There can be no science without data on everything we see around us: not just plants and animals, rivers and mountains here below, but also planets and stars up above. All these are part of Nature which includes us too. In our own times, we need specialists to study all of this, and the fruits…
In the 200th anniversary year of Darwin’s birth, I traveled to Down House from my home in Lincoln, Nebraska, to confront the origin of specious beliefs about evolution, and in my own small way try to uproot them.
Islam certainly has an extensive taxonomy for characterizing those who stray from “true” Islam. The kafir, the zindiq (heresy) and the murtadd (apostate) are just a few of the words Muslims have used to identify the variety of Islam’s religious dissidents. Of course, what is heresy or kufr for one is true faith or imanfor…
1 Introduction First I wish to extend my thanks to the Metanexus Institute for planning this conference, for locating it in my favorite European country, and in particular for inviting me to be on the program with the person I’ve long believed to be the most sophisticated scholar writing on the free-will problem. In this…
“If everybody minded their own business,” the Duchess said in a hoarse growl, “the world would go round a deal faster than it does.”Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Minding one’s own business commonly means not minding other people’s business, but its literal meaning is still implied–don’t mind others’ business because you have business of your…
Metaviews 015. 2001.03.07. Approximately 970 words. Below is a follow-up posting to Metaviews 012: Galileo’s Troubles.Mariano Artigas clarifies the circumstances regarding Galileo’scondemnation by the Church in 1633. — Billy Grassie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=From: Mariano Artigas <martigas@unav.es>Subject: Re: Metaviews 012 Regarding Metaviews 012 (Galileo’s troubles), we have received somecomments, that show that the whole thing has been misunderstood…