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Articles by subject: rationalism

Death on air (by Sanal Edamaruku, May/June 2008 )
Sanal Edamuruku on the night a guru tried to kill him live on Indian TV
Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools Of Us All by Rose Shapiro (by Natalie Haynes, March/April 2008 )
Natalie Haynes endorses an attack on alternative medicine
Check republics (by Sally Feldman, November/December 2007 )
The game of chess has its roots in rationalism. And, like the Enlightenment itself, argues Sally Feldman, it’s a force for both liberation and tyranny
When worlds collide (by Yves Gingras, September/October 2007 )
Scientists must not indulge mysticism, argues Yves Gingras
Love, life, Goethe (by John Armstrong, January/February 2007 )
The great German writer was that wonderful contradiction, a romantic rationalist, says John Armstrong
Rationalism for all? (by Julian Baggini, January/February 2004 )
Julian Baggini on a new book of rationalism
Rationalism a la mode (by Shirley Dent, Summer 2002 )
Shirley Dent on London Transport, cyber-philosophy and career advice
Hard brain, soft brain (by Peter Atkins, Summer 1999 )
Peter Atkins makes the case for hard thinking
Let Freedom not Wither (by Alan Brownjohn, Summer 1999 )
Poet Alan Brownjohn is glad to live in a secular country
The future of the the planet (by James Hemming, Summer 1999 )
The centenary of the Rationalist Press Association is a good time to review where the future will take us saya James Hanning
Clash of faiths (by George Melly, Summer 1999 )
George Melly salutes 100 years of blasphemy
The RPA at 100 (by David Stewart, Summer 1999 )
This is a time for congratulations, for being thankful that the RPA has existed for a hundred years, and that it has done such good work.
The "New Atheists" are responding to provocation, not mounting an arbitrary attack (by AC Grayling, Web Exclusive, December 2007)
On behalf of the New Atheists AC Grayling blasts back at Theodore Dalrymple
They should have seen it coming (by James Randi, Web Exclusive, July 2008)
For years James Randi’s foundation has had a million dollars for anyone able to prove they have paranormal powers. But, he explains, in 2010 that money will be put to far better use
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