Gilligan’s teaching is in many ways reactionary, which also helps to account for its extraordinary success… Read the rest

Ants, pheromones, genes, biodiversity, ecological footprints, consilience.… Read the rest

Rorty has a gift for ducking and weaving and laying smoke… Read the rest

His obscurity is a depressing lesson in contemporary cultural memory.… Read the rest

Einstein’s theory of relativity did not spawn artistic modernism and moral relativism, Time magazine to the contrary notwithstanding.… Read the rest

‘Basically, Godel’s theorems prove the Doctrine of Original Sin, the need for the sacrament of penance, and that there is a future eternity.’… Read the rest

Both are obsessed with realism and the pursuit of objective knowledge… Read the rest

The anti-secularist reaction has been bad for women and children.… Read the rest

Or rather, a gene for something labeled ‘spirituality.’… Read the rest

The ASA said Peniel Pentecostal Church had to offer proof at least comparable with that required of makers of washing powder… Read the rest

Graham Larkin answers questions from New York Sun… Read the rest

Rebuttals and references from the scientific community to any and all of the various creationist claims.… Read the rest

Anti-science is a revolt wherein second-rate scholarship is parlayed into tenured professorships and book contracts.… Read the rest

Or as Tom Lehrer put it: Fight fiercely Harvard, fight fight fight: impress them with our prowess, do.… Read the rest

How human relationships are being pushed in new directions by virtual worlds.… Read the rest

Deborah Lipstadt discusses how misinformation and false claims are used to question the reality of the Nazis’ attempt to exterminate Europe’s Jews.… Read the rest

Interconnectedness, paranormal information transmission, asymmetrical evidence acceptance, aperception of contradiction, and more.… Read the rest

A new and exciting advance for the academic world.… Read the rest

Marie Brenner on forced marriage, violence, imprisonment of women.… Read the rest

Women in particular have borne the brunt of the new found
Hindu militancy and intolerance.… Read the rest