Foucault cited Borges, but some of his followers cite the encyclopedia as fact.… Read the rest
Fashionable nonsense has been with us since the time that prehistoric man first transcribed Of Grammatology on to the walls of the Lascaux caves. Here we cast an eye back at some historical highlights.
Politeness on ‘In Our Time’
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Spectator, coffee houses, no swords, drawing rooms, books, mixing, nobility and gentry, Boswell’s dirty breeches, and much more.… Read the rest
A Conversation Between Rebecca Goldstein and Steven Pinker
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Both are obsessed with realism and the pursuit of objective knowledge… Read the rest
An Unbeautiful Mind
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It is pretty uplifting to be a scientist-theologian, happy with the universe, confident of the ways of the Lord. … Read the rest
Polio outbreak in Indonesia
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Officials believe the outbreak can be traced to Nigeria, where vaccinations were suspended in 2003 after radical clerics said they were a US plot… Read the rest
The Pope is also a head of state, and that’s bad
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The Vatican’s fictive statehood allows it to promote its retrograde gender values in multilateral forums as well… Read the rest
Law angers women’s rights campaigners
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
New Islamic family law in Malaysia undermines women’s rights.… Read the rest
HRW on Women’s Rights
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Violence and discrimination against women are global social epidemics.… Read the rest
Sheldrake’s staring effect
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The sequences used in Sheldrake’s research are not properly randomized. … Read the rest
Denis Donoghue Reviews Illness as Metaphor.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Impatient with nuances and discriminations that would impede the march of her argument.… Read the rest
Arguments from Incredulity and Gödel
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘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
About Patrick Henry College
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Socialism is a violation of God’s creation order.… Read the rest
Rushdie on ‘joke’ Islamic leaders
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Says there is a “backsliding into bigotry” among Muslims both in Britain and around the world. … Read the rest
So where are these powerful arguments?
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Alister McGrath says Richard Dawkins is a crude religious propagandist… Read the rest
Islamisation in Malaysia
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Secularists, women’s rights campaigners, minorities not pleased.… Read the rest
What segregated education does
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Entrenches the opinions of parents.… Read the rest
Seyran Ates on multiculturalism
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
I want to know, and many thousands of Muslim girls and women have a right to know, why understanding and infinite tolerance is practised with particular cultural traditions that are clearly oppressive of women.… Read the rest
Profile of Susan Sontag from 1992.
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘I don’t want to express alienation. It isn’t what I feel. I’m interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up.’… Read the rest
Einstein Wasn’t Writing for Time
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Einstein’s theory of relativity did not spawn artistic modernism and moral relativism, Time magazine to the contrary notwithstanding.… Read the rest
What is Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy?
Apr 10th, 2010 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Highly controversial condition, which some doubt even exists.… Read the rest