Feature series

The antidote to arrogance: How to be wrong the right way

This article is part of our ‘From the vault’ series of summer reading. It was originally published in the June …

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You can’t say that: The knotty problem of free speech

This article is part of our ‘From the vault’ series of summer reading. It was originally published in the Autumn …

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The importance of being objective

This article is part of our ‘From the vault’ series of summer reading. It was originally published in the March …

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Expert knowledge and scientific thinking under siege

This article is part of our ‘From the vault’ series of summer reading. It was originally published in the Winter …

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Christ’s commanders

This article is the third in a series on religion in the Australian Defence Force. Read the first article here. …

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Losing faith in Defence chaplaincy

This article is the second in a series on religion in the Australian Defence Force. Read the first article here. …

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The committee of clerics lording it over Defence

This article is the first in a series on religion in the Australian Defence Force. Every three months, Australian taxpayers …

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

If I was asked to teach an undergraduate course on Rationality 101, I would begin by introducing the students to …

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Does rationalism imply atheism?

Is there a necessary connection between being a rationalist and being an atheist? To answer this, we must tease out …

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

This is Part 2.  You can read Part 1 here. Distinguishing faith and reason Richard Colledge, in ‘Intellectual Assent and …

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

“For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of …

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The age of reason: Polarisation is undermining rational debate

Politicians often confront us with warnings about the greatest threats facing their country or the world, and, just as frequently, …

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