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75th Anniversary of "A Humanist Manifesto"
I picked up a copy of the May/June 2008 issue of The Humanist magazine this week to read a special about the 75th Anniversary of “A Humanist Manifesto,” which I have known about vaguely be… more →
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75th Anniversary of "A Humanist Manifesto"
Todd wrote 2 months ago: I picked up a copy of the May/June 2008 issue of The Humanist magazine this week to read a special a … more →
75th Anniversary of "A Humanist Manifesto"
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Todd wrote 2 months ago: I picked up a copy of the May/June 2008 issue of The Humanist magazine this week to read a special a … more →
Rant against Naive Relativism
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Todd wrote 7 months ago: 1) All ideas (including religions) are not equal, either in their truth content or in their conseque … more →
On Pretension
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Todd wrote 8 months ago: A brief comment during a long stream-of-consciousness conversation with my good friend Oakland Chlo … more →
On Pretension
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Todd wrote 8 months ago: A brief comment during a long stream-of-consciousness conversation with my good friend Oakland Chlo … more →
The Allure of Determinism
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Todd wrote 9 months ago: Inspired by John Dewey’s declaration that Darwinism changed everything [see epigraph to the ri … more →
Evolution, Religion, Biology and Social Science
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Todd wrote 1 year ago: I’ve written several times here about whether or not I think religion is evolutionarily adapti … more →
Our Own Providence
Todd wrote 1 year ago: [As I mentioned before, I'm reading a biography of William James this summer, and it's been more tha … more →
Scientific Mindset
Todd wrote 1 year ago: In reading Tim Adams’ review of Natalie Angier’s new book, The Canon: A Whirlygig Tour o … more →
History as an Academic Discipline
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Todd wrote 1 year ago: Last fall, a former student of mine, now in graduate school, asked me to give my impressions of the … more →
Foreign Policy in the 21st Century, American Democracy, and de Toqueville
Todd wrote 1 year ago: [This is Part One of Three entries considering Claus Offe, Reflections on America: Tocqueville, Webe … more →
Foreign Policy in the 21st Century, American Democracy, and de Toqueville
Todd wrote 1 year ago: [This is Part One of Three entries considering Claus Offe, Reflections on America: Tocqueville, Webe … more →
Death and the Spirituality of Matter
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Todd wrote 1 year ago: I often hear the complaint from believers that atheists have no sense of wonder or of the spiritual, … more →
Literary Criticism Is Anti-Intellectual
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Todd wrote 1 year ago: I just read this irritating article by Tom Lutz on Salon.com excoriating people who don’t like … more →
Life of the Mind (Hofstadter)
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Todd wrote 1 year ago: I’ve just begun reading Richard Hofstadter’s seminal work from 1964, Anti-Intellectualis … more →
Thinking about Naturalism and Social Theory
Todd wrote 1 year ago: [I've been trying to think through, again, how I think evolutionary theory and cognitive science cou … more →
Marxism as Religion
Todd wrote 1 year ago: The September 21st New York Review of Books carried an essay about Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakow … more →
Marxism as Religion
Todd wrote 1 year ago: The September 21st New York Review of Books carried an essay about Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakow … more →
Naturalism and Meaning (after John Dewey)
Todd wrote 2 years ago: [Apologies to all who tried to read this the other day. I'm having problems working out how to passw … more →
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