
eBook - ePub
How to Be an Atheist (Foreword by J. P. Moreland)
Why Many Skeptics Aren't Skeptical Enough
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- English
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eBook - ePub
How to Be an Atheist (Foreword by J. P. Moreland)
Why Many Skeptics Aren't Skeptical Enough
About this book
Atheists talk a lot about the importance of skepticism. But the truth is, they're not nearly skeptical enough.While atheistschampion the importance of a critical stance toward religion, they often fail to take that same stance toward their own beliefs. This double standard results in grandiose claims about the certainty of their unbeliefâwhichis logically inconsistent at best and intellectually dishonest at worst. Turning atheists' skepticism around on their own naturalist worldview, philosopher Mitch Stokes critically examines two things that such skeptics hold dearâscience and moralityâand reveals deep inconsistencies among their most cherished beliefs, inconsistencies that threaten to undo atheism itself.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Newsletter Signup
- Endorsements
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Skepticism and Contemporary Atheism
- Part 1 Sense and Reason
- 1 Hume Exhumed
- 2 The Believing Primate
- Part 2 Science
- 3 Science: Ruining Everything since 1543?
- 4 Science and the Humean Condition
- 5 Photoshopped Science
- 6 Real Science Is Hard
- 7 Arguing with Success
- 8 The Current Crisis
- 9 Physics-Based Metaphysics
- 10 God: The Failed Hypothesis?
- Part 3 Morality
- 11 If God Is Dead, Is Everything Permissible?
- 12 Some Brush Clearing
- 13 Moral Mammals: The Evolution of Ethics
- 14 An All-Natural Morality?
- 15 Can Science Determine Human Values?
- 16 Morality Is Personal
- 17 Can God Ground Morality?
- 18 Living with Moral Nihilism
- 19 Whatâs the Point of It All?
- Bibliography
- Index