That Shakespeare is Made of Atoms does not Mean Shakespeare does not Exist

In today’s episode of Philosophy 101, I continue to make a basic distinction first made by Aristotle sometime before 320 B.C. In other words, we are covering ground that was covered two thousand, three hundred and thirty years ago. Such is the nature of so-called progress.

Here are the questions of our friendly neighborhood radical materialist.

Q: I wonder if you could clear up a point: You have made a distinction between materialists and radical materialists. A radical materialist...