{"id":2062,"date":"2013-04-03T06:41:56","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T06:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/?p=2062"},"modified":"2013-04-02T18:42:48","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T18:42:48","slug":"talk-on-free-will-is-really-well-received","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/2013\/04\/03\/talk-on-free-will-is-really-well-received\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk on free will is really well received"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was lucky enough to be asked back to the Dorset Humanists, based in Bournemouth, UK, to give a talk on free will. I had previously given them a talk on the Nativity, based on my book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0956694853\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=atipplingphil-20&amp;camp=213381&amp;creative=390973&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=0956694853&amp;adid=0GG4Q2QB5ABBX4272NZ1&amp;&amp;ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fskepticink.com%2Ftippling%2F2012%2F09%2F03%2Fargument-against-a-perfect-being-creating-the-world%2F\">The Nativity: A Critical Examination<\/a>. They appeared to enjoy it enough to ask me back, and I obliged.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dorset-humanists1.blogspot.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-wkVe-0NDSIA\/UGrW4lP7J_I\/AAAAAAAAAjw\/p-0tHhmRByQ\/s1600\/DH%2Bbanner%2BSept%2B2012.JPG\" alt=\"Dorset Humanists website\" width=\"686\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So the talk went down really well, as far as I can tell. There were about 70 people there, which was a great turnout apparently, so that is a bonus. I gave the talk I have given a number of times before, adding a few new pieces of research, some ideas on <a title=\"Language \u2013 who\u2019s choosing my words?\" href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/2012\/11\/23\/language-whos-choosing-my-words\/\">language<\/a>. I played a part from this fascinating video:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TEDxEast - David Pizarro - How Disgust Shapes our Thoughts on Moral Wrong &amp; the Political Right\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u-TmKo75gJI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well worth a watch. The Q and A session went very well, with a wide range of topics covered from quantum mechanics to Jungian philosophy; from objective morality to fatalism; from compatibilism to criminal rehabilitation. Something for everyone. I spoke to a number of people, but there is never enough time to speak to as many people as one would wish, so apologies if some were waiting around in vain!<\/p>\n<p>The great news is that I am in talks with the organisers with regard to producing another talk in the Autumn, perhaps on critically examining arguments for and against the existence of God. That&#8217;s quite exciting, as it widens my remit for public speaking and allows me to get my teeth into something else. It also gives me a chance to sound out some of my ideas included in \u00a0a paper I am editing on criticisms of the <a title=\"The Kalam Cosmological Argument and William Lane Craig #1\" href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/2012\/09\/10\/the-kalam-cosmological-argument-and-william-lane-craig-1\/\">Kalam Cosmological Argument.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All in all, a really fun night with some great interaction with some members of the audience. I mentioned, in passing, how the argument undercuts theism and the belief in a judgemental God, unless you are a Calvinist, and lo and behold, two Calvinists came up at the end and had a chat! One even bought my nativity book! Happy days.<\/p>\n<p>As ever, my free will book is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0956694802\/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=atipplingphil-20&amp;camp=213381&amp;creative=390973&amp;linkCode=as4&amp;creativeASIN=0956694802&amp;adid=0G8DJYV30YXG8ZHZFAPV&amp;&amp;ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fskepticink.com%2Ftippling%2F\">available<\/a> for your edification!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was lucky enough to be asked back to the Dorset Humanists, based in Bournemouth, UK, to give a talk on free will. I had previously given them a talk on the Nativity, based on my book, The Nativity: A Critical Examination. They appeared to enjoy it enough to ask me back, and I obliged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237],"tags":[52,552,58],"class_list":["post-2062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-speaking-engagements","tag-determinism","tag-dorset-humanists","tag-free-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/tippling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}