Category Archives: social issues

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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Philosophy Talk: The Blog

Philosophy Talk: The Blog

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DANGEROUS IDEAS

THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2006

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Propositions | Uncertain

Propositions | Uncertain is an essay in which the thesis and perhaps 90% of the sentences are false but the essence is true. It is not science but religion that “immanentizes the eschaton” – almost without exception and perhaps even … Continue reading →

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thetyee.ca Free Wireless Fever

Should we get thetyee.ca Free Wireless in Vancouver? I think so! Not so much for the business traveller (who probably has adequate access at hotel and meeting place) or the poor (who probably don’t have laptops and more likely use … Continue reading →

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EdTechPost: An Evaluation of Open Source CMS Stressing Adaptation Issues

EdTechPost: An Evaluation of Open Source CMS Stressing Adaptation Issues

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EdTechPost: Unicon provides Sakai ‘Test Drive’ sites

EdTechPost: Unicon provides Sakai ‘Test Drive’ sites

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What Good Is Religion? By Richard Dawkins — Beliefnet.com

What Good Is Religion? By Richard Dawkins — Beliefnet.com

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Easterbrook on Dawkins — @Beliefnet.com

— This old (2001) article by Gregg Easterbrook at Beliefnet.com attempts to refute Dawkins. But apparently Easterbrook expects his audience to be so ignorant as to be convinced by a primarily and unabashedly ad hominem argument: “Which brings us to … Continue reading →

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beliefnet: Interview with Richard Dawkins–evolution intelligent design Darwin selfish gene religion science God atheism spiritual Sheahen

beliefnet: Interview with Richard Dawkins–evolution intelligent design Darwin selfish gene religion science God atheism spiritual Sheahen

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EdTechPost: Why does ‘Freesound’ succeed when so many learning object repositories fail?

Scott Leslie asks EdTechPost: Why does ‘Freesound’ succeed when so many learning object repositories fail? – and of course for me the interest is in the second clause. I have claimed to have ideas about what is wrong with LOR’s … Continue reading →

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Online Rights Canada

Online Rights Canada

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What I Learned by Teaching Real Analysis

What I Learned by Teaching Real Analysis

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Introductory Economic Analysis

Introductory Economic Analysis

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Introductory Economic Analysis

Introductory Economic Analysis

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Squashed Philosophers

Squashed Philosophers– Condensed Plato Aristotle Augustine Descartes Hume Marx Freud Copernicus Hobbes Sartre Ayer Sade Wittgenstein Einstein

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Interactive Java Applets

Interactive Java Applets

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� How to stop Hollywood and Congress from trampling on your constitutional rights | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

� How to stop Hollywood and Congress from trampling on your constitutional rights | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com – is a response to the US legislative context. But, of course, we have the same problem in Canada. … must … Continue reading →

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Intelligent Evolution

Intelligent Evolution by EOWilson on Darwin’s books (from harvardmagazine.com via A&L Daily)

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The Chronicle: 10/28/2005: But Can You Teach?

The Chronicle: 10/28/2005: But Can You Teach? came via Arts&Letters Daily. We get more than enough of the “student blunder” stories – at least this is a bit closer to home.

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