16 Jan Feature series A reflection on Karl Popper’s insights into the origins of scientific method and the pre-Socratics 16/01/2022 By 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...Continue reading
11 Jan Feature series Does rationalism imply atheism? 11/01/2022 By Ian Robinson 0 comments 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...Continue reading
08 Jan Feature series A fundamental examination of the intersection of reason and belief (Part 2) 08/01/2022 By Hugh Harris 0 comments This is Part 2. You can read Part 1 here. Distinguishing faith and reason Richard Colledge, in ‘Intellectual Assent and the Value of...Continue reading
07 Jan Feature series A fundamental examination of the intersection of reason and belief (Part 1) 11/01/2022 By Hugh Harris 0 comments "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...Continue reading
05 Jan Feature series The age of reason: Polarisation is undermining rational debate 05/01/2022 By Louis Coutts 0 comments Politicians often confront us with warnings about the greatest threats facing their country or the world, and, just as frequently, othe...Continue reading
02 Jan Feature series Rationalism and the meaning of life 10/01/2022 By Ian Robinson 0 comments As editor of the Australian Rationalist and later as president of the Rationalist Society of Australia, I was often called upon to just...Continue reading
31 Dec Feature series Preaching science and reason is not enough 02/01/2022 By Lyn Allison 0 comments I don’t suggest that the Rationalist Society ought to have the answers to all the problems of the world, but adherence to the principle...Continue reading
28 Dec Feature series Reason in Western civilisation 02/01/2022 By Paul Monk 0 comments For years now, I have heard people speak sceptically, even dismissively, about ‘Western logic’ or ‘Cartesian rationalism’, as if the il...Continue reading