Determinism is the thesis that is true at every moment that the way things then are determines a unique future, that only one of the alternative futures that may exist relative to a given moment is a physically possible continuation… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
It looks to me as if Darwinians are like someone who, having observed that tugboats sometimes maneuver ocean liners in tight places by directing high-pressure streams of water at them, concludes that he has discovered the method by which the… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
I don’t know about ‘common sense opinion’ by the way. It seems to me that the office of common sense is to keep us… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
Determinism is the thesis that is true at every moment that the way things then are determines a unique future, that only one of… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
It used to be widely held that evil was incompatible with the existence of God: that no possible world contained both God and evil.… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
You certainly wouldn’t want to invest much time in an argument with someone who would believe it in the first place. — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
It looks to me as if Darwinians are like someone who, having observed that tugboats sometimes maneuver ocean liners in tight places by directing… — Peter van Inwagen Copy Share Image
