It is a modern conceit that if we do not identify the unprovable first principles in our life, we have no religion. Religion, says this conceit, is something that others have. We have truth. All of us ...
The Spokesman-Review has thrown a lot of ink lately regarding secular humanism as compared to faith-based religiosity. Mr. Garoutte’s letter of Nov. 26 (“Morality without religion”) says we are a ...
In the Dwight H. Terry lectures to be delivered at Yale March 26–April 4, Philip Kitcher, a preeminent scholar of the philosophy of science, will defend secular humanism against common criticism and ...
Because it can be difficult to define one’s worldview, I want to explore a particular term: non-denominational. In any context when you don’t know the exact terminology, it’s tricky figuring out how ...
A recent federal district court decision holding that Secular Humanist prisoners are entitled to organize a discussion groups focused on their beliefs on the same terms as theistic prisoners is easily ...
Meet the latest critics of the new atheists: the old humanists. It is not enough, they say, to take a stand against religion—we must stand up something in its place. Humanists are right to think that ...
The invention of the telescope was more important than that of the steam engine, the transistor, the internet, or artificial intelligence. The telescope changed humankind’s understanding of the world.
Religion has framed and shaped much of human culture. The belief that there are supernatural forces or powerful deities pervading nature, or the proposition that a supreme Creator God rules the ...
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