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Daily Archives: December 16, 2009
Dr. Jekyll, Meet Mr. Hyde: What Can Happen To a Gentle Person Under the Spell of Nationalism, Ideology, or Religion?
Andrew Sprung, at the Daily Dish today, has written what I would regard as an exceptionally important—and even seminal—little blog post reflecting on the Iranian Revolution (“Gentle mullahs transformed”). In it, he simply offers two quotes and a bit of commentary that concisely lay out … Continue reading
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Tagged authoritarianism, christian nationalism, conservatism, far right, glenn beck, Iran, Islam, Politics, religion, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity, teabaggers
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John Szostak on His Abiogenesis (Origin of Life) Research
More on Jack Szostak’s work here: http://exploringorigins.org/. Hat Tip: Heuristics
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Tagged atheism, atheist, biology, Charles Darwin, Darwin, evolution, intelligent design, john szostak, life, origin of life, science, strict naturalism
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Getting the Thomas Nagel Treatment: Brian Leiter and the Policing of Intellectual Discourse
Brian Leiter’s attacks on Thomas Nagel for giving a nice blurb to Stephen Meyer’s ID book, Signature in the Cell (2009), are getting a bit of pushback from some of his philosophy colleagues, most notably Chris Bertram, who wrote this to Brian Leiter: My initial sympathies … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, biology, brian leiter, Darwin, evolution, God, intelligent design, philosophy, religion, science, thomas nagel
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Prometheus Unbound 