Showing posts with label Hannam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hannam. Show all posts

Friday, 19 November 2010

it tells us something about western civilisation

On probability:

it tells us something about western civilisation that this most vital field of mathematics was first developed by a student trying to raise enough money for his bar tab.

J. Hannam, God's Philosophers (2009),  238

Monday, 15 November 2010

most philosophers have found the argument unpersuasive

most philosophers have found the argument unpersuasive, but actually refuting it turned out to be fiendishly difficult. Even Bertrand Russell admitted that 'it is easier to feel convinced that it must be fallacious than it is to find out precisely where the fallacy lies'

J. Hannam, God's Philosophers (2009), 45
On Anselm's ontological argument