Tag: science
Scientism and Bertrand Russell’s Neutral Monism
Russell was an atheist, but not a materialist. His observations on philosophy of the mind are of surprising relevance today.
Rules for Discounting Scientific Pretensions
There are at least twenty reasons politicians should be wary of scientific claims, three scientists explain in Nature.
Sham Skepticism: A Reality Check for Donald Prothero
Anti-ID geologist Donald Prothero is apparently no longer an active professor at Occidental College. But he’s certainly making good use of his newly found free time.
C.S. Lewis and the Argument from Reason
If naturalism is true, then we ought not to trust our capacity for reason, and so, ought not to trust arguments in favor of naturalism.
From C.S. Lewis, Four Arguments Friendly to a Universe by Design
In Lewis’s view, the longings provoked by earthly beauty could not be accounted for by a blind and mechanistic material universe.