Neo-humanism and PROUT: Alternative Pedagogy
by Milly Sil, Rutgers University Neohumanism will give new inspiration and provide a new interpretation for the very concept of human existence. It will help people understand that human beings, […]
Tag Archives: philosophy
Secular is Insufficient – How HSC Differs from the Peace Corps
By Conor Robinson Humanist Service Corps Program Coordinator Recently, Hemant Mehta interviewed me about the Humanist Service Corps for his Friendly Atheist blog. Check out the piece if you haven’t […]
Lifeguard Lollygagging Pt 1: The Brain as Mind
I’ve been working as a lifeguard every summer for the last five summers. It gives me a lot of idle time to think about things. It also gives the sun […]
When We Shouldn’t – And Should – Argue from Authority
I love taking common platitudes from rationality and pointing out the exceptions. Why? Because I hate when a short catchy maxim is used incorrectly to belittle others’ rational arguments. The irony […]
Moral Heroism, Pt 2: How to Become a Hero (Or At Least Get Started)
In my first “Moral Heroism” post, I argued that empathy isn’t the only trait we need to deal with moral decisions. We also need a sense of “heroism”: The feeling […]
Moral Heroism Pt 1: Empathy’s Faults & Heroism to the Rescue
I’ve written before about the importance of teaching people to see things through the eyes of other people. One commentator pointed out that a quicker way to say “seeing things through the eyes […]
Moral Tribes to Moral Lives: Interview w Harvard’s Joshua Greene
Joshua Greene, who visited the Yale Humanist Community on February 5th, is a Princeton-trained philosopher, Harvard professor, and author. He uses the tools of psychology and neuroscience to tackle abstract questions […]
Of Hidden Gods: Sometimes Absence of Evidence IS Evidence of Absence
I love this popular little mantra: the absence of evidence isn’t the evidence of absence, also known as the fallacy of the argument from ignorance. If you’re not already familiar with […]
Reason vs Religion at Rutgers: Julien Musolino Debates Mark Baker
I don’t go to public debates nearly as much as I should. This is just one of the many things I learned from attending the The Veritas Forum last night, […]
Alan: Or, My Friend the Utility Monster
Warning: This post deals with some pretty unusual philosophy. You may want to prepare by reading this Facebook status, which is a quick, bare-bones summary of what I’ll be talking […]
Applied Sentience 