I haven’t been blogging much lately, but this book review by Gary Gutting is right in my wheelhouse. It reviews a book by Philip Kitcher, and spends a lot of time talking about why he’s so much better than Dawkins. In particular: Even more important, Kitcher takes seriously the question of whether atheism can replace [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2011
It’s over, the atheists won
Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 2, 2011
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Robin Hanson thinks religion is here to stay. Why?: Systems often get locked into standards. For example, computer systems get locked into programming language and operating system standards. When people notice that existing standards have unsatisfactory features, they often try to create and promote alternate standards. Such attempts usually fail, however, due to the large [...]