First, our official definition of a paradox: A puzzle concocted with premises we know are false but which lead to a conclusion we wish were true. Thus, because the conclusion…

Everybody knows the following story: At one time, long ago, most or all people believed that when a tree branch fell and caused damage that a god or other spiritual…

There is a certain way that philosophers talk that make them sound, to outsiders, like they're spouting nonsense. Take David Miller, for example. He writes on the subject of equality…

A reader has asked for my answer to The Big Question. This isn't it; but it's a start. In his Mind, Language, and Society, John Searle tells of a dinner…

It's time to play everybody's favorite game: Spot The Logical Fallacy! Each week (or whenever we get round to it), we pull quotations from news reports from around the world…

Aurora last night masked by clouds. Saw plenty of bats. Here is a review of another article you might like to read. Michael Shermer, publisher of Skeptic magazine, tried to…