The Moral Argument for Factual Realism
Six decades ago—when I was still in elementary school—Karl Popper wrote the following eloquent paragraph: The belief of a liberal—the belief in the possibility of a rule of law, of…
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Alan Sokal
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Alan Sokal is a Professor of Mathematics at University College London and Professor Emeritus of Physics at New York University. He is co-author (with Jean Bricmont) of Intellectual Impostures: Postmodern Philosophers' Abuse of Science,
and author of Beyond the Hoax: Science, Philosophy and Culture.
On Covid, Boris Johnson is Fooling Himself, Again
Last week Prime Minister Boris Johnson assured Britons that, come 21 June—at least, if all goes according to plan—we will “re-open everything up to and including nightclubs, and enable large…
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