{"id":110,"date":"2013-05-17T21:34:07","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T21:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mayohomeopathy.ie\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2015-09-21T00:53:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T23:53:39","slug":"atheistic-materialistc-reductivistic-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mayohomeopathy.ie\/index.php\/atheistic-materialistc-reductivistic-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Atheistic, materialistc reductivistic science is on the ropes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The above category of science and philosophers who try to support it\u00a0is also a description of conventional Allopathic medicine. This approach, though criticised for at least 200 years is now facing opposition within its own ranks. First, atheistic philosopher, Prof Thomas Nagel has undermined this school of science in his new book <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/s\/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&amp;field-keywords=mind+and+cosmos\" target=\"_blank\">Mind and Cosmos<\/a><\/span><em>, <\/em>upsetting many of his allies who now say he&#8217;s\u00a0crazy and even that the book should be banned! (<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2013\/03\/should-nagels-book-be-on-the-philosophical-index-librorum-prohibitorum.html\" target=\"_blank\">Read\u00a0here<\/a><\/span>)\u00a0 A good review of Nagel&#8217;s book can be read at <em><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/articles\/heretic_707692.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Weekly Standard<\/a><\/span><\/em>.\u00a0Then TEDx it seems silenced Prof Rupert Sheldrake&#8217;s talk on science and its shortcomings\u00a0(watch the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JKHUaNAxsTg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube video<\/a><\/span>). Then A.C. Grayling&#8217;s new book <em>The God Argument <\/em>received a negative review in the <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/books\/bookreviews\/9885308\/Review-AC-Graylings-latest-attack-on-faith-is-smug-glib-and-lamentable.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Telegraph<\/a><\/em><\/span>. Whatever next? Are we going to have a new Enlightenment? if so, we could go back to the previous one and validate Hahnemann&#8217;s insights since he wasn&#8217;t listened to the first time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Watch Sheldrake&#8217;s TEDx talk on YouTube:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JKHUaNAxsTg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">For a detailed commentary on Prof. Nagel&#8217;s book go<\/span> to <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edwardfeser.blogspot.ie\/2013\/06\/nagel-and-his-critics-part-x.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Ed Feser&#8217;s blog<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above category of science and philosophers who try to support it\u00a0is also a description of conventional Allopathic medicine. 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