>Newton >Hobbes >Locke >Russel >Whitehead >Dawkins

>Newton
Alchemist, astrologer, cuckstian.

>Hobbes
Statetheist, deist.

>Locke
Deist.

>Hitchens
Proponent of 'other ways of knowing', serious Shakespeare fan.

Also materialism is a reasonable position until proven otherwise. Call me when a psychic wins the lottery.

>>8486400
how do you mix Newton with that when he was basically an occultist

also how do you mix Dawkins and Hitchens with the rest when they are just pop culture memes of "smart guys"

>>8486464
150 years ago Nietzsche was a 'pop culture meme smart guy'.

Oh wait he still is lol.

>>8486400
Materialism is okay, it's physicalism you have to watch out for

What's the difference between empiricism and materialism?

>>8486503
both are pretty meaningless terms without context but empiricism is epistemology and materialism is ontology

>>8486400
>implying materialism means negation of speculation
no