Comments on: Help Me Recruit a Theist with a Ph.D. for a Formal Online Debate

By: Eric Stapper

Eric Stapper — Sat, 16 Mar 2019 02:59:52 +0000

Travis Dickinson has a Ph.D. I’m not sure he’d be interested. I’ve had a short exchange with him on his blog.

http://www.travisdickinson.com/

By: Richard Carrier

Richard Carrier — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 03:55:06 +0000

In reply to Coel. Email me with a clearer statement of your credentials and publications and what you mean by "moral anti-realism" and we can discuss this possibility.

By: Coel

Coel — Wed, 13 Mar 2019 17:19:52 +0000

Richard, would you be interested in a debate of this style on the topic of moral realism (you) versus moral anti-realism (I’ll volunteer; I have a PhD and academic status, if that matters)?

By: Richard Carrier

Richard Carrier — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 20:02:50 +0000

In reply to Mike. Hopefully we will do all that policing of each other. So readers can see what's being ignored or overlooked (as I did in the Sheffield debate: I continually pointed out what he kept ignoring, etc.).

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 07:40:51 +0000

I kind of wish there were a moderator to these, someone who said “You have not responded yet to questions a, b, e, g, you may not continue to post before doing so. Also, you were requested to provide sources for x, y, z. List those before continuing.” Bugs me when excellent points are ignored as though never made…. Not sure how this could work though.

By: Richard Carrier

Richard Carrier — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:03:55 +0000

In reply to ou812invu. He does not have a Ph.D.

By: ou812invu

ou812invu — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:02:39 +0000

I would love for you to have a debate with Dr. Ed Young.

By: Richard Carrier

Richard Carrier — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 01:57:24 +0000

In reply to Brian Stevens. Fascinating. Yes, get in touch with him, or have someone do, and ask if he'll contact me about it.

By: Richard Carrier

Richard Carrier — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 01:56:49 +0000

In reply to Keith.

Who knows? That’s the point of trying this format on the theism question. There isn’t any way to make a claim and run. You’ll actually have to confront every aspect of it down a dozen exchanges, and really answer the questions, like whether you are leaning on the fallacy described or not. By then, it will be clear someone dosn’t have the goods.

There is certainly a lot of empirical material to argue over. The question is only, what explains that material better. In some cases, the facts are false. And can be shown to be. In some cases, there are better explanations of the facts. And this can be demonstrated. And so on. That’s what the debate would be about.

By: John MacDonald

John MacDonald — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 00:26:54 +0000

Hopefully you’ll be doing a lot more debates. I’m bored.