Saturday, October 30, 2010

Howard L. Parsons: East meets West = New Age + Stalinism (1)

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The 20th century was replete with the literature of the meeting of the East and West, in respectable philosophical literature, in pop philos...
Friday, October 29, 2010

Joachim Kahl, German atheist

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Joachim Kahl (1941- ) was once a theologian, once a Marxist, and is still a philosopher. Apparently he is no fan of Dawkins & co. One o...
Thursday, October 28, 2010

Vygotsky & Cognitive Science

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Lev Semenovich Vygotsky (1896-1934) was one of the great pioneers of psychology, with a Marxist perspective that fell into disfavor with th...
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

James Hervey Johnson's "Superior Men": the old atheism & the new

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Today's topic is the pervasive historical amnesia permeating debates over the "new atheists" both within and without the athei...

Tribute to Indian Atheists- Part I

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Here it is: This video includes contemporary and historical figures. For a better view, see this video on YouTube .
Friday, October 22, 2010

Richard Dawkins & Neil de Grasse Tyson at Howard University (6): Jamila Bey reports

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So I’m Not The Only Black Skeptic by Jamila Bey. NPR, October 8, 2010. Lovely Jamila (at right, above) is charming as ever. I can't ...
Thursday, October 21, 2010

Richard Dawkins & Neil de Grasse Tyson at Howard University (5)

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Dawkins, moved by the technological prowess of physicists poised to penetrate the secrets of the universe, extols  the Large Hard-On Collide...