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Sunday, February 19, 2006
Review of "Breaking the Spell" by Daniel Dennett
The New York Times has rightly skewered Daniel Dennett's new book as screed of irrational and question-begging scientistm. The book attempts to debunk religion on the basis of Darwinian explanations.
I was actually sitting on a plane this weekend next to an atheistic, humanistic professor of philosophy who recommended I read this book.
ReplyDeleteWe had a very interesting flight!