[ 10 August, 2008; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Well, that went well. I wrote a paper on the topic of Historical Conspiracies vs. Contemporary Conspiracy Theories. I’m not going to link to it (a draft thereof) because I’m hoping my new ‘Similar Posts’ plugin will do that for me. If it doesn’t, then, well, you can always use the search function of the [...]
Entries from July 2008
The Dentith Files - 95bFM
July 27th, 2008 7 Comments
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A Pun to do with class? Classy?
July 23rd, 2008 2 Comments
Well, what a week. I’m back tutoring in the Department of Philosophy, I had a two hour eye exam up at the Med School and the CCE class was, well, amazingly good (and I’m not one for such adjectives).
As noted a few days ago, I’m giving a presentation at the Skeptics Conference down in Hamilton. [...]
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Skeptics Conference Presentation
July 19th, 2008 No Comments
[ 27 September, 2008; 9:15 am to 10:00 am. ] Saving the Paranormal from the Laws of Science
Skeptics Conference 2008, Waikato Diocesan College, 660 River Rd, Hamilton, Saturday the 27th of September
It is generally recognised that theoretical reasoning allows us to generate a lot of beliefs about the world, but some people take what can be called the ’strong’ version of the argument from theoretical [...]
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