Wm. James CentenaryOn CENTENARY EDITION of The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) by William James A foreword by Micky James and introductions by Eugene Taylor and Jeremy Carrette. Steven Pinker in his popular book linking computational theory of mind and the theory of the natural selection of replicators, How the Mind Works, acknowledges the limits of the scientific project. Echoing Noam Chomsky . . . he acknowledges that some philosophical problems cannot be solved . . (etc). Pinker condemns religion, . . (etc). 91 Pinker, S., How the Mind Works, London : Penguin, 1998, p. 561. London, New York : Routledge 2002, p. lxii. Comment : �Philosophical problems [which] cannot be solved� do not exist, any such propositions stem only from the language of the 'philosopher'. (WPT) |
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