Dennett Discusses Dawkins

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Too good to be true! This is half-review, half mutual admirations society. It's full of great Dennettisms like this one:

"If you encounter people who think it might still be intellectually respectable to believe in God in any literal sense, direct them to The God Delusion, where they will get their heads dismantled-and reassembled with a different perspective."

And this followed only a few pages later by "Serious argument depends on mutual respect, and this is often hard to engender when disagreements turn vehement."

Gotta love it...

Thanks to Ted for the tip (I love a little alliteration).

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Dawkins...Dennett...

I am reading their books but, at least from my point of view, it is hard to find a good philosophical argument which is not an ad hominem or an obscurus per obscuri...that might not be great news but I always ask myself how to react to Dawkins or Dennett in a way that is not ironic. It is just too hard to take them seriously sometimes... Well, at least it's fun...

Of interest: Just spoke with Professor Mcgrath Friday who said that his new rebuttle "The Dawkins Delusion" is currently in edits and will hit the shelves soon. Keep an eye out.