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En route
En Route is a collection of essays and reflections, often submitted as coursework for marking in my study of philosophy, that I keep as a memento of the positions I take on a given subject.
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The horns of divining morality
The horns of divining morality
Divine Command Theory (DCT) contemplates a moral framework that traditionally places deity as the progenitor of moral value, making a…
Kashi Samaraweera
Jun 1, 2022
Contraposing privacy and control
Contraposing privacy and control
In this essay I will outline what privacy is amongst the backdrop of an interconnected world, establish the relationships between privacy…
Kashi Samaraweera
Aug 18, 2021
What is it like to not be a BAT?
What is it like to not be a BAT?
Epistemologists make for Brilliant Abstract Thinkers (BATs) on the question of how we can understand propositions about the world, and ways…
Kashi Samaraweera
Jun 21, 2021
Linear Feedback Shift Registers and What They Can Teach Us About Free Will
Linear Feedback Shift Registers and What They Can Teach Us About Free Will
For an agent to possess any free will, there is a corollary assertion that the world does not completely determine an agent’s actions…
Kashi Samaraweera
Apr 9, 2019
Book Review: The House of Twenty Thousand Books
Book Review: The House of Twenty Thousand Books
Chimen’s story is one of marvel. At age twenty he engratiated himself to the socialist movement contemporary to Stalinist Russia…
Kashi Samaraweera
Apr 8, 2019
The ambiguous nature of self
The ambiguous nature of self
How is it that we can identify someone to be the same person at one time, as she is at some other time?
Kashi Samaraweera
Apr 24, 2018
Sacrifice and the wisdom of ideas
Sacrifice and the wisdom of ideas
An interpretation of some readings about a growing anti-intellectualism and why abandoning epistemic humility is the bedrock of delusion.
Kashi Samaraweera
Sep 9, 2017
Part 4: Patience and Grace
Part 4: Patience and Grace
The final part of my Making Sense of God book review: epistemic humility, and moralistic claims made in a Christian intellectual framework.
Kashi Samaraweera
Aug 27, 2017
A relationship with God
A relationship with God
The language of god and musings about the consequences of a deliberate conflation of god and ego.
Kashi Samaraweera
Jun 26, 2017
Part 3: Morality and the problem of evil
Part 3: Morality and the problem of evil
This installment of my review of Making Sense of God examines the Epicurian problem of Evil and assertions about non-Christian morality.
Kashi Samaraweera
Jun 12, 2017
Part 2: The meaning of life
Part 2: The meaning of life
Continuing with my review of Making Sense of God, I take a look at its assertion about what makes a meaningful life.
Kashi Samaraweera
May 28, 2017
Book review: Making Sense of God
Book review: Making Sense of God
A good apologetics volume will aim to tackle the challenges that a particular religion faces from the outside.
Kashi Samaraweera
May 21, 2017
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