Sam Harris, a previously unknown neuroscientist, single-handedly generated the New Atheism with his best-selling book The End of Faith, which quickly became a huge best-seller following its release in 2004. Harris went on to write several more best-sellers on a range of topics and has become one of the world's most followed podcasters. He is well-known for his controversial positions in many areas, including the unique danger of Islam, the advocacy of atheist spirituality through meditation, the beneficial use of psychedelics, denial of the existence of free will, his belief that science can…mehr
Sam Harris, a previously unknown neuroscientist, single-handedly generated the New Atheism with his best-selling book The End of Faith, which quickly became a huge best-seller following its release in 2004. Harris went on to write several more best-sellers on a range of topics and has become one of the world's most followed podcasters. He is well-known for his controversial positions in many areas, including the unique danger of Islam, the advocacy of atheist spirituality through meditation, the beneficial use of psychedelics, denial of the existence of free will, his belief that science can tell us what's right and wrong, and his extreme alarmism with regard to the future of artificial intelligence. Sam Harris: Critical Responses is a collection of essays criticizing different aspects of Harris's thinking from a range of diverse perspectives-left and right, Christian and atheist, philosophical, psychological, and political. These twenty serious criticisms of Sam Harris, written by experts from diverse political and ideological backgrounds, are often severe while maintaining an approach that is reasonable and respectful. As one noted author commented on Sandra Woien's previous collection, Jordan Peterson: Critical Responses, "Both fans and foes will appreciate this volume."Forward by Stephen R. C. Hicks. Stephen R.C. Hicks is a professor of Philosophy at Rockford University. He is the author of Explaining Postmodernism (2004) and Nietzsche and the Nazis (2010).Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Sandra Woien is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. Her work has appeared in American Journal of Bioethics, BMC Medical Ethics, The Conversation, and Reason Papers. She edited the much-acclaimed volume, Jordan Peterson: Critical Responses (2022).
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Acknowledgments xi Foreword: Why Sam Harris Matters STEPHEN R.C. HICKS xiii The Sam Harris Phenomenon xvii I What Human Life Is For 1 1. Another Red Pill SANDRA WOIEN 3 2.My Life Gives the Moral Landscape Its Relief MARC CHAMPAGNE 17 II Liberal Values 39 3.Spotting Dangerous Ideas DAVID RAMSAY STEELE 41 4.Intellectual Integrity or Social Justice? LUCAS RIJANA 57 5.Is Redistribution the Endgame? ANTONY SAMMEROFF 69 III Science and Ethics 91 6. The Mantle of Neuroscience RAY SCOTT PERCIVAL 93 7.A Miserable Argument MARK WARREN 115 8.Dark Spots in Sam Harris’s Moral Landscape DAVID GORDON 127 9.A Moral Compass that Works ERIK BOORNAZIAN AND JAMES W. DILLER 139 IV The Specter of Artificial Intelligence 151 10.Sam Harris and the Myth of Machine Intelligence JOBST LANDGREBE AND BARRY SMITH 153 11.Are We Too Dumb for Superintelligence? LISA BELLANTONI 163 12.Solutions to the Existential Threat of AI LEONARD KAHN 177 Part V I Feel Free 191 13.Neural Determinism and Neural Roulette JOHN LEMOS 193 14.Let’s Talk about Free Will! MEGAN DRURY 207 Part VI Beyond the Physical Cosmos 221 15.Another Thing in This Universe that Cannot Be an Illusion MAANELI DERAKHSHANI 223 16.Intimations of the Numinous REG NAULTY 235 Part VII No End to Faith 247 17.A Rational Proposal BETHEL MCGREW 249 18.Is Sam Harris Right about the Miracles of Jesus? MICHAEL BARROS AND BETHEL MCGREW 261 19.Scientism as Religion and Religion as Wisdom RON DART 275 About the Authors 287 Index 295
Acknowledgments xi Foreword: Why Sam Harris Matters STEPHEN R.C. HICKS xiii The Sam Harris Phenomenon xvii I What Human Life Is For 1 1. Another Red Pill SANDRA WOIEN 3 2.My Life Gives the Moral Landscape Its Relief MARC CHAMPAGNE 17 II Liberal Values 39 3.Spotting Dangerous Ideas DAVID RAMSAY STEELE 41 4.Intellectual Integrity or Social Justice? LUCAS RIJANA 57 5.Is Redistribution the Endgame? ANTONY SAMMEROFF 69 III Science and Ethics 91 6. The Mantle of Neuroscience RAY SCOTT PERCIVAL 93 7.A Miserable Argument MARK WARREN 115 8.Dark Spots in Sam Harris’s Moral Landscape DAVID GORDON 127 9.A Moral Compass that Works ERIK BOORNAZIAN AND JAMES W. DILLER 139 IV The Specter of Artificial Intelligence 151 10.Sam Harris and the Myth of Machine Intelligence JOBST LANDGREBE AND BARRY SMITH 153 11.Are We Too Dumb for Superintelligence? LISA BELLANTONI 163 12.Solutions to the Existential Threat of AI LEONARD KAHN 177 Part V I Feel Free 191 13.Neural Determinism and Neural Roulette JOHN LEMOS 193 14.Let’s Talk about Free Will! MEGAN DRURY 207 Part VI Beyond the Physical Cosmos 221 15.Another Thing in This Universe that Cannot Be an Illusion MAANELI DERAKHSHANI 223 16.Intimations of the Numinous REG NAULTY 235 Part VII No End to Faith 247 17.A Rational Proposal BETHEL MCGREW 249 18.Is Sam Harris Right about the Miracles of Jesus? MICHAEL BARROS AND BETHEL MCGREW 261 19.Scientism as Religion and Religion as Wisdom RON DART 275 About the Authors 287 Index 295
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