In this live debate—feat. Joe Schmid, @morallawwithin.bsky.social, Noah McKay, and yours truly—we figure out whether there are souls (there are) and whether physicalism is the last refuge of the scoundrel (it is) youtu.be/Z4_kiUge5Ac
pawlineepistles.substack.com/p/book-givea... @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social
A new wave of philosophers has joined Substack — here are some of their names (link in bio)
Today, I review Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever by @lamornaash.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...
I am delighted to share that I've signed a contract with @reaktionbooks.bsky.social for my fourth book, 'Our Many Lives in the Multiverse'
In the book I'll be examining the Many-Worlds interpretation of Quantum Mechanics and exploring what it means for selves, society, and God. Watch this space!
My impression of analytic theology (link in bio)
An extremely dapper soul-body composite (me), plus a middle-sized, middle-aged organism made up of “the fundamental building blochks of reality, each with their own very primitive form of awerrrness” (@philipgoff.bsky.social)
Want to read about Hell? I’ve got you covered open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...
Image from an advert for breeze, it reads "The dating app for everyone who's tired of dating apps".
Paradox looms
Devastating interaction at the Indian corner shop. Shopkeeper glances at my ingredients—my cumin seeds, my lentils, my lime—and casually asks me if I mistook parsley for coriander. Aching with shame, I confessed that I had, and he told me where the coriander was
How a New York Times columnist forced me to go to Church open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...
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“They” if you’re a Trinitarian (this would not be a neo-pronoun, but a trio-pronoun. Peak Catholicity.)
(Clarification: in possible worlds where chewing on a straw had zero dental benefits by causing the mouth to salivate slightly.)
I just debated Catholic philosopher Brian Besong on sexual ethics — as it turns out, it’s pretty unclear whether it would be wrong to nibble on a plastic straw (even if that were the only way to stop the world from ending) m.youtube.com/watch?v=oltL...
I wrote a blog post about Samuel Alito as a case study in the ethics of suspicion and psychologizing
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/openfordebat...
Who would like to be the 700th subscriber to my newsletter? I don't post often enough for it to be spammy wellreadherring.substack.com?utm_source=s...
Here I discuss the “deeply inappropriate man-crush” that many Catholics and Evangelicals have on Thomas Aquinas open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...
My response to Lyman Stone on shrimp welfare open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...
on my practical ethics grind
Are pro-lifers driven by a subconscious desire to control women’s bodies and reproduction? open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...
Major shrimp welfare victory!
every anti-Trump Substack post @jacobtlevy.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...
