05 Feb Letters to the Editor Criticism of Israel’s militarism is not antisemitism 05/02/2024 By Rationale Magazine 0 comments Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our ... Continue reading
07 Jan Philosophy & Psychology How even rational people have sceptical blind spots 07/01/2024 By James Fodor 0 comments Most readers would doubtless recognise the importance of being sceptical about the information, arguments, and ideas that we encounter,... Continue reading
12 Nov Philosophy & Psychology Philosophical fashions and conceptual progress 31/01/2024 By Paul Monk 0 comments Many years ago, as an undergraduate student of philosophy, I was invited to participate in a special seminar for honours students conve... Continue reading
02 Apr Science & Health Rationalists and circumcision 02/04/2023 By Meredith Doig 3 comments On 14 April 2023, it will be 10 years since I sent out the very first edition of ‘RSA Daily’. Every weekday morning for a decade, I... Continue reading
07 Feb Ethics & Religion How I dropped the dogma and took control of my own destiny 07/02/2023 By Giulio Bortolozzo 0 comments I was about six years old when the parish priest walked into the room. His vestments swirled around him as we all rose in deference to ... Continue reading
08 Jan Feature series A fundamental examination of the intersection of reason and belief (Part 2) 07/09/2022 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 th... Continue reading
07 Jan Feature series A fundamental examination of the intersection of reason and belief (Part 1) 07/09/2022 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 07/09/2022 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 07/09/2022 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 07/09/2022 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