Richard DawkinsRichard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, science communicator, noted atheist, and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford. In 1995 he was named the first Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, a position he held until 2008, and is on the advisory board of the University of Austin.
Daniel DennettAmerican philosopher (1942–2024)Daniel Clement Dennett III (March 28, 1942 – April 19, 2024) was an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. His research centered on philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science. Dennett was the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University in Massachusetts.
Sam HarrisSamuel Benjamin Harris (born April 9, 1967) is an American neuroscientist, philosopher, author, and podcast host. His work includes a range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, determinism, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics, philosophy of mind, politics, terrorism, and artificial intelligence.
Christopher HitchensChristopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author and journalist. Known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism (along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett), he gained prominence as a columnist and speaker. Hitchens's epistemological razor, which states that "what can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence", is used in philosophy and law.
AntireligionOpposition to religion Antireligion is opposition to religion or traditional religious beliefs and practices. It involves opposition to organized religion, religious practices or religious institutions. The term antireligion has also been used to describe opposition to specific forms of supernatural worship or practice, whether organized or not.
Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are figures in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament of the Bible, a piece of apocalypse literature attributed to John of Patmos, and generally regarded as dating from about AD 95. Similar allusions are contained in the Old Testament books of Ezekiel and Zechariah, written centuries prior.
Criticism of religionCriticism against religions"Humanity before religion" signs in Paris during a rally in support of the victims of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting
TheismBelief in the existence of a deity or deities Part of a series onReligion Outline Index Timeline Aspects Behaviour Clergy Conversion Denomination Disaffiliation Education School Laity Monasticism Prayer Ritual Symbols Text Worship Beliefs Acosmism Animism Anthropopathism Dualism and Nondualism Fideism Mysticism Omnism Spiritualism Shamanism Transcendentalism Theism Classical theism Henotheism Monotheism Kathenotheism Panentheism Pantheism Polytheism Transtheism Concepts Afterlife Cult Deity Elite religion Experience Meditation Faith Folk religion Lived religion Miracle Mythology Prophecy Reincarnation Revelation Salvation Spirit Soul Supernatural Truth Society Discrimination Freedom Gender Happiness LGBTQ people Politics Science Sexuality Suicide Vegetarianism Violence Persecution War Wealth Studies Anthropology Cognitive science Comparative Eschatology Evolutionary origin Evolutionary psychology History Neurotheology Philosophy Psychology Sociology Soteriology Theology Theories about religion Religions Historical Ancient Egyptian Ancient Greek Gnosticism Ancient Roman Mithraism Ancient Mesopotamian Prehistoric Proto-Indo-Iranian World Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Islam Sikhism Indigenous African traditional Chinese Taoism Judaism Korean Native American Mandaeism Samaritanism Shinto Vietnamese Yazidism Zoroastrianism New Bábism Baháʼí Goddess Modern paganism New Age Tenrikyo UFO religion Raëlism Category Portalvte God the Father depicted by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld in 1860 Theism is broadly defined as the belief in the existence of at least one deity.
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IrrationalismIrrationalism is a philosophical movement that emerged in the early 19th century, emphasizing the non-rational dimension of human life, and criticising rationalism. As they reject logic, irrationalists argue that instinct and feelings are superior to reason in the research of knowledge. The term has often been used as a pejorative designation of criticisms against rationalism as a whole.
ReligionSocial-cultural systemReligious symbols from left to right, top to bottom: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, the Baháʼí Faith, Eckankar, Sikhism, Jainism, Wicca, Unitarian Universalism, Shinto, Taoism, Thelema, Tenrikyo, and ZoroastrianismAtheismAtheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which is the belief that at least one deity exists. Historically, evidence of atheistic viewpoints can be traced back to classical antiquity and early Indian philosophy.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.