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May 1, 2011Darwin, Dennett, grayling, humanism, Ludwig Büchner, materialism, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, richard dawkins, Thomas Huxley

Long before Dennett, Dawkins, Grayling and others there was . . .

Ludwig Büchner. According to Wikipedia: The extreme materialism of this work excited so much opposition that he was compelled to give up his post at Tübingen.

September 7, 2010Dennett, epistemology, evidence, knowing how knowing that, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, religion, richard dawkins, russell, stephen jay gould, wittgenstein

Mystery and Evidence

Philosopher of mind, Tim Crane, on religion and evidence in The New York Times. For what it’s worth I have repeatedly said that epistemologically speaking, the concept of God does not achieve enough clarity and distinctness to be discussable. When we cite the divine attributes—omniscience, omnipotence, and so on—I do not think we have the least purchase on…