Author: Martin Cothran
Bluff and Bravado: Sam Harris’s Free Will
Much of Harris’s argument against free will is fueled by assertions — assertions that simply assume what he is trying to prove.
Blue Pill or Red Pill? Sam Harris’s Free Will
Harris and his New Atheist friends like to cast themselves in the role of the existential hero.
The Medial Pre-Frontal Cortex Did It: Sam Harris’s Free Will
“Neurotrash” attempts to explain every human thought and action in terms of neuroscience and cognitive psychology.
One Flew Over the Darwinists’ Nest
Sean Carroll is one of those open-minded science types who are always generously offering the rest of us lectures on the importance of intellectual freedom and open inquiry–at least when the subject of discussion is buried in the annals of history. When it comes to people debating issues today, however, there are other things which must be taken into consideration. Like whether Carroll agrees with them.He is particularly upset about Bloggingheads.tv running a dialogue between John McWhorter and Intelligent Design advocate Michael Behe, a professional scientist. “Unfortunately,” he says, “I won’t be appearing on Bloggingheads.tv any more.”So there. Bloggingheads.tv is a site that bills itself as “a place where great minds don’t think alike,” a slogan that sounds suspiciously like Read More ›
Coyne’s Confusion: How a Prominent Scientific Atheist Can’t Agree With Himself About Metaphysical Naturalism
Advocates of Intelligent Design and others who practice skepticism toward the pomposities of much of modern Darwinism can be forgiven a little amusement when they see their detractors engaged in an internal squabble that highlights the philosophical absurdities of the scientistic rationalism that pervades much of modern Darwinism. Ever since the publication of Jerry Coyne’s New Republic article, “Seeing and Believing,” the Darwinists have been engaged in a three-way tug of war over the issue of “accommodationism.” The gnawing and snarling has pitted three camps against each other in a contest over the right way to wage the PR war against the Intelligent Design movement for the hearts and minds of the scientifically naive. The Three Non-Amigos There are, first, Read More ›