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Amos Wollen on analytic philosophy, digital culture, and the art of going awol.

Recent essays

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Right-libertarians must believe in God. But if they do, they are doomed!

The title is an exaggeration and an overstatement and a titillating piece of tomfoolery; my argument today will not apply to every right-wing libertarian, and talk of ‘doom’ is wanton fearmongering.

Joe Folley tries to escape Islam; fails.

A while back, Joseph Folley locked swords with Philip Goff on Substack over something called the Awesome Evidence Argument.

Two debates about the existence of God

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Cope in philosophy of religion

The internet has a useful bit of of verbiage that I think more philosophers of religion—and philosophers in general—should use more often.

A reply to Lorenzo Elijah, PhD, on the gratitude theory of political obligation

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How to solve the problem of political obligation

in defence of the gratitude theory

Links for March

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Why I'm not spiking my cortisol thinking about the catastrophic risk of eternal hell

a somewhat half-baked objection to Eric Sampson's argument that hell should be a longtermist priority

New Blog Announcement! (Baháʼí: An Independent Investigation)

You only ever hear people talk about their religious investigations in the past tense.

Two Updates

count 'em, two!

Contra Sijuwade

contra the conative case for Christ

Pascal's Wager Without Purple Pixies

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If this is what life in groups is like...

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Going Awol: 2025 in Review!

2025 was a good year for analytic philosophy, the art of writing, and the reading crisis—specifically as it pertains to my newsletter.

How you, today, can become less of an ideological robot

the ideological turing test comes to life!

Fiddlesticks! I Was Wrong About The Fine-Tuning Argument

For my sins, I recently argued that fine-tuning is evidence that immaterial souls are metaphysically impossible (and thereby evidence against theism, if God is an immaterial soul).

The Case For Prayer, For People Who Don't Yet Believe

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"Wake up, the new Knives Out is over"

[cw: contains spoilers]

Baháʼí Philosophy of Religion w/ Joshua Hall

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The pre-existence theodicy, debunked.

three powerful objections

6 Theses on Faith

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God is not responsible, and these two are responsible for his death

a guest-post by Stephen Kershnar and Nathan Bray

I Believed in Shrimp Welfare Until I Heard These Unassailable Criticisms

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Review: *Why Christians Should Be Leftists* by Phil Christman

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Things I will give you if you fill out this animal welfare form

Sixty Wollen Widgets,

If you think God exists, you should oppose retributive punishment...

…on Earth, only if you are confident that God exists, and unless God has instructed you to punish someone.

Fine-tuning is evidence for materialism

above all, it's evidence against substance dualism

Ozempic Über Alles

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How I Graduated From Oxford and Defeated the Spanish Gymcel Community

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