Are we, the human species, unreasonable? Do rational arguments have any power to sway us, or is it all intuition, hidden motivations, and various other forms of prejudice? The answer isn't simple, but ...

“I just want to point out,” declared the student at the far end of the seminar table, “that when Maimonides offers a proof of God’s existence, he is not saying that he has really proved it. What he’s ...

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Understanding religion requires the setting aside of doctrine in favor of the investigation of anthropology. As you might imagine, this is not encouraged by any religion. We come closest to such ...

Steven Pinker’s new bestseller, “Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters,” is filled with riddles and quizzes and problems to ponder. Reading it, I bombed on every single one. The ...

The big idea: Distinguishing rational arguments from those based on an organization's cultural bias (the way we do things) and political considerations (what's in it for me) can lead to a more robust ...

Some of our most formerly venerable medical journals are becoming increasingly radical. Critical Care Medicine, the journal for intensive care doctors, is a case in point. In the past, the Ethics ...

Intellectual snobbery, which is what Catholics would call the besetting sin of the Democrats, takes many forms, and Charles Murray’s splendid article in yesterday’s Washington Post makes a strong case ...

Maggie Gallagher believes that Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s desire to write this generation’s Brown vs. Board of Education with his majority opinion invalidating the Defense of Marriage ...