At The Chronicle of Higher Education, Michael Ruse surveys a number of contemporary philosophers—including some you might not expect, and…
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Žižek’s perverse Christianity
At The Philosophers' Magazine, Carl Packman gives an overview of Slavoj Žižek's controversial "materialist theology."
Arsenic-laced communion wafer killed father of modern philosophy?
A new book by the german philosopher Theodor Ebert makes the claim that "Descartes died not through natural causes but…
Bernard-Henri Lévy cites fake philosopher
Bernard-Henri Lévy cites a fabulated philosopher in his latest book De la guerre en philosophie, reports The Irish Times.
A postsecular world society?: An interview with Jürgen Habermas
"We should not throw out the baby with the bathwater. The debate over the sociological thesis of secularization has led…
This Incredible Need to Believe
Julia Kristeva's latest work, This Incredible Need to Believe, explores the fundamental role of belief within the psyche, as it relates…
$4.4 million for free will
In line with its professed 2010 funding priority of "Finding Free Will," the John Templeton Foundation has just awarded $4.4…
Derrida and religion
On March 26-27 Harvard University will host "Derrida and Religion," an interdisciplinary conference addressing Derrida's various engagements with the religious,…
Taking the high road in Haiti
Hearkening back to the cataclysmic Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and its reverberations in Euro-American culture, Paula Cooey reviews some of…
The cult of green
Philosopher Stephen T. Asma, in the Chronicle of Higher Education, argues that the guilt-feelings associated with contemporary environmentalism bear the…