What, Why & How do we Know ?
Before I review reading the content of Brian Boyd On the Origin Of Stories, a few words on the style and structure of the book itself. There are 540 pages of which 130 are notes, bibliography and index. The 410 pages of text contain only index numbers for the notes, individual references to some of … Continue reading “The Origin Of Stories – Meta-Review”
As I mentioned, I’m reading Hitchens’ “God Is Not Great”, after originally avoiding it as just part of the God vs Science hysterical debates of the past two years, but discovering I like what Hitchens has to say. OK so GING is “the case against” religion, an unrelenting damnation that could easily offend his target … Continue reading “Fascinating And Open Question”
Just a quickie. I’m reading Hitchens “God is not Great”. I admitted earlier, when I heard him talking, that I had understimated Hitchens in all the God vs Science hysteria. Will the intelligent world ever live down guilt by association with Dawkins !? Thank god for Dennett, Harris and Hitchens (and the Archbishop). Only a couple … Continue reading “The Real Culprit is not GINGer”
…. to the list of theologians talking sense. Thanks to David Morey for the link. Relatively few scientists are working constructively to build conceptual bridges between science and religion. (Of course, this makes the few who are all the more important.) Most bench scientists are suspicious of those who call for an integration of science … Continue reading “Add Phillip Clayton ….”
Or “Ditchkins” as Eagleton would have them. Came across this (Part 2 of 10) because of the quote about … “separating the numinous from the supernatural” … on this Wikipedia page. I was in fact trying to track down the Greek / Latin split in the etyomology of Numen / Noumena – both clearly about … Continue reading “The Four Horsemen”
Latest Edge has an interesting piece on “36 Arguments for the Existence of God” .. interesting because it is clearly about debunking those arguments, but seems to recognize the ills of the extreme scientific fundamentalist front of “the new atheists”. Naturally, I like the idea that Harris and Dennett are acknowledged ahead of the current … Continue reading “Something New on God vs Science ?”
Not news, but I wanted to capture this 2006 Independent review of Dan Dennett’s “Breaking the Spell – Religion as a Natural Phenomenon.” As a fan of Dennett it was useful to capture a review that made the distance between Dennett and Dawkins clear. OK so Dennett also falls into using the term “scientific” to … Continue reading “God – the Sage of Boston”
Just read my first Terry Eagleton prompted by the Laurie Taylor interview referred to by Sam, and a number of earlier references on MoQ Discuss. First “The Meaning of Life” followed immediately by “Reason, Faith and Revolution” In the former, his Alexei Sayle-esque stand-up routine targets every variant of the use of the words meaning and … Continue reading “Terry Eagleton”