Religion and Tolerance 21 Jul 2010 The video from the Religion and Toleration conference I attended is now online (details below the fold). Religious Toleration, religious freedom and human nature Roger Trigg with Commentator John Perry May 17, 2010 Speakers: Roger Trigg, John Perry Roger Trigg is the Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the University of Warwick, Senior Research Fellow in the University of Oxford Faculty of… Religion and compromise Walter Sinnott-Armstrong with Commentator Nick Shackel May 17, 2010 Speakers: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, Nick Shackel Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is the Chaucey Stillman Professor in Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for … Religious disagreement and religious accommodation Tony Coady with Commentator Reverend Liz Carmichael May 17, 2010 Speakers: Tony Coady, Liz Carmichael Tony Coady is the Vice-Chancelor’s Fellow and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. He has been awardd the Commonwealth of… Personal religion, tolerance, and universal compassion Dan Batson with Commentator Steve Clarke May 17, 2010 Speakers: Dan Batson, Steve Clarke Dan Batson is a Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kansas. His research is focused on prosocial emotion, motivation and behavior… The view from the East pole: Buddhist and Confucian soteriologies and tolerance Owen Flanagan with Commentator Guy Kahane May 17, 2010 Speakers: Owen Flanagan, Guy Kahane Owen Flanagan is the James B. Duke Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Neurobiology at Duke University. In 1998, he was recipient of the … The relation between the neurobiology of morality and religion Patricia Smith Churchland with Commentator Julian Savulescu May 17, 2010 Speakers: Patricia Churchland, Julian Savulescu Patricia Smith Churchland is UC President’s Professor of Philosophy at UC San Diego, focuses on neuroethics and attempts to… Social psychological aspects of religion and prejudice: evidence from experimental and survey research Miles Hewstone with Commentator Nick Southwood May 17, 2010 Speakers: Miles Hewstone, Nick Southwood Miles Hewstone is a Professor in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. He has published widely in the general… Commentary with Richard Dawkins University of Oxford May 17, 2010 Speakers: Richard Dawkins Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary theorist who, until his retirement in 2008, was the inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair in the… Science and Religious Conflict Conference Panel Richard Dawkins, Patricia Smith Churchland, Owen Flanagan and others. Moderated by Roger Bingham May 17, 2010 Speakers: Richard Dawkins, Patricia Churchland, Owen Flanagan, Roger Bingham Richard Dawkins is an evolutionary theorist who, until his retirement in 2008, was the inaugural holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair in the … Evolution Philosophy Politics Religion EvolutionPhilosophy
Rant Atheists aren’t entirely human, part whatever 21 Jun 2011 I’ve lost track of the number of cases I have linked to in which the irreligious are outright or subtly suggested not to be fully human. Here’s another example, in an “uplifting” Father’s Day story about a man who drowned himself to hold his disabled son above a cesspool, by… Read More
Philosophy The basis for civil society 11 Aug 2009 Argument: On the other hand, I’ll take a barbaric yawp over cold silence any day. There is no margin in pretending that substantial differences do not exist in our society or our politics. Entering into conversation around those differences does not lessen their power, necessarily. Nor does it mean that… Read More
Epistemology Atheism, agnosticism and theism: the landscape, part 1 15 Jul 201125 Jul 2011 In the Socrates Café (Sydney) talk based on my paper “Could God have set up Darwinian Accidents?”, I addressed about 70 people, only a couple of whom were philosophers (hi Rachel, hi Tim). I like doing these talks, because they allow me to make what is otherwise fairly dry technical… Read More
What I took from the conference was the need for a lot more scientific analysis on religion before any real judgments can be made. But the highlight of the conference for me was Nick Southwood quoting a Swedish feminist politician as saying “All men are walking dildos”. And thats a badass banner image John.
Very cool. It would be even cooler if they would release MP3s of the audio. At least for the talks that are not accompanied to a significant degree by visual aids. I could listen to this stuff while mowing the lawn. Plus, Richard Dawkins’ voice does have a certain hypnotic quality that might have some efficacy as a sleep aid.