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The end of 2011 saw the discovery of what is being touted in some quarters as the first earth-like planet to have been discovered, Kepler 22-b. Its similarity to earth is based on just a few features: It orbits a sun similar to our own, it is in the temperature zone which allows water to [...]

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Science is often characterized as a study of cause and effect. Prior to science Aristotelian causes was the method of study, one of his four causes being the ‘final cause.’ A final cause reversed the process of cause and effect, making the effect the reason for the cause rather than the principle which modern science [...]

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No blog or discussion on the nature of God or the intersection of science and religion would be complete without reference to Richard Dawkins. He is a great source of interesting posts and someone I shall be returning to frequently. He has become something of a high priest to atheists and with that in mind [...]

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The Rational God is a science based approach to understanding nature or reality. Attempts at understanding our universe have been presented since man first made an appearance and in some ways the history of man’s attempts at understanding the world are as interesting as the vision of an ultimate reality. We see two apparently different [...]

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The release date for The Rational God was 11th November 2008. To download the PDF version immediately, follow the link. Place Your Order The hard copy version is also available and includes access to the PDF so you can begin reading whilst you wait for your book to arrive in the post. You can reserve [...]

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Welcome to the new home of TheRationalGod. I have recently moved server and transferred all the posts from the previous wordpress blog. Soon I shall be blogging away again but just need to keep you informed about the new format for the blogging which is going to help you discover the ultimate secrets of the [...]

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Materialism and Physicalism The heyday of materialism was the 19th century, when it seemed to be clear that in time the universe and everything in it would be explained by one thing, the material. Materialism was the world view that the only truly existing entity was matter. All other things (particularly thinking) could be explained [...]

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Materialism philosophy comes in two different brands. There is metaphysical materialism which is concerned with the nature of things that exist. There is also political materialism which is concerned with human behaviour and social organisation. This article is concerned only with the former type of philosophical materialism. In recent decades there has been a massive [...]

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Materialism and Monism   From a purely rational perspective it seems that we are forced to accept that there is only one thing that exists in the universe. What it is we should consider that thing to be is a very difficult problem to present a conclusion to. Materialism and monism are presented together as [...]

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Materialism Definition   The modern scientific notion of materialism was founded in the ideas of Descartes in the early years of the seventeenth century. Any discussion of philosophical materialism usually has Descartes materialism definition in mind. To recap, Descartes was distinguishing between two types of things which he assumed exists; mind and matter. Descartes concept [...]

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