Belief’s lowest common denominator
“Human beings are pattern seekers who tend to see purposeful agency where there is really nothing but blind nature. I’m[…]
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June podcast
This edition is all about “How to Live” and was recorded live at the Arnolfini Centre as part of Bristol[…]
ReadFalse witness
“There is something of the pantomime to recent debates concerning science and religion, the question of their compatibility answered with[…]
ReadJune podcast
This edition is all about “How to Live” and was recorded live at the Arnolfini Centre as part of Bristol Festival of Ideas in May. Joining me are John Cottingham, emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Reading; Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer; and Michael Foley, author of The Age of Absurdity.
ReadThe faces of evil
“The idea of evil, remarks Norwegian philosopher Lars Svendsen, has in recent decades been seen as “a holdover from a[…]
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