Wright's "efforts to discern a higher purpose reflect, he hints, more an intuition or conjecture than a real argument. Taken as such, I would have no particular problem with them. But by articulating his thoughts in the language of science, Wright risks representing his thinking as something it is not."Orr--a formidable critic in attempts to reconcile science and faith--argues that you can't argue for the existence of God from a "materialist account." Is he right?
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