A bit long-winded…… 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.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
Why Does No One Read Analytic Philosophy? 
Oct 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Why yards and yards of Foucault next to zero Fodor on the shelves?… Read the rest
Pogo and the Art of Popular Culture
Oct 13th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Verbal facility, emotional range, moral complexity, political satire. Go Pogo.… Read the rest
Our Debt to Derrida
Oct 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He allowed Braddon to sit down next to the Brontes. … Read the rest
A Few Key Thinkers on Derrida
Oct 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Also one or two key non-thinkers.… Read the rest
Grayling Replies to Guardian on ‘Canon’
Oct 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Does a good job of it, too.… Read the rest
Derrida in the Newspapers
Oct 12th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Wanted to play football but realised he wasn’t good enough.… Read the rest
The War on Science, Bush Division, Again
Oct 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If agencies say what you don’t want to hear, then re-organize them.… Read the rest
Scott McLemee on Derrida
Oct 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘An approach that could push one’s mental stamina to the limits.’… Read the rest
History, Fiction, Truth, Evidence, Details
Oct 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Details matter; it is unwise to make them up if you want to be believed.… Read the rest
The Hunting of the Top Quark
Oct 11th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
A non-physicist philosopher of science got it right. Makes a change.… Read the rest
Churches Launch Climate Campaign
Oct 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Not yet clear what role God will be playing.… Read the rest
Derrida’s Dead
Oct 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
He died on Friday. He was suffering from pancreatic cancer.… Read the rest
Jacques Derrida est Mort
Oct 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Le Monde says Derrida was French philosopher best known abroad, especially in US.… Read the rest
Le Monde Interview with Derrida
Oct 9th, 2004 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Dangerously ill, but writing and talking nonetheless.… Read the rest
