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On great books and ideas. Sunday, October 02, 2005. Christians and the Death Penalty. Joseph Bottum in First Things. Voltaire came across the anti-death-penalty arguments of an Italian criminologist named Cesare Beccaria and promptly used them, with enormous success, as yet another weapon in his war against Christianity. The traditional Christian teachings, which had typically functioned to restrict the severity of criminal sentences, were suddenly declared to have been teachings. But even if one does mo...
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Cafe Third Edition: May 2006
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On great books and ideas. Tuesday, May 23, 2006. The Tyranny of Common Sense. David Papineau in TPM Online. Quantum mechanics as understood by practising physicists is effectively incoherent, and the only way that physics students can be made to accept it is by being repeatedly told that it is unscientific to ask awkward questions. Posted by Terrence Berres at 7:43 PM. Center for the Study of The Great Ideas. Perry v Schwarzenegger - A New Scopes Trial? The Ascent of Money - A Review. War Games - A Review.
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Cafe Third Edition: December 2005
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On great books and ideas. Saturday, December 10, 2005. In which Mark Goldblatt in Philosophy Now. Starts off by discussing Thomas Aquinas and ends up by killing theology. Via Arts and Letters Daily. Posted by Terrence Berres at 11:15 AM. Center for the Study of The Great Ideas. Perry v Schwarzenegger - A New Scopes Trial? The Ascent of Money - A Review. Is This Place Dead, or What? War Games - A Review. Musicophilia - A Review. The Happiness of Free People, Reprise.
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Cafe Third Edition: September 2005
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On great books and ideas. Saturday, September 17, 2005. Changes in the rules of conduct and the reclassification of behavior. Mortimer Adler [in What Man Has Made of Man: A Study of the Consequences of Platonism and Positivism in Psychology. Has correctly noted that psychoanalysts "are trying to swallow everything in psychoanalysis" (p. 123) Is this good? It is difficult to see why we should permit, much less encourage, such expansionism in a professional discipline and a science. The Paradox of Empathy.
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Cafe Third Edition: February 2006
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On great books and ideas. Sunday, February 19, 2006. At St John's College's Santa Fe campus. Tuition for Summer Classics is $1100 per individual seminar, which includes registration, books and other course materials, lunches, and special events. . Those registering for more than one seminar will receive a $100 discount for two seminars, and a $250 discount for three or more seminars. Posted by Terrence Berres at 2:59 PM. Saturday, February 04, 2006. Does Irreducible Complexity Imply Intelligent Design?
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Cafe Third Edition: January 2006
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On great books and ideas. Thursday, January 19, 2006. When zealots coerce the uninformed. Dale Braiman in the Daytona Beach News-Journal. Intelligent Design, frequently labeled as the Argument from Design or the Teleological Argument in Western philosophy of religion, has a long history in pre-enlightenment philosophy as one of the standard "proofs of God.". Posted by Terrence Berres at 5:48 PM. Center for the Study of The Great Ideas. Perry v Schwarzenegger - A New Scopes Trial? War Games - A Review.
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Cafe Third Edition: July 2006
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On great books and ideas. Sunday, July 30, 2006. Stanford philosophy professor Ken Taylor brings reason to radio. Posted by Terrence Berres at 4:12 PM. Center for the Study of The Great Ideas. Perry v Schwarzenegger - A New Scopes Trial? The Ascent of Money - A Review. Is This Place Dead, or What? War Games - A Review. Musicophilia - A Review. The Happiness of Free People, Reprise. Opinions expressed in posts, comments, or linked items are those of their authors.
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Cafe Third Edition: June 2005
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On great books and ideas. Monday, June 20, 2005. Karl Marx takes lead in BBC poll of philosophers. Nominations are closed, but you can still vote. Apparently undeterred by the fall of the Iron Curtain, Marx continues to win the hearts and minds of Britons. He is racing ahead of rivals two weeks before voting ends in the poll of listeners to the BBC Radio 4 discussion programme In Our Time. Http:/ www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0, 2087-1655799,00.html. Posted by Geoff at 8:00 PM. Saturday, June 18, 2005.
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Cafe Third Edition: August 2005
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On great books and ideas. Sunday, August 14, 2005. A quick and friendly introduction to symbolic logic by Stephen Szanto in Philosophy Now. On the other side more and more equally brilliant thinkers claim that this enterprise has failed and is "dead". Whatever the case, the enterprise is an outstanding achievement in the history of philosophy, and it is well worth the effort to form at least an intuitive insight of its essence. Posted by Terrence Berres at 5:16 PM. Center for the Study of The Great Ideas.
