desire while reading Pedro Susz
Pedro Susz is like a diamond; he has many facets… ‘Para una filosofía de la insubordinación’ reveals the rare mind that integrates erudition with vision. By Chellis Glendinning | The Rag Blog | February 19, 2014 Pedro Susz is like … Continue reading
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Learning from Zarathustra
Zarathustra is appropriately called the First Prophet. He spoke of themes later to be found in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: a single universal God, the battle between good and evil, the devil, heaven and hell, and an eventual end to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Cosmology, Ethics, Goodness Paradigm, Mysticism, Philosophy, Rag Bloggers, Religion, World History, Zarathustra, Zoroastrianism
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BOOKS / Ron Jacobs : Crary’s ’24/7′: Wake Up Little Susie!
Wake up little Susie:We’re in trouble deep Crary’s book provides a historical survey of capitalism’s growing encroachment on individual human life. By Ron Jacobs | The Rag Blog | July 30, 2013 [24/7: Late Capitalism and the Ends of Sleep … Continue reading
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Tagged 24/7, Books, Capitalism, Jonathan Crary, Philosophy, Political Economy, Ron Jacobs, Sleep
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RAG RADIO / Thorne Dreyer : Philosophy Scholar Bill Meacham on ‘How to Be an Excellent Human’
Bill Meacham, right, with Rag Radio host Thorne Dreyer in the studios of KOOP Radio in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 31, 2013. Photo by Tracey Schulz / Rag Radio. Rag Radio podcast: Philosophy scholar Bill Meacham,author of ‘How to Be an … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Bill Meacham, Counterculture, Human Potential, Interview, John Sinclair, Philosophy, Podcast, Poets, Rag Radio, Sixties, Thorne Dreyer, White Panthers
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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Imagine There’s No Morality
Art from Duck Soup. Imagine there’s no morality The philosophical question becomes an empirical one: what enables us to flourish? By Bill Meacham | The Rag Blog | May 30, 2013 Bill Meacham will discuss issues raised in his new … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Ethics, Morality, Philosophy, Self-Knowledge
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IDEAS / Bill Meacham : Free Will or Free Won’t?
Image from InspireD2.Free Will or Free Won’t? Human beings act on their desires and beliefs, and the way we predict what people will do is not by examining their brain waves but by understanding what they want and what they … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Meacham, Consciousness, Free Will, Ideas, Neuroscience, Philosophy
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