Monday, March 9, 2009

Mano a Mano

Two titans in the field of philosophy, Alvin Plantinga and Daniel Dennett, squared off in an exchange at the recent meeting of the American Philosophical Association. Prosblogion has a minute by minute account of the exchange recorded by a philosopher in the audience. The account won't be of general interest but will be of interest to those acquainted with the work of either of these well-known scholars.

According to the anonymous and self-described biased recorder (his/her reasons for wishing to remain anonymous are interesting in themselves), Dennett embarrassed himself and Plantinga won the field.

The readers' comments are also worth perusing.

RLC