Not all atheists are on board with ‘the four horsemen’ of the New Atheism: Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, and Hitchens. Julian Baggini, podcaster and author of Atheism: A Very Short Introductionpoints out their generally unsophisticated grasp of religion. I met Baggini in New York last December when he came to speak to a small group of us on the subject of Continue Reading …
Julian Baggini’s Philosophy Monthly – the PEL review
Seth reviews Julian Baggini’s Philosophy Monthly Podcast
Baggini interviews “new atheist” AC Grayling
We’ve gotten into a little discussion of the new atheist movement, an area well covered by other podcasts (meaning we likely won’t devote substantial time to it on our podcast, though we’ll certainly discuss religious philosophy). To get clear on one of its key arguments, that it’s religious moderates that create a climate where extremism can exist, I’ll point to Continue Reading …
Why we record such good podcasts
Seth thinks PEL is much better than other philosophy podcasts.