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Religion As A Morally and Politically Ambivalent Force

August 14, 2009 – 4:59 pm

Two weeks ago, I profiled various remarks from Jerry Coyne for the incisive way they challenged assumptions that (1) religion is indispensable for moral progress, (2) that religion is even on balance usually an aid to moral progress, and (3) that moral progress is even something observable over the course of history.  Coyne’s remarks were written [...]

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Religion Is Not Truth Apt, Even When It's A Scientist's Religion

July 31, 2009 – 5:55 pm

Rust Belt Philosophy criticizes Lisa Miller’s account of the criticisms of Collins as being an example of spineless mainstream media not willing to countenance the real crux of the challenge to his nomination: she manages to keep up the dry indifference and artificial neutrality of opinion that afflicts our media, all while studiously avoiding anything [...]

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Stephen Pinker Makes The Case Against The "Blank Slate"

July 21, 2009 – 6:57 pm

Thanks to AtheisTube for the find. Your Thoughts?

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By Daniel Fincke | Posted in Biology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Psychology | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)