Monthly Archives: August 2010
A quote on the ethics of belief
Sometimes philosophers nail it. This from James McGrath: And no one man’s belief is in any case a private matter which concerns himself alone. Our lives are guided by that general conception of the course of things which has been … Continue reading
Filed under Epistemology, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Quotes
A book review: Merchants of Doubt
This guest review is courtesy of Richard Harter, whose own website is here.
Filed under Book, Guest post, Journalism
Dicks, niceness and evil: a rant
The ongoing blogbattle over whether to be nice or a dick skeptic continues. Phil Plait gave a speech suggesting that niceness works better. There was blowback, of course, which he discusses here and here. The Great Tone Debate seems to … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Epistemology, Philosophy, Politics, Pop culture, Rant, Religion, Science, Sermon, Truisms
Do you enjoy ET?
I have spent a few hundred dollars (AUD, each worth around USD0.001) over the past few months getting access to my CSS and paying for ad-free display. If you like what I do and think it worthwhile, I’d very much … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative
Where *can* we put a mosque?
So, if the critics of the mosque in NY are correct, that we should not put a religious institution near a place where anyone even remotely connected with that religion may have committed an act that leads to a place … Continue reading
Some loose ends – Reductionism and Phylocode
I’ve been asked in the comments to cover two topics, neither of which I want to discuss at length because they are not easy to cover, and because they aren’t the focus of my rather intense monomania right now. They … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, Epistemology, Natural Classification, Philosophy, Science, Species and systematics
Agnostics needed!
There’s an advertising headline I never thought I’d see. We’re conducting a web survey of nonbelievers (atheists, agnostics, doubters, sceptics etc.) So far, we’ve had a good response, with over 1700 usable submissions. We’ve got lots of atheists, but we … Continue reading
Filed under Religion
