Over the years I’ve posted a number of pieces about the philosopher Antony Flew, and his flirtations with theism. Back in May I wrote (under the heading The longest running soap opera in the philosophy of religion) that: You can … Continue reading
The story so far… Last year there was a flurry of media attention around the “revelation” that Antony Flew, the British philosopher, had renounced his lifelong atheism and now believed in god. The main impetus for this was the publication … Continue reading
Update on my recent blog entry about Antony Flew: The Raving Atheist published an unhelpful satirical piece, and in a comment to this someone posted a link to an interview between Flew and the philosopher/theologian Gary Habermas. In the interview, … Continue reading
I’ve just come across a lengthy post on the Internet Infidels DB by Richard Carrier, which goes into considerable detail about the Antony Flew debate. Key quotes: “It bothers me that Flew has not […] even bothered looking for critiques … Continue reading
If you look at my two recent blog entries on “l’affaire Flew”, you will see that the first spells the philosopher’s name Anthony Flew and the second Antony Flew. Which is correct? I’m pretty sure that the answer is Antony … Continue reading
Regular readers of my blog will remember that a couple of years ago we were discussing the supposed “conversion” of the English philosopher Antony Flew. Here’s how I summarized it a year ago: The Anthony Flew brouhaha Of all the … Continue reading
So this is the 1,000th entry in my blog since I began on December 20, 2003. I thought I’d use this opportunity to revisit some of my favourite entries and the discussions that followed. All of these entries are tagged … Continue reading
In my earlier posting about Antony Flew’s Introduction to God and Philosophy, I noted that Flew had identified the “argument from fine tuning” as a “development” which future authors in this area should take into account. In this post, I … Continue reading