Feature series
The importance of being objective
Leslie Allan
08/01/2023
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
Paul Monk
05/01/2023
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
Si Gladman
13/12/2022
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
Si Gladman
24/11/2022
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
Si Gladman
16/11/2022
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
Paul Monk
16/01/2022
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?
Ian Robinson
11/01/2022
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)
Hugh Harris
08/01/2022
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)
Hugh Harris
07/01/2022
“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
Louis Coutts
05/01/2022
Politicians often confront us with warnings about the greatest threats facing their country or the world, and, just as frequently, ...
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Rationalism and the meaning of life
Ian Robinson
02/01/2022
As editor of the Australian Rationalist and later as president of the Rationalist Society of Australia, I was often called ...
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Preaching science and reason is not enough
Lyn Allison
31/12/2021
I don’t suggest that the Rationalist Society ought to have the answers to all the problems of the world, but ...
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