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:—{{author|Daniel Dennett}} — {{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}}, 63}} | :—{{author|Daniel Dennett}} — {{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}}, 63}} | ||
The idea that the | The idea that the there are some ideas that are so profound and powerful that they just bust through all conventional wisdom, in the way that the theory of evolution struck the religious magisteria like some bolt out of the blue in 1860, at once converting all the world’s religions to the plain obviousness of enlightened reductionism. Also, Dennett contended, cosmology, psychology, sociology, epistemology — everything can be reduced to this founding principle. Dennett’s publishing career since has been basically applying his new hammer to every metaphysical nail he can find. God, Mind, Free Will — all get a proper treatment. | ||
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{{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}} — {{author|Daniel Dennett}} | *{{br|Darwin’s Dangerous Idea}} — {{author|Daniel Dennett}} | ||
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*{{br|Rocks of Ages: Science and Religion in the Fullness of Life}} | |||