Christian Philosopher Michael Sudduth Converts to Vaishnava Vedanta
Bill Vallicella has posted a long letter from Sudduth on his blog, describing what has happened and how. This is not the kind of thing one sees very often, so it makes for fascinating reading.
ex-apologist: Some Great Papers from Schellenberg Now Available Online
ex-apologist: Some Great Papers from Schellenberg Now Available Online Thanks, Ex-Apologist, for pointing these out. Schellenberg really is one of the best philosophers of religion today. I think his work deserves much more publicity than it gets, especially among atheists.
LINK: Bradley Monton’s Blog
This is another one that falls into the “not new, but new for me” category. Bradley Monton is an atheist philosopher at the University of Colorado at Boulder who specializes in philosophy of religion, philosophy of science (especially physics), probabilistic epistemology, and philosophy of time. Secular Outpost readers will be interested in Monton’s interesting essay … LINK: Bradley Monton’s Blog
I’m (In)famous!
My “retirement” notice posted on SO last Sept. 1 got MUCH more attention than I expected–or wanted. Religion Dispatches has an article about the announcement and the subsequent brouhaha: http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/3853/a_philosopher_of_religion_calls_it_quits/#letters Several letters were written and a couple of questions were raised that I would like to address: 1) Q: If I no longer respect the … I’m (In)famous!
Jordan Howard Sobel (1929-2010)
Sadly, another (belated) obituary for an important figure in philosophy of religion: Jordan Howard Sobel, who many of us will recognize as the author of Logic and Theism, passed away on March 26, 2010, at the age of 81. A full obituary is posted at The Prosblogion.
Antony Flew’s Passing
Antony Flew died the other day. Like many secular people, I have mixed feelings. At the end of his life he was declared a theist. I say “was declared” because it is not clear to what extent in his final two or three years he was not simply in a state of senescent confusion. The … Antony Flew’s Passing
Flew obituaries
Obituaries for Antony Flew: Times, Telegraph. Perhaps I shouldn’t speak ill of the dead and all that, but I remain pissed off at the support the doddering Flew lent to a transparently naive form of the “intelligent design” argument.
The greatest philosophers: theists or atheists?
William Vallicella ranks the greatest philosophers, asking whether they were theists or atheists–and his list puts at least seven theists in the top ten. I think he’s asking the wrong question–an alternative question which would put things in a different perspective is Were the greatest philosophers advocates of the mainstream religious views of the population … The greatest philosophers: theists or atheists?
Daniel Dennett interview in New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine of January 22, 2006 contains an interview with Daniel Dennett on the subject matter of his new book, Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon. A couple of excerpts suggest it will have some similarities to Pascal Boyer’s Religion Explained: We have a built-in, very potent hair-trigger tendency to … Daniel Dennett interview in New York Times Magazine