Reason & Society

The Kansas City Enlightenment Project is an initiative inaugurated in July 2014, guided by veteran cultural activist Fred Whitehead , whose...

Is Scientific Materialism “Almost Certainly False”? By John Horgan. Scientific American blogs: Cross-Check; January 30, 2013. I have dec...

As I have noted before, I have a problem with the theory and practice of critical thinking. From my web guide and links you will be able to ...

I knew that this little book existed, but it is not easy to find these days. I wasn't sure whether I had a copy buried in my archive, bu...

Aczel, Amir D. Descartes' Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe . New York...

Aczel, Amir D. Descartes' Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe . New York:...

I never got around to continuing my review of Russell Shorto's Descartes’ Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Re...

"The sciences are now masked; the masks lifted, they appear in all their beauty. To someone who can see the entire chain of the scienc...

I have long meant to read and review this important book. See also the web site for The Undercover Philosopher . Here is the Introduction . ...

I'm not sure when intellectual gimmickry first gained a foothold in the best seller lists and became a pop culture phenomenon. I think t...

In re: Hall, Stephen S. Wisdom: From Philosophy to Neuroscience . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. "A compelling investigation into...

For some years I have been reading philosophical histories written for a popular audience, some of which I've mentioned here, others on ...

Shorto, Russell. Descartes’ Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason . New York: Doubleday, 2008. There is a web...

Written 17 January 2009 McClendon, John H. " Richard B. Moore, radical politics, and the Afro-American history movement: the formation ...

I had not intended to delve into this subject, but now that I have started it, I must add another key article by V.I. Lenin: " On the S...