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Thursday, January 1st, 1970posted by Ken Taylor
Today’s show will be about scepticism. Our guest will be John Greco of St. Louis University. I don’t really know John or his work, but I see that he has written a book called Putting Sceptics in their Place. That’s sort of what I want to […]
Two Skeptical Arguments
Thursday, January 1st, 1970I’ve been claiming that there are some really powerful skeptical arguments (on the show and in response to Ken’s previous post). I have also been claiming that one aspect of their force is that they do not depend on setting the standards for knowledge very high. Here are two such arguments.
1. Hume’s argument.The first is […]
SHOUT OUT NOW!
Thursday, January 1st, 1970Dear Philosophy Talkers:
I’m opening this blog entry for you to shout questions and comments for our SHOUT OUT show that will air later today. We’ll monitor our e-mail as usual, but we’ll also monitor this blog. You can shout to us, to each other, to the world. Tell us […]
Journalistic Ethics?
Thursday, January 1st, 1970posted by Ken Taylor
The topic for today’s show is Journalistic Ethics. Our guest will be Dale Jacquette, of Penn State University, who has recently published a book about the topic called, Journalistic Ethics: Moral Responsibility in the Media. I’m sure you can get a copy of the book at Powell’s […]
Sixty-Seconds — Really?
Thursday, January 1st, 1970Recently, we had a couple of Program Directors — the gate keepers of the public radio airwaves — listen to some episodes of Philosophy Talk and tell us what they liked and didn’t like. We won’t bore you with the details, but just to give you a feel for what we’re […]
Science, Censorship and Subsidy
Thursday, January 1st, 1970by John Perry
Our topic today is science and censorship. The case of smallpox provides an interesting case-study.
Smallpox, once a main scourge of mankind, was eradicated through the efforts of the World Health Organization and others. Stocks of the virus were retained by the U.S. The U.S. and the Soviet Union retained stocks of the virus […]
Obama’s Post-Election Grassroots Pitch - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Thursday, January 1st, 1970The Caucus | A New York Times Blog. November 19, 2008, 1:03 pm. Obama’s Post-Election …. Search This Blog. Previous Post:Daschle Offered Human Services Cabinet Post; Next Post:Romney’s Detours on Detroit. The Caucus Front-Runners …
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The Allmusic Blog » Collateral Damage: Boris Goltz, composer …
Thursday, January 1st, 1970The blog site of allmusic.com. Music news, reviews of new songs, information about upcoming releases and tours, highlighting forgotten treasures, rediscoveries, and all manners of interesting music culled from the AMG archive.
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The Weekly Standard
Thursday, January 1st, 1970Search. Search this blog:. Archives · November 2008 · October 2008 · September 2008 · August 2008 · July 2008 … The Coming Middle East Missile War | The Blog home page. U.S. Targets al Qaeda outside of Pakistan’s Tribal Areas …
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Sins of a Solar Empire 1.1 patch released; pre-orders for …
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