RE: Are there any scientific books or studies that explain what makes a person religious?
February 8, 2017 at 11:36 pm
(February 8, 2017 at 7:03 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Are there any scientific books that explain why science works?
(February 8, 2017 at 6:18 pm)Alex K Wrote: The closest to that I've read is Dan Dennett's "Breaking the Spell"
Dennett believes that consciousness is an illusion. He also advocates the self-defeating notion that reason cannot be trusted. Anyone that can believe such absurdities cannot be taken seriously; although to his credit he has followed materialist philosophy to its logical extreme.
Bolding mine. Seriously? You have to be industrial-grade ignorant to not know of any writings about this. Or do these kind of writings not penetrate you bubble of ignorance? BTW, I studied Induction and the Scientific Method when I was still a believer. If you take the view that we can't "know" anything because you misunderstand Dennet, maybe you should just turn in every electronic device you own and go live in a monastery.
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