Brian Leiter and Peter Schuck debate the issue.… 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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Carlin Romano Reviews Cosmopolitanism
Jan 27th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIn Cosmopolitanism, Appiah expands the thinking of his previous book, The Ethics of Identity.… Read the rest
Under Half of Britons Accept Evolution
Jan 27th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOver 40% of those questioned think creationism or ID should be taught in science lessons. … Read the rest
Women in India Told to Shut Up and Cover Up
Jan 27th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSoft porn is everywhere, but women must be kept in line with fatwas, cops, death threats.… Read the rest
Eastern Philosophy
Jan 27th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘What then is Indian and Chinese philosophy, and what reason is there for studying it?’… Read the rest
Dennett on Religion
Jan 27th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘Can just any religion give lives meaning, in a way that we should honor and respect?’… Read the rest
Religious Groups Shape History Textbooks
Jan 26th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonHistorical accuracy can conflict with ‘enhancing the pride and self-esteem of believers.’… Read the rest
Review of Debating Design
Jan 26th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonCambridge University Press gives Dembski and ID more academic cred than they should have.… Read the rest
Culturally Relative Science in Australian Schools
Jan 26th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonOne curriculum describes Western science as ‘only one form among the sciences of the world.’… Read the rest
Darwin the Geologist
Jan 26th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonIt was a geological underpinning that led to much of what was most original in his work.… Read the rest
Why We Should Remember Darwin the Geologist
Jan 26th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonSandra Herbert examines the ways Darwin understood changes in time and space.… Read the rest
Does Liberalism Need Multiculturalism?
Jan 25th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe politics of recognition focuses on groups and cultural belonging. … Read the rest
Stupid Extra Words Are Bad and Stupid
Jan 25th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonWould you like a nourishing beverage with that?… Read the rest
PZ Myers on Another Religious Assault on Education
Jan 25th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonThe Vedic Foundation and Hindu Education Foundation go after California textbooks.… Read the rest
David Bromwich on Eagleton on Terrorism
Jan 25th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘The nice balance of anarchy with absolutism strikes me as a literary man’s conceit.’… Read the rest
Kristeva to Lecture in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Jan 24th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘In Kristeva’s view, clarity and direct logic are not a sought-after value.’… Read the rest
Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Radio 4
Jan 24th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia Benson‘I wanted a chance at a life where I could shape my own future.’… Read the rest
Report Says Reform Will Lead to Segregation
Jan 24th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonResearch suggests selectivity in school admissions would increase social segregation.… Read the rest
Historians and Hindu Nationalists in Sacramento
Jan 24th, 2006 | Filed by Ophelia BensonDisagreeing over revisions to history textbooks.… Read the rest