[Marxism-Thaxis] "New Atheism (and "New Humanism") by Jim Farmelant

Jim, Could you explain contra-causal free will ? I'm thinking it has to do with determinism and free will, of course. I guess it's that free will is "free" of determinism outside the person. Charles ___ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@list

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "New Atheism (and "New Humanism") by Jim Farmelant

What exactly did I miss? I don't recall a discussion on a "new atheism" or "new humanism". I did, coincidentally, however, just discover an interesting book: Toward

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "New Atheism (and "New Humanism") by Jim Farmelant

On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:32:42 -0400 "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jim, > > Could you explain contra-causal free will ? I'm thinking it has to > do > with determinism and free will, of course. I guess it's that free > will > is "free" of determinism outside the person. That's

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "New Atheism (and "New Humanism") by Jim Farmelant

On Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:53:19 -0500 Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What exactly did I miss? I don't recall a discussion on a "new > atheism" or "new humanism". > > I did, coincidentally, however, just discover an interesting book: > >

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "New Atheism (and "New Humanism") by Jim Farmelant

I only discovered this book last night. Table of contents is in the Library of Congress database. I'm working on a project on the ideological history of secular humanism. If you can add to my resources, please let me know: Secular

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "New Atheism (and "New Humanism") by Jim Farmelant

Jim sent a link to his article to the list, I believe. By the way, one of the references in the article is a link to one of Ralph Dumain's discussions. CB >>> Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/09/2008 5:53 PM >>> What exactly did I miss? I don't recall a discussion on a "new atheism" or "new

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "New Atheism (and "New Humanism") by Jim Farmelant

On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:13:42 -0400 "Charles Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jim sent a link to his article to the list, I believe. > By the way, one of the references in the article is a link to one > of > Ralph Dumain's discussions. So far, it is only the German version that is avalable

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "New Atheism (and "New Humanism") by Jim Farmelant

I can't wait to read this in English. I don't have the full story of the intellectual provenance of secular humanism, but it is a highly ambiguous and pliable ideology, a fact has its good and bad points. We've heard the new brand name "new atheists" but I haven't heard of a new humanism. P

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "New Atheism (and "New Humanism") by Jim Farmelant

I see I'm cited in the footnotes. Who knew? I'd love to know what this is about. Texts cited I'm not familiar with: Erik J. Wielenberg, Value and Virtue in a Godless Universe (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005). Daniel Harbour, An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Atheism (Duckworth Publishers, 2001)

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] "New Atheism (and "New Humanism") by Jim Farmelant

One reference in Jim's article to note: Dennett’s dangerous idea Breaking the Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon, by Daniel Dennett, Viking Adult, 2006, 464 pages, $26 By James Brookfield 6 November 2006 World Socialist Web Site http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/nov2006/spel-n06_prn.shtml B