Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Capitalism, Daniel Bell, Dinesh D'Souza, Poser or Prophet
No, not D’Souza.
Daniel Bell, the author of 1976’s The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism seems to have recently recanted his older views on the social and spiritual problems of capitalism.
Dinesh D’Souza got the chance to interview Bell when he was writing The Virtue of Prosperity. In The Good of Affluence, John Schneider writes the following:
“When D’Souza contacted Daniel Bell, whose 1976 social critique of capitalism was among the fiercest of its generation, Bell strangely refused to talk about his earlier dire view of its failings. He had apparently withdrawn his influential thesis without notice. And in their telephone conversation Bell seemed annoyed by his own previous perspective, noting that ‘the truth is that the world is a much better place today than at any time during the twentieth century.’”
In a footnote, Schneider writes the following:
“When asked about his previous understanding of capitalism as the cause of spiritual and social decay, Bell responded, “Don’t talk to me about that. It’s all bullshit.”"
Me like$$.
Now if only this guy would read some Schneider …
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Alvin Plantinga, Dinesh D'Souza, Kant, Van Til
This is part 2. Part 1 is here.
D’Souza has claimed that Kant’s arguments have not been answered. Allow me to introduce my friend Alvin. In Warranted Christian Belief, Plantinga offers a withering critique of Kant’s thought. See chapter 1 Dinesh.
Anytime you invoke a distinction between the phenomena and the noumena you are assuming a God’s eye view of the world. To simply know that there is a distinction, or to know that the noumena exists assumes objectivity. The problem is that Kant then denies the objectivity he initially assumes.
Uh oh.
More later.
