Tag: "scepticism"

Learning from Words: Testimony as a Source of Knowledge by Jennifer Lackey

David Fraser examines the validity of Jennifer Lackey’s testimony.
[Issue 88: January/February 2012: Books]

Yes Virginia, There is a Santayana

Frank N. Churchless, aka Tim Madigan, on a vexed ontological issue.
[Issue 76: November/December 2009: Food for Thought]

Searching For Santa

Sam Morris scatters solstice scepticism over the stories of the saint with the supersonic sleigh.
[Issue 70: November/December 2008: Articles]

Nassim Nicholas Taleb has had a run-away success with The Black Swan, a book about surprise run-away successes. Constantine Sandis talks with him about knowledge and scepticism.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008: Interview]

George Moore’s Hands: Scepticism About Philosophy

Raymond Tallis is sceptical about Moore’s scepticism about scepticism.
[Issue 69: September/October 2008: Tallis in Wonderland]

Descartes’s Method of Doubt by Janet Broughton

Harry Bracken frets about Janet Broughton’s non-historical book on Descartes’ ideas.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: Books]

The Matrix Reloaded

Our movie maestro Thomas Wartenberg plugs himself into The Matrix Reloaded but says that philosophically, it was destined to be dull.
[Issue 42: July/August 2003: Films]

Taming the Skeptical Dragon

Toni Vogel Carey on a misunderstanding between her Aunt Polly and René Descartes.
[Issue 35: March/April 2002: Heresy]

A Sceptical Tea Party

A short story by Peter Williams, perhaps?
[Issue 24: Summer 1999: Short Story]

Ockham, Hume & Epistemic Wisdom

William Grey launches an all-out attack on the paranormal armed with a couple of razors honed with the whetstone of scepticism.
[Issue 21: Summer/Autumn 1998: Articles]