January, 2022 - Rationale Magazine

31 Jan

Australia’s future: The new republic model is a good move forward

23/07/2022
By Michael Duffy
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As Buckingham Palace recently announced plans for an elaborate year of celebrations to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, a world away ...

28 Jan

Philosophy & Psychology

Suicide as catastrophe and as calculation

23/07/2022
By Paul Monk
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The August 2021 issue of Harper’s magazine has a cover story headed ‘What are the odds? The Troubled Quest to Predict Suicide’. The ess...

25 Jan

Law & Politics

Grace Tame: With the path forged, it’s time to commit to meaningful change

23/07/2022
By Verity Trott
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Grace Tame is an artist, an activist, a yoga teacher and a runner. She’s also a sexual assault survivor who was groomed and raped from ...

22 Jan

Art & Humour

MBJ’s view

See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson.

20 Jan

History

Why I won’t be celebrating Australia Day on 26 January

23/07/2022
By Ian Robinson
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Most nations – the United States, Greece, Finland, India, Indonesia and many others – celebrate their national day on the day they stop...

18 Jan

Law & Politics

It’s time for Shoalhaven Council to practise respect, inclusion and fairness for all

23/07/2022
By Bhante Akāliko
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As a Buddhist monk and a community leader, I have a particular interest in matters of religious discrimination and a strong desire to f...

16 Jan

Feature series

A reflection on Karl Popper’s insights into the origins of scientific method and the pre-Socratics

07/09/2022
By Paul Monk
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If I was asked to teach an undergraduate course on Rationality 101, I would begin by introducing the students to the work of Karl Poppe...

14 Jan

Law & Politics

Cracks in the defence of democracy

07/09/2022
By Trevor Bell
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When talking about ‘democracy’, ‘capitalism’ and ‘market economies’, many people confuse the terminology and the benefits that flow fro...

11 Jan

Feature series

Does rationalism imply atheism?

07/09/2022
By Ian Robinson
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Is there a necessary connection between being a rationalist and being an atheist? To answer this, we must tease out what we mean by ‘ra...

10 Jan

Letters to the Editor

A reality check for Covid-19 claims

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. Dear Edi...

08 Jan

Feature series

A fundamental examination of the intersection of reason and belief (Part 2)

07/09/2022
By Hugh Harris
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This is Part 2. You can read Part 1 here. Distinguishing faith and reason Richard Colledge, in ‘Intellectual Assent and th...

07 Jan

Feature series

A fundamental examination of the intersection of reason and belief (Part 1)

07/09/2022
By Hugh Harris
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"For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their t...

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