A scientist and

a, well, a revolutionary thinker, I guess.

The Science Delusion

"Steve Marshall talks to Rupert Sheldrake about dogma and delusion in contemporary science"

Scientists blinded by science?

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Evolution. Atheism. Get it?

Varieties of irreligious experience

"There are many ways not to believe. Jonathan Rée on the evoluton of atheist thought"

There's lots of wordplay just in the title and sub-header...

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Interesting....

Divine Inspiration

"How Catholicism made Marshall McLuhan one of the twentieth century’s freest and finest thinkers"

Influenced by Chesterton, Maritain and de Chardin...

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Good article...

Turning the air blue

"The odd expletive escapes most people's mouths in times of stress, but when we fall back on swear words just for effect have we really just run out of ideas, asks Clive James."

I still fall prey to the odd expletive when seriously frustrated or angry, but overall, I try not to swear at all. I think really does show a paucity of thought and ability to control one's self. I came to this conclusion while watching a comedy routine by Eddie Murphy. I suppose there was some comedy in there, anyway. I couldn't tell if anything funny was said between all the m_____f______r's or not.

My father was military and then police. I have never in my life heard him swear, yet he was never unable to make his point of get his idea across, and often in a very definite manner.

'...more benign...'

than was thought in the past...

Was Saint Augustine Good for the Jews?

Read the interview for another abuse of language - when someone changes their stance, perhaps after a great deal of difficult and serious introspection and thought, they're said to have 'flip-flopped'. What an intellectual cop-out...

Very interesting...

Parmenides

"The pre-Socratic philosopher sparked an intellectual revolution that still echoes today. Yet for philosophy and science to continue to progress in the 21st century, we may need to embark on an entirely new cognitive journey"

I had forgotten how much I enjoyed the Ancients when I studied philosophy at university.