“Most people who subscribe to scientific materialism take it to be so obviously correct that it could not be denied by any rational person who truly understood it”
Arts & Letters Daily • 2/16/2026
Summary
Most people who subscribe to scientific materialism believe it is so obviously correct that it could not be denied by any rational person who truly understood it.
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