These days scepticism is all the rage. There are climate sceptics, 9/11 sceptics, loud-mouthed sceptics (Dawkins), incoherent sceptics (Hitchens), radical sceptics, nihilists, those who spell it with a ‘k’ … the list is large. So here is a flowchart to help you determine where you stand w.r.t the fashion of the day.
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Ravi, can you tell me something about yourself? I can’t find anything on this blog. Also, I love the design.
THanks,
Jeanie
About myself… I initially started this blog to write some amateur philosophical comments from the view point of mathematical logic and analytical philosophy (hence the title of the blog: Plato’s Beard, which is a reference to a quote from W.V.O.Quine). However, almost all my posts have been political and mostly unoriginal content (references to other interesting bits on the Internet). These posts reflect my political leanings: leftist/socialist/Gandhian-humanist.
I hope this answers your question. Thank you for visiting my site and adding your comments.
Re: the design, thank you. This is a theme that I designed for WordPress.
Mate, nice design. Although, to me, Dawkins doesn’t come off as loud-mouthed. That seems more Hitchens.
Jon, yes I agree with that mostly. Dawkins is on occasion annoying and humourless (IMHO) but is often lucid and edifying. Hitchens rarely so.
I have to add that politically and philosophically I am on the same side as Dawkins.