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"The pluralistic form takes for me a stronger hold on reality than any other philosophy I know of, being essentially a social philosophy, a philosophy of 'co'"-William James
Actually meant to append that to the earlier Lennox video, but anyway... I'm not a fan of this kind of debate format, since it tends not to impose restrictions on rhetorical excess. In fact, "arguments" for or against the existence of god, delivered either in a face-to-face debate or on the printed page, don't ultimately settle things for true believers OR true non-believers. Still, it's good to keep the conversation going.
My favorite approach to the debate/argument genre, I think I may have mentioned, was Rebecca Goldstein's "36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction"-especially the appendix. I'll post it.
But did Dawkins really say that? Chris is going to investigate...
ReplyDeleteActually meant to append that to the earlier Lennox video, but anyway... I'm not a fan of this kind of debate format, since it tends not to impose restrictions on rhetorical excess. In fact, "arguments" for or against the existence of god, delivered either in a face-to-face debate or on the printed page, don't ultimately settle things for true believers OR true non-believers. Still, it's good to keep the conversation going.
DeleteMy favorite approach to the debate/argument genre, I think I may have mentioned, was Rebecca Goldstein's "36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction"-especially the appendix. I'll post it.
Rebecca Goldstein's 36 Arguments is good but one-sided.
DeleteWhat do you think of this approach...
The God Debates By John Shook
https://leseprobe.buch.de/images-adb/68/26/68267186-a91e-4063-bb0f-92c18f0ac57c.pdf