Blogs about: Russell Blackford
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Just a bit more on accommodationism
by Greg Mayer Although Jerry’s a bit full up with the accommodationism issue, two recent items, by friends of WEIT, are worth noting. Ophelia Benson, well known to WEIT readers, has a piece in t… more →
Why Evolution Is True
To those who would sue us
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wrote 1 month ago: Blogger Dan Buzzard wrote about homeopath Francine Scrayan in a post titled Scammed to Death: How Fr … more →
Jerry Coyne on free will | Talking Philosophy
wrote 2 months ago: Jerry Coyne on free will | Talking Philosophy. Here’s an interesting discussion about free wil … more →
Reasonable truth?
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wrote 2 months ago: The Reason Rally in Washington DC over the weekend caused a bit of internet debate. A lot of it pret … more →
DO WE NEED MORALITY?
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wrote 8 months ago: The philosopher Joel Marks caused a stir recently with an essay in the New York Times. Called ‘Confe … more →
Why is the NCSE wrong to accommodate creationism?
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wrote 1 year ago: Russell Blackford quite reasonably points out that When it comes to science education, public school … more →
The Difference Between Philosophy And Religion
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wrote 1 year ago: I wanted to write something of my practice of Daoism, but as I thought about it, I wondered how to p … more →
How urgent is it to rationally scrutinize the claims of religion?
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wrote 1 year ago: This recent article by Russell Blackford (of Metamagician and the Hellfire Club fame) is causing a b … more →
"Other ways of knowing" purpose?
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wrote 1 year ago: A recent panel discussion in Mexico debated the question “Does the universe have a purpose? … more →
Scientism
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wrote 1 year ago: Russell Blackford at the Metamagician and the Hellfire Club has a short piece on Scientism which I l … more →
Fallacy of Fine Tuning
wrote 1 year ago: I just picked up in my browsing that Victor Stenger is working on a new book The Fallacy of Fine-Tun … more →
"We're Superior to You," he whined...
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wrote 1 year ago: Take a look at the comment by Eric MacDonald in this thread (#22) to get a good look at fundamatheis … more →
Philosopher Russell Blackford on "the hopeless Argument from Contingency"
wrote 2 years ago: Philosopher Russell Blackford efficiently dissects David Hart’s recent claim that God is the o … more →
The Last Dogma Picture Show
wrote 2 years ago: Russell Blackford Andrew Sullivan: Sam Harris sees science as a way to determine what is right and w … more →
Thank you, Russell Blackford
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wrote 2 years ago: Precisely. As for religious leaders, they certainly do not deserve the kind of deference they curren … more →
Communicating Atheism
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wrote 2 years ago: I wrote this on James Scott’s blog in response to his comment on AC Grayling’s being in … more →
My brief thoughts on the Global Atheist Convention
wrote 2 years ago: 17 March 2010 I am still extremely tired. I think that I had on average about three hours sleep per … more →
Voicing our disbelief
wrote 2 years ago: (TPM: The Philosophers’ Magazine) – Russell Blackford stands up for the new atheism … In … more →
Blackford on the New Atheism
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wrote 2 years ago: Angry Atheism The Angry Atheists Hate God A friend of mine recently said on a podcast that there are … more →
Thought of the day
wrote 2 years ago: In short, there is plenty of reason to challenge religions and contest their doctrinal claims, not j … more →
