I began my review of Boghossian’s book by pointing out the spurious definitions he provides for terms like “faith” and […]
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Peter Boghossian’s Manual for Wasting Paper (Part 7): Doxastic Closure
Thus far in my review I’ve argued at length that Boghossian’s definitions of key terms — deepity, faith, atheism, agnosticism […]
A Manual for Creating Atheists, doxastic closure, indoctrination, Peter Boghossian, reviewPeter Boghossian’s Manual for Wasting Paper (Part 6): Defining Agnosticism
Thus far we have seen Peter Boghossian to be utterly inept at defining basic terms: “deepity”, “faith” and “atheism”, he’s flubbed […]
A Manual for Creating Atheists, agnosticism, definition, Peter Boghossian, reviewJohn Loftus defends Boghossian’s “rhetoric” because the man has found “the truth”
Imagine that a Christian — let’s call him “Pastor Bob Gossian” — were to write an evangelistic manual on how […]
A Manual for Creating Atheists, evangelism, fundamentalism, John Loftus, Peter Boghossian, rhetoric, village atheismPeter Boghossian’s Manual for Wasting Paper (Part 5): Defining Atheism
In this next installment of my review of Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists we turn to consider his definition […]
A Manual for Creating Atheists, atheism, fundamentalism, Peter Boghossian, review, village atheistPeter Boghossian’s Manual for Wasting Paper (Part 4): Faith
We now turn to Boghossian’s definition of faith. He begins with the following porcine illustration: “The word ‘faith’ is a […]
A Manual for Creating Atheists, epistemology, faith, Peter Boghossian, reviewPeter Boghossian’s Manual for Wasting Paper (Part 3): Deepities
Chapter 2 of A Manual for Creating Atheists addresses the topic of “Faith”. In this installment I’m going to camp on pages […]
A Manual for Creating Atheists, Daniel Dennett, deepity, hermeneutics, Peter Boghossian, reviewPeter Boghossian’s Manual for Wasting Paper (Part 2)
Before I turn to chapter 1, I need to say something about the bizarre author’s bio on the back cover: […]
A Manual for Creating Atheists, atheism, epistemology, Peter Boghossian, philosophy, reviewPeter Boghossian’s Manual for Wasting Paper (Part 1)
Peter Boghossian, A Manual for Creating Atheists. Durham, NC: Pitchstone Publishing, 2013. As some of you will know, I originally purchased […]
A Manual for Creating Atheists, apologetics, atheism, fundamentalism, Michael Shermer, Peter Boghossian, reviewPeter Boghossian on his opponents
Back in November, 2013 I received an email from Justin Brierley, host of the excellent UK radio show “Unbelievable”. (If […]
A Manual for Creating Atheists, atheism, dogma, fundamentalism, Peter Boghossian