[Buddha-l] Prominent Neobuddhist proposes religion basedblacklisting for government jobs

[Richard Hayes]

On Jul 29, 2009, at 10:09 PM, Curt Steinmetz wrote:

> This is not an ad hominem attack. Harris has claimed to possess expert
> knowledge that allows him to pass judgment on who is and who is not  
> able
> to "think like a scientist". Comparing his near complete lack of
> scientific training to Collins' three plus decades career as a
> scientific pioneer reveals not just how baseless Harris' contention  
> is,
> but just how flimsy his grip on reality is.

The fact remains, attacking the credibility of a person making an  
argument rather than addressing the actual issues is precisely what ad  
hominem argumentation is.

Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes
rhayes at unm.edu