Journeyman Philosopher

I don't know how anyone can't be a fan of Stephen Fry. In this debate at Cambridge University he's at the top of his form. His a...

Statistically, Australia’s temperature has risen approximately 1 ° C in the last 110 years and the oceans have risen 15-17 cm in t...

About 6 months ago I talked about the need to change cultural attitudes towards girls from so-called traditional cultures – speci...

Newton and Leibniz are both credited as independent ‘inventors’ of calculus but I would argue that it was at least as much discove...

Back in July I reviewed Jim Holt’s book, Why Does the World Exist? (2012), where he interviews various intellects, including Davi...

Notice I use the English spelling and not the American (skeptic) for those who may think I can’t spell (although I’m not infallibl...