Believing in Dawkins: The New Spiritual Atheism by Eric Steinhart, 2020
In this book, atheist philosopher Eric Steinhart explores the spiritual dimensions of Richard Dawkins’ books, which are shown to encompass:
· the meaning and purpose of life
· an appreciation of Platonic beauty and truth
· a deep belief in the rationality of the universe
· an aversion to both scientism and nihilism
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Two very interesting books from a pile of new arrivals. Are they Philosophy? Writing? Sociology? I love the challenge of shelving cross-topic books. I'll probably put them in Science... Or, just let them float around the tables for a bit and see who finds them first. 😉
So, this has been hanging on our refrigerator since it came out in 2009. Rather than scan in the yellowed, dog-eared print, I found a bright, new, online version at brianmcfadden.org (the creator's website). This still makes me laugh -- especially the last panel!
We often think of #memes as popular photos, videos, or phrases online.
But the term “meme” was coined by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins to describe a behavior, style or idea as a unit of culture that can spread or disappear. From social movements to religion to Grumpy Cat.
Even though most folks may not be aware of it, we’re sharing a popular concept from #science, every single day, across #socialmedia.
This is an endemic problem in all discourse, on or off #SocialMedia. The paraphrase becomes the dominant meme (in the original #RichardDawkins sense) and hearsay becomes conventional “wisdom.”