[Textop-en-phil] Debate summary topics: Knowledge and God

[Larry Sanger]

The Debate Guide Project pilot is kicking off.  It turns out that all
four of the proposed debate guide topics so far are philosophical, but
not enough actual philosophers!  So, join us, and let's do this right.

There is almost a quorum for the topic "Is knowledge possible?"  There's
also interest in "Does God exist?"

See: http://tinyurl.com/kn6ko

The Debate Guide Project will not be nearly as demanding as the
Collation Project might appear.

Proposed rules here: http://tinyurl.com/kq5dt

I've volunteered to work on the affirmative side of "Is knowledge
possible?" (the exact formulation of the proposition to be defended
remains to be established), and we've got one more person on each side,
but we lack a moderator.  Any Ph.D. philosophers with some interest in
that topic available?  Shouldn't be a terribly huge amount of work; it's
a prototype, and you won't be writing the arguments, anyway.

Also, other summarists, of whatever qualifications, are welcome on both
sides.  The moderator will choose a "lead summarist" for each side from
among those available.

Once a few credible prototypes are crafted, I'll post a call for
participation to PHILOSOP and PHILOS-L and we'll see if anyone else
joins.

--Larry