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Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science

Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science

Ruse, Michael
Menuge, Angus J. L.

Hardcover

Religion General Evolution

ISBN10: 0742534049
ISBN13: 9780742534049
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: Jul 1 2004
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.06
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.42 Depth: 9.36
Language: English

In the first study of its kind, Agents Under Fire defends a robust notion of agency and intentionality against eliminative and naturalistic alternatives, showing the interconnections between the philosophy of mind, theology, and Intelligent Design. Menuge argues that Behe's irreducible complexity is a challenge to reductionism not only in biology, but also in psychology, and shows the inability of the Darwinian psychology proposed by Dawkins, Dennett, and Steven Pinker to explain the integration, unity, direction, and reliability of rational thought.

This fascinating defense against scientific materialism is the only book-length study relating Intelligent Design to contemporary issues in the philosophy of mind. Drawing on his experience as both a philosopher and a computer scientist, Menuge deftly shows the reader that the materialist's attempts to rid science of all commitment to teleology can only result in incoherence, and presents instead his own unique argument for the legitimacy of Intelligent Design.

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