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Monthly Archives: January 2022

31 Jan
Law & Politics

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

  • 23/07/2022
  • By author-avatar 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 ...

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28 Jan
Philosophy & Psychology

Suicide as catastrophe and as calculation

  • 23/07/2022
  • By author-avatar 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...

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25 Jan
Law & Politics

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

  • 23/07/2022
  • By author-avatar 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 ...

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22 Jan
Art & Humour

MBJ’s view

  • 22/01/2022
  • By author-avatar Matt Bissett-Johnson
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See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson.

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20 Jan
History

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

  • 23/07/2022
  • By author-avatar 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...

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18 Jan
Law & Politics

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

  • 23/07/2022
  • By author-avatar 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...

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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 author-avatar Paul Monk
  • 1 comment
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...

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14 Jan
Law & Politics

Cracks in the defence of democracy 

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar 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...

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11 Jan
Feature series

Does rationalism imply atheism?

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Ian Robinson
  • 1 comment
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...

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10 Jan
Letters to the Editor

A reality check for Covid-19 claims

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar Rationale Magazine
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Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. Dear Edi...

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08 Jan
Feature series

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

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar 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...

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07 Jan
Feature series

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

  • 07/09/2022
  • By author-avatar 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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