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Physicist Paul Davies’s Contributions to the Advancement of Religion, As Seen By Father Mariano Artigas
In 1995, the physicist and popular science writer Paul Davies was presented with a John Templeton Foundation award. This foundation awards individuals…
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Linguistic Idealism as a Weapon of Poststructuralist/Postmodernist Politics
This is the follow up to my essay ‘Poststructuralism and Deconstruction as Forms of (Linguistic) Idealism’. My last essay was about Catherine Belsey’s…
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Julian Baggini (Philosopher & Journalist) on the Anti-Derrida “Cambridge Affair” of 1992
In 2020, Julian Baggini wrote a piece on Jacques Derrida for the magazine Prospect. It’s called ‘Think Jacques Derrida was a charlatan? Look again’. He…
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Roger Penrose on Kurt Gödel and Gödelian Truth
Physicist and mathematician Roger Penrose believes that the ascertaining of (what can be called) Gödelian truths is a non-algorithmic process. Indeed…
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‘A new study says [x]’: A Vacuous and Overused Headline?
The headline ‘A new study says [x]’ can often be found in newspapers and the media generally. Why do journalists use it? And what is the general status…
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Max Tegmark Suggests the Term ‘Homo Sentiens’ to Account for Our Extra Specialness
The well-known physicist and AI expert Max Tegmark once wrote the following: “As we prepare to be humbled by ever smarter machines, I suggest that we…
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Stephen Jay Gould and E.O. Wilson on the Fact-Value and Science-Religion Distinctions
Stephen Jay Gould’s neat, tidy and sharp separation of values from facts, as well as religion from science, can itself be seen as an expression of his…
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Paul Austin Murphy's Philosophy
Paul Austin Murphy's Philosophy
I write on philosophy. My essays are on a wide range of subjects, although mainly on the philosophy of science.
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