Why agnostics don’t have holidays 6 Aug 2010 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bp2Eqrvuis&feature=player_embedded] Courtesy of Leiter Epistemology Humor Philosophy Religion
Philosophy Religious Nones 22 Sep 2009 A new report has shown that one of the fastest growing “religions” is “None” in America. It may be that as many as 25% will be Nones by 2030. But this is not a single group, and is highly heterogeneous. Nones include those who believe in some God, but not… Read More
Evolution Gods above 6 Jul 200922 Jun 2018 It’s no real coincidence that the standard metaphor for approaching gods is one of height. Humans not only defer to those who are “above” them in the social hierarchy, they also tend to defer to people who are literally taller than they are. Taller individuals tend to have higher status… Read More
Education Ruminations in Oxford 19 May 2010 The conference proceeds apace. I have met some very nice and interesting people: Pat Churchland, Owen Flanagan, Ara Norenzayan, whose paper I ineffectually commented upon, Robin Dunbar, Walter Sinnot-Armstrong, Tony Coady, Janet Radcliffe-Richards, and a number of people who I previously knew but am pleased to reacquaint myself with. One… Read More
Well, Christmas is a mish-mash of Saturnalia and Germanic pagan symbolism (and Jesus I guess). But for all the agnostic academics…… Cogito Ergo Summer
You go to other people’s homes for holidays. If they pray at any time during the festivities, you think about what’s on TV the next day or compose a shopping list (hmm, Tide, bread, milk, Nonlinear Phenomena in Complex Systems magazine) or judge everyone’s clothing and haircuts (cousin Elvis really needs a new outfit).