Agents Under Fire: Materialism and the Rationality of Science
This book moves sharply against the grain of the naturalism and the materialism that dominate contemporary philosophy. It boldly portrays the world as laced with purpose, not just human purpose but divine purpose too. All readers can attend to this adventurous portrayal with very good purpose. (Keith Moser)With marvelous clarity and wit, Angus Menuge lays bare the philosophical incoherence of materialism. He clears the fog to show that the universe contains not only matter and energy; it contains agents. (Michael Behe, professor of biochemistry, Lehigh University)Philosophical naturalism is frequently advocated as the only doctrine that a scientifically informed intellectual of our time can possibly consider. Angus Menuge has shown, however, that a wide range of powerful considerations can be brought forward against this philosophy. Menuge provides a close examination of leading naturalists such as Dawkins, Dennett, and Churchland, and draws upon a wide range of critics from C. S. Lewis to Michael Behe, to provide what is arguably the most comprehensive critique of naturalism yet to appear. A must-read for naturalists and for their opponents. (Victor Reppert, author of C. S. Lewis's Dangerous Idea)In this wonderfully insightful book, Angus Menuge details how intelligent design is systematically dismantling materialism’s scientific and philosophical underpinnings. Though for now materialism persists as academic orthodoxy, Menuge’s withering attack against it in this book signals a coming sea of change. (William Dembski, author of No Free Lunch and The Design Revolution)With marvelous clarity and wit, Angus Menuge lays bare the philosophical incoherence of materialism. He clears the fog to show that the universe contains not only matter and energy; it containsagents.(Michael Behe, professor of biochemistry, Lehigh University)