The essays collected here address foundational philosophical questions concerning reason, knowledge, worldview, and meaning. They examine issues such as atheism, naturalism, epistemic reliability, logic, and the conditions under which intelligibility itself is possible.
While these texts draw on the Vaiṣṇava intellectual tradition, they are written as philosophical investigations rather than devotional instruction. The aim is clarity: to identify underlying assumptions, expose internal tensions within secular frameworks, and articulate a coherent account of reason and knowledge grounded in revelation.
The essays are presented without chronological ordering. They are intended to be read as independent but related contributions within a unified body of work.
Philosophy of Religion
When “Lack of Belief” Equals Denial of God
The Flying Spaghetti Monster Testifies to What It Tries to Deny
Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura and the Transcendental Argument
A Vaisnavism Response to the Problem of the One and the Many
Religion, Fear, and the Reptilian Brain: Why People Reject God Before Understanding Him
Can Theists and Atheists Debate Meaningfully? A Vaisnava Perspective
A Vaisnava Response to The Problem of Divine Hiddenness
The Ketchup Proof of God’s Existence
Logic Demands the Existence of God
Dubito, ergo Deus est (I doubt, therefore God exists)
Atheism, Theism and the Burden of Proof
Why should I think I need to know if God exists?
The Self-Contradictory Claim of God’s Nonexistence
Srila Prabhupada and The Moral Argument for the Existence of God
Theistic Argument from Absolute Values
Why God Allows Evil: The Masochism of the Soul
Epistemology and Knowledge
Why Materialism Cannot Make Matter Intelligible
No God, No Logic: The Epistemic Suicide of Atheism
Is an Inconceivable God Knowable?
How Naturalistic Evolution Undermines Its Own Basis for Trust in Our Epistemic Faculties
Trusting Our Senses and Cognitive Faculties for Knowledge
Atheism Cannot Account for the Concept of Truth
Vedic Epistemology Properly Understood
Metaphysics, Value and Order
From Rules to Reality: Normativity and the Personal Ground of Order
Who Really Owns Anything? A Vaisnava Critique of Secular Ownership Theories
Ajit Krishna Dasa 