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Amos Wollen

@goingawoll.bsky.social

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philosophy student • no opinions on anything • poasts match the views of every institution or person I’ve ever been affiliated with/looked at (including you) https://open.substack.com/pub/wollenblog

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Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · 4d

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

Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · 15d

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Book Giveaway & Introduction to Jesus and the Genome

Here begins a series of posts about a book I co-authored, entitled Jesus and the Genome. I’ve got a few extra copies of the book that I will give away on this Substack in the coming weeks, starting no...

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Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Jun 30

A new wave of philosophers has joined Substack — here are some of their names (link in bio)

Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Jun 29

Today, I review Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever by @lamornaash.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...

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Emily Qureshi-Hurst @emilyqureshihurst.bsky.social · May 21

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!

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Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · May 3

My impression of analytic theology (link in bio)

Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Apr 2

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)

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Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Mar 24

My impression of Curtis Yarvin open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...

every Curtis Yarvin essay

"the error of being a lib"

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Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Mar 22

Want to read about Hell? I’ve got you covered open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...

The Doctrine of Hell: A Philosophical Reading List

these papers are totally fire

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Mar 22

Paradox looms

Image from an advert for breeze, it reads "The dating app for everyone who's tired of dating apps".

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Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Mar 22

New blog post open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...

In defence of having villainous Nazi friends who kill puppies and read Jordan Peterson

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Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Mar 19

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

Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Mar 12

every anti-Substack Substack open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...

every anti-Substack Substack

why i am leaving

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Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Mar 10

How a New York Times columnist forced me to go to Church open.substack.com/pub/wollenbl...

How a New York Times columnist forced me to go to Church

Book Review: *Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious* by Ross Douthat

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Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Mar 4

“They” if you’re a Trinitarian (this would not be a neo-pronoun, but a trio-pronoun. Peak Catholicity.)

Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Mar 3

(Clarification: in possible worlds where chewing on a straw had zero dental benefits by causing the mouth to salivate slightly.)

Amos Wollen @goingawoll.bsky.social · Mar 3

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...

Sexual Ethics & Natural Law: A Philosophical Debate

YouTube video by Philosophy for the People

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Alex Worsnip @aworsnip.bsky.social · Mar 3

I wrote a blog post about Samuel Alito as a case study in the ethics of suspicion and psychologizing
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Samuel Alito and the Ethics of Suspicion

Exploring the changing nature of public debate

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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · Mar 3

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...