Dawkins and Krauss: Krauss dissed again (Introduction)

by David Turell , Friday, October 09, 2015, 00:10 (3334 days ago) @ dhw

The weakness of his attempts at a philosophic look at science and atheism is wonderfully torn apart by a real philosopher, Ed Fesser:-http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2015/09/15760/-"Krauss likes to pretend—as he does in his New Yorker piece—that the reason people object to his “militant” atheism is that they regard it as impolite. That's a self-serving delusion. The reason Krauss has so many critics is that every time he opens his mouth about religion or philosophy, he demonstrates conclusively only that he doesn't know what he is talking about. His confidence is inversely proportional to his actual knowledge and skill in argumentation. I've examined Krauss's previous cringe-making forays into philosophy and theology in several articles, which can be found here, here, and here.-"You needn't take my word for it. People otherwise sympathetic to views like Krauss's have been very critical of his amateurish attempts at philosophy—including atheist philosopher Massimo Pigliucci and even Krauss's fellow New Atheist Jerry Coyne. Philosopher of physics David Albert (who, unlike Krauss, knows something about both physics and philosophy) has been particularly hard on Krauss.-"His fellow scientists don't need Krauss's advice, but perhaps he would profit if more of them told him to give it a rest already. In particular, he could do with less militancy and mouthing off, and more effort acquiring some actual basic knowledge about the ideas he is criticizing."