Now the part of my review that will talk about things non-philosophers care most about: philosophy of religion, Alvin Plantinga, and the problem of evil. This is also the part I find most difficult to write, because I know Gutting personally and don’t want to be too harsh criticizing him. I’ll get straight to the [...]
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Review of Gary Gutting’s What Philosophers Know, part 2
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 13, 2011
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What’s Wrong with Sam Harris’ The Moral Landscape (review)
Posted by Chris Hallquist on January 11, 2011
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I’m getting caught up on reading over winter break, and among other things just finished Sam Harris’ The Moral Landscape. Initially, I was going to say that while I think there are problems with Harris’ view, I didn’t think any of the commentary I’d read had quite gotten right what those problems are. However, via [...]
In Soviet Russia, theology misrepresents Dawkins!
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 14, 2010
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No matter what else you think of it, The God Delusion undeniably accomplished one thing: people are still arguing about it–not just the general issues the book discusses, but the book itself–four years after its publication. I’d cite examples, but just skim the recent posts at Ophelia’s or Jerry’s and you’ll find plenty. Malcolm Gladwell [...]
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism & Bruce Almighty
Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 16, 2010
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Most religious believers in the U.S. are not Rick Warren. Most religious believers in the U.S. are not William Lane Craig. In some ways, this is not obvious from the statistics: surveys regularly report things like “half of Americans are creationists,” or “half of Americans accept Biblical inerrancy.” But in spite of these statistics, the [...]
My review of the Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology
Posted by Chris Hallquist on May 13, 2010
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A couple months ago, I wrote a review on Amazon of the Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology, a book Luke was quite enthusiastic about. The review promised a more detailed review at my blog, which I’ve sort of realized I’ll never get around to, but here’s the original: Like Luke Muehlhauser (author of the current [...]