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Among the Mind Deniers: A Darwinist Mathematician Reflects on Philosophy
Philosophy should come with a warning sticker: "Learning may be hazardous to your materialism."
Fallacies of Contemporary Neuroscience: "A Vast Collection of Answers, with No Memory of the Questions"
Here is a stunningly accurate way to describe the modern fallacy of attributing mental acts to physical brain processes.
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.
Materialism of the Gaps
I must say that I’ve never understood the rhetorical force of the ‘God of the Gaps’ argument. The God of the Gaps sneer is invoked to imply the inexorability of materialism as a complete explanation in natural science. Any critique of materialist dogma in science from a design or immaterial perspective is derided as a ‘God of the Gaps’ argument. But the real issue is the gaps, which are plentiful and very wide. Dr. Novella is fond of the God of the Gaps sneer, in the form of “Dualism of the Gaps.” I have not met a materialist as supremely confident of the complete explanatory power of materialism as he is. It’s ironic, as Dr. Novella claims the appellation “skeptic,” Read More ›
I Win a “Golden Woo Award” — But Where’s My Stipend, Because I’d Like to Send a Gift…
Atheist/materialist ‘Skeptico’ (why are these guys/ladies so afraid to have their names associated with their ideas?) has announced the “Golden Woo” awards, which he-she has decided to bestow on people who have expressed views incompatible with Skeptico’s personal ideology. Skeptico explains: I decided I would start some of my own — The Golden Woo Awards for outstanding work in the promotion of Woo in the previous year. It’s a bit like the Golden Globes, only for, er, Woo. What is “Woo”? Skeptico explains: Now, some of you might notice that the award titles look similar to Randi’s Pigasus Awards, with just the words “paranormal,” “occult” etc. replaced with Woo, and might think I’ve just run out of ideas for posts Read More ›