Philosophy

Clive Hamilton, Professor of public ethics at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics, is leading an attack by left-leaning Australian academics on Graham Young and his e-journal On Line Opinion because it publishes article by so-called … [Read more...] about Clive Hamilton Boycotts e-Journal for Publishing ‘Climate Change Denialists’

All three staff meteorologists at [American] KLTV, the ABC affiliate broadcasting to the Tyler-Longview-Jacksonville area of Northeast Texas, joined forces last November to deliver an on-air rebuttal of the idea that humans are changing the earth's … [Read more...] about Why are so Many TV Meteorologists and Weathercasters Climate Skeptics?

Australian economist Ross Garnaut has been commissioned by Australia's Commonwealth, state and territory governments to examine the impacts, challenges and opportunities of climate change for Australia. There will be a final report by 30 September … [Read more...] about Economist Ross Garnaut Confuses ‘Skepticism’ and ‘Dissent’

I wrote these two laws down on a scrap of paper years ago. I still have the scrap of paper but not the original reference. Harris's First Law: Belief in the truth of a theory is inversely proportional to the precision of the science. Harris's … [Read more...] about Belief in the Truth of a Theory (Again)