tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post8006369780201545007..comments2023-10-30T04:35:26.999-06:00Comments on Every Thought Captive: Antony Flew's TergiversationPhil Steigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948892557259431751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-32910797642469201592007-11-20T14:59:00.000-07:002007-11-20T14:59:00.000-07:00Varghese has practically admitted that Flew wrote ...Varghese has practically admitted that Flew wrote none of it.<BR/><BR/>He certainly is not going to sue the New York Times for Oppenheimer claiming that Flew said 'This is all Roy's doing'.<BR/><BR/>Varghese knows Oppenheimer was telling the truth.<BR/><BR/>What issues?<BR/><BR/>Flew has converted to the god of Aristotle, yet Varghese chose not to put in any meaningful discussion of deism, or of Steven Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983601793874190779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-21982346068878231282007-11-20T14:51:00.000-07:002007-11-20T14:51:00.000-07:00Steve-I do agree that if Oppenheimer is right abou...Steve-<BR/><BR/>I do agree that if Oppenheimer is right about how much of the book was or was not written by Flew, then some of my incentive to read through the book is diminished. But because of Oppenheimer's clear personal dislike for Flew's decision, I am not sure I can take his findings at face value. He <I>may,</I> be overstating his case.<BR/><BR/>Nevertheless, I am not sure that the Phil Steigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948892557259431751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-85875355581311340392007-11-20T11:20:00.000-07:002007-11-20T11:20:00.000-07:00You wrote:Oppenheimer attacks the academic qualifi...You wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>Oppenheimer attacks the academic qualifications of Flew’s coauthor, Varghese by noting he has none in particular. Oppenheimer’s qualification to asses the arguments involved, according to his byline, is that he, “is [the] coordinator of the Yale Journalism Initiative and editor of The New Haven Review. He last wrote for the magazine about the Hollywood acting coach Milton Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309718.post-69698691288879896652007-11-20T05:36:00.000-07:002007-11-20T05:36:00.000-07:00'Many more books than we are aware of are ghost wr...'Many more books than we are aware of are ghost written and very little is made of it.'<BR/><BR/>In other words, Flew wrote not one word of it.<BR/><BR/>Flew talks about 'The Integrated Complexity Argument'.<BR/><BR/>Clearly, Flew has been reading a lot of books about irreducible complexity, which he has only half-remembered.<BR/><BR/>Is Varghese going to sue Oppenheimer?<BR/><BR/>Of course not. Steven Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983601793874190779noreply@blogger.com