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Monthly Archives: January 2006
spiked-essays | Essay | The curious rise of anti-religious hysteria
In spiked-essays | Essay | The curious rise of anti-religious hysteria, Frank Furedi makes the “final point” that “Morality marketed by people who do not necessarily ‘believe in such things’ is unlikely to set the world on fire.” It would … Continue reading
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spiked-science | Article | The root of all anti-science?
Now here is a much more sensible response to Dawkins. I haven’t seen the shows (The Root of all Evil?), but I suspect from reading reviews that Dawkins went over the top by implying that the answer applied to religion … Continue reading
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spiked-culture | Article | Is religion the root of all evil?
A fuzzy-thinking response to Dawkins’ absolute antitheism (in ‘Spiked’). Author Neil Davenport says: “religion expresses kernels of humanism that sometimes appear progressive compared to contemporary thinking. For example, the major religions recognise that as humans are capable of making moral … Continue reading
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Dennett in The Chronicle
Daniel Dennett provides an article summarising ideas from his new book.
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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
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EdTechPost: Reports from the CETIS Vocabularies Project
Scott Leslie comments on progress (or not) in the development of controlled vocabularies for paedagogical resources.
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The Myth about Online Course Development
Stephen Downes comments on an Educause Review article
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Wiki on a stick – Meta
I’ll have to check whether I can really install this in “under ten minutes”.
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Light in the Darkness
Light in the Darkness
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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
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Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
Stephen’s Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~
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Philosophy Talk: The Blog: Self-Deception and the Problem with Religious Belief Formation
Philosophy Talk: The Blog: Self-Deception and the Problem with Religious Belief Formation I have two comments on this posting. First, unlike Mr Van Leeuwen, although I probably qualify as an unbeliever, I am not threatened by the admonition that the … Continue reading
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DANGEROUS IDEAS
THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2006
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