Heathen’s Progress 14: Can it be rational for the religious to be non-rational?
In practice there is no neat distinction between the logical and the psychological. Those who attempt to use pure reason[…]
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The Lust for Certainty
Do we suffer from a lust for certainty? This is an edited version of a talk given to a Sea of Faith Network conference in London earlier this year.
ReadSam Harris on Science and Morality
In the latest microphilosophy podcast I talk to Sam Harris about his claim in The Moral Landscape that science can[…]
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After a hiatus, I’m replacing my Philosophy Monthly podcast with a new series, microphilosophy. Each one will be an interview, talk, discussion or feature, no longer than half an our but usually much shorter. This first edition is an interview with the philosopher and theologian Richard Swinburne, conducted for my new book, The Ego Trick.
ReadWhy the Science vs. Religion Debate Won’t Go Away
There is a decent (not excellent) quality mps download of my recent talk at Transylvania University at this link.
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