Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts prophet Muhammad

Re:Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts pr... by darkr on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @09:10AM (#8879909)

This is basically the argument that Raymond Tallis[1] makes in his books. Whilst starting from an atheist/humanist origin, he posits that whilst science (in particular neuroscience) has brought humanity so far, the stockpile of knowledge gathered thus far is not enough to satisfactorily describe and understand the human experience, conciousness etc, and certainly not enough to justify the smug, dismissive and combative sects of atheism practised by Dawkins, Hitchens et al.

He's also has a wonderful playful style of writing, well worth a read.

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Tallis

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Re:Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts pr... by markc on Tuesday January 13, 2015 @10:15AM (#8880316)

Who's smug and dismissive?

“Tallis indulges in refutation by caricature,” says Dennett, a professor of philosophy and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University. “He’s not taking his opponents seriously. He’s sneering instead of arguing. He’s ignoring the complexities of the arguments. So he’s not really doing philosophy. He’s doing propaganda.”

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