Just started another Carse book, The Religious Case Against Belief. Already A+ in Ch1. Recenters religion in doubt. amzn.to/2mF4HC7
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...Within first few pages, Carse has already shot near-fatal arrows into thinking on religion by Sam Harris and Dennett.
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...has a 3-level model of ignorance (ordinary, willful, higher) that is better than Rumsfeld taxonomy of unknowns, exposes weakness in Taleb
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Didn't know this existed. Have to check it out. Sounds like some of the Christian a/theists.
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watts takes a similar approach, but far less insight density than carse
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This is one of my favorites. This and "Finite & Infinite Games" are 2 lesser known classics that make for a fun and provocative read.
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I like that book, and I also enjoed these podcasts featuring Carse by Long Now and CBC Ideas is.gd/ICDDes is.gd/ohPZBv
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I feel like I still need a year or ten to process the last Carse book you recommended.
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Carse's talk on war and religion is also very good. Particularly the Q+A. longnow.org/seminars/02005
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Doubt is a stance of intellectual honesty + humility relies on it. "Whenever one tries to suppress doubt, there is tyranny."Simone Weil
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