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Secularism and the Recognition of New Religions
When the state must decide what counts as a religion, it faces a problem that secular neutrality alone cannot solve.
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The Argument from Analogy: Why Other Minds Remain a Hard Problem
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Epistemic Closure and the Problem of Self-Sealing Beliefs
Some belief systems are structured so that no possible evidence could count against them — and that immunity to refutation is a philosophical problem, not a virtue.
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Secularism and the Dying: End-of-Life Law in a Religious Society
When the state sets the rules around dying, religious assumptions often shape the law in ways that harm those with no faith commitments at all.
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