While chains of inference cannot be justified all the way down to all comers, it does not follow that none are better than others. … Read the rest
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
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Massimo Pigliucci on Fish on Epistemology 
May 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Fish seems to think that once one has refuted the naive logical positivist view, all knowledge has been shown to be a matter of faith.… Read the rest
How the Light Gets In, Hay, May 22-31
May 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Philosophy and music festival: Blackburn, Grayling, Malik, Neiman, Bauman, more.… Read the rest
Ed Brandon Reviews Galileo Goes to Jail
May 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The important issues on the borders of science and religion are matters of what supports X rather than Y.… Read the rest
Daniel Hauser Fails to Appear at Court Hearing
May 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
District Judge John Rodenberg has issued an arrest warrant for Hauser’s mother; the two are missing.… Read the rest
Warrant Issued for Mother of Daniel Hauser
May 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The father testified that he doesn’t know the whereabouts of his son and his wife.… Read the rest
Orac on the Hauser Case
May 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
It will take time for CPS to find them. Meanwhile, his tumors are growing.… Read the rest
Bible-quoting Defense Memos
May 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Scary? Horrifying? You be the judge.… Read the rest
Bible-verses on Defense Memos Inappropriate?
May 19th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Nah. Bush and Rummy ‘appreciated’ them, and that’s the important thing.… Read the rest
Peter Tatchell Arrested at Gay March in Moscow
May 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Mayor has called gays ‘Satanists’; authorities said the march was banned to prevent ‘moral degradation.’… Read the rest
Shuttle in Silhouette During Solar Transit
May 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
That’s some snap.… Read the rest
Fish Offers More God Talk
May 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘The religions I know are about nothing but doubt and dissent.’… Read the rest
Russell Blackford on the Arrest of Peter Tatchell
May 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Tatchell puts his body on the line for his causes, when that’s what it means to stand up to authority in the name of human rights.… Read the rest
The Administration Can’t ‘Just Keep Walking’
May 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A major cover-up of corruption took place at the Bush Pentagon just six days before Bush left office.… Read the rest
Brian Leiter Asks a Question
May 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Does the NY Times not realize that Stanley Fish is philosophically incompetent?… Read the rest
Martin in the Margins on Fish on God
May 18th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The anti-rational evasions of Eagleton and Fish discredit the very cause they claim to defend.… Read the rest
Can Reform Save Saudi Arabia?
May 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Wahhabism is, in its essentials, the totalitarian creed espoused by Osama Bin Laden to justify his murderous jihad.… Read the rest
Other Inmates of Evin Prison
May 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The allegations against the Baha’is are as nonsensical as they are unjust.… Read the rest
Catholic Priest Disses Blair’s ‘Faith Foundation’
May 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Cites religious freedom and imposition of a ‘politically correct’ interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures. … Read the rest
Guardian Hosts Reactionary Catholic Tirade
May 17th, 2009 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Horrors: Obama ‘seeks to pass a raft of laws that baldly contradict magisterial Catholic teaching.’… Read the rest
