http://www.aldaily.com ideas, criticism, debate Sun, 07 Apr 2013 22:27:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.aldaily.com Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:00:48 +0000 thuudung Animals, said Descartes, “eat without pleasure, cry without pain, grow without knowing it; they desire nothing, fear nothing, know nothing.” A century of science says otherwise… more»

]]> http://www.aldaily.com Tue, 19 Mar 2013 02:00:38 +0000 thuudung Philosophers used to have the confidence to question scientists. Today it’s a rare trait. Thomas Nagel is the exception, and he’s ostracized for it… more»

]]> http://www.aldaily.com Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:00:45 +0000 thuudung Louis Agassiz was a charismatic lecturer, craven racist, staunch anti-Darwinist. He was also brilliant. Harvard didn’t give him a job; it built him a school… more»

]]> http://www.aldaily.com Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:00:13 +0000 thuudung Thomas Nagel warns of “Darwinist imperialism.” Here comes a mob of materialists. Leon Wieseltier on scientistic tyranny in intellectual life… more»

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