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Rationally Speaking is a web site devoted to rational discourse on science, philosophy, social and political issues.
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The incoherence of free will

Nov 19, 2009
I recently re-read a classic piece by J.L. Mackie (April 1955), entitled “Evil and Omnipotence,” a stupendous philosophical essay about why theologians like Richard Swinburne are forced by their belief in an omnipotent, omnibenevelont and...

Massimo's picks

Nov 14, 2009
* xkcd's take on the vacuousness of some academic specialties... * One more from xkcd, on the meaning of life, if you will. * A New York Times article about the possible physiological function of dreams. * In defense of metaphysics (though not entirely...

On the difference between science and philosophy

Nov 11, 2009
Attentive readers of this blog may have noticed that those who post comments to my entries often show two interesting and complementary attitudes: a fundamental distrust of (if not downright contempt for) philosophy, coupled with an overly enthusiastic...

Massimo's picks

Nov 9, 2009
* How to build secular communities, by Emily Cadik, published in the New Humanist. * My review of "Understanding Philosophy of Science," by James Ladyman. * An absolutely brilliant satire by Jon Stewart of news networks' punditry. * Philosopher's...

David Chalmers and the Singularity that will probably not come

Nov 5, 2009
David Chalmers is a philosopher of mind, best known for his argument about the difficulty of what he termed the “hard problem” of consciousness, which he typically discusses by way of a thought experiment featuring zombies who act and talk exactly...


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