Robert L. White

Epistemology: 4 – Logic Always Wins 2

Oct

21

2018

A further exploration into the idea that there are no true contradictions. If you’ve ever been frustrated with how religious people tend to embrace the irrational or illogical, you’ll sympathize with this episode. Available in podcast format on Apple Podcasts and other platforms.

Welcome to the RLW podcast!

Oct

15

2018

You can find The RLW Show on any major podcasting platform, including Apple Podcasts. Although it’s starting simply as an audio version of my Introduction to Epistemology videos, I have some ideas of where I’m going to take it in the future, not least to host my Robert Interviews an Atheist series I already have been planning. Let ...

The God Delusion: The Roots of Religion and Morality (Chapters 5 & 6) 3

Oct

8

2018

This post is part of a series on The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. The previous post was The Anthropic Principle and Boltzmann Brains (Chapters 3 & 4) and the next post is Are The Bible and Religion Poisons To Society? (Chapters 7 & 8). In continuing my discussion of Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion, ...

Epistemology: 3 – A baseline epistemology (Part II)

Sep

30

2018

In this video, I continue building out a baseline epistemology (i.e. one we probably can all agree on) by discussing Critical vs Naive Realism and why I think there are no true contradictions.

Epistemology: 2 – A baseline epistemology (Part I)

Sep

24

2018

In this video, I give an outline of the entire series on epistemology as well as start building a baseline epistemology we can (probably) all agree on using concepts such as “I think therefore I am,” Realism, and Occam’s Razor.

Epistemology: 1 – What it is and why it matters

Sep

9

2018

In this video, I dig into what epistemology is, why it matters, and even tell a joke along the way. Who knew I had such talents.

Boundaries

Mar

8

2018

“Boundaries” is a concept that is talked a lot these days, in Christian communities not least because of the aptly named book by Cloud and Townsend, but also due to a range of self-help books dealing with how to say “No,” how to be assertive, and related topics. It’s obviously a very important concept of daily ...

The God Delusion: The Anthropic Principle and Boltzmann Brains (Chapters 3 & 4) 2

Dec

18

2017

This post is part of a series on The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. The previous was Respect, Burden of Proof, and Spaghetti (Chapters 1 & 2) and the next post covers The Roots of Religion and Morality (Chapters 5 & 6). Hello again, and sorry for the delay. The biggest reasons for it were a ...

Some Bitcoin Thoughts

Dec

13

2017

I posted the below on Facebook last night, but then a few friends encouraged me to post this to here as well. These thoughts were off the top of my head so not super researched, but as I say below, I think they are broadly true at least in outline. (P.S. Next post on The ...

The God Delusion: Respect, Burden of Proof, and Spaghetti (Chapters 1 & 2) 4

Nov

6

2017

This post is part of a series on The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. The previous post was an introduction on bias, and the next post is The Anthropic Principle and Boltzmann Brains (Chapters 3 & 4). In my last post, I set the stage for discussing The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I’m planning ...