About Me
- Russell Blackford
- Australian philosopher, literary critic, legal scholar, and professional writer. Based in Newcastle, NSW. My latest books are THE TYRANNY OF OPINION: CONFORMITY AND THE FUTURE OF LIBERALISM (2019); AT THE DAWN OF A GREAT TRANSITION: THE QUESTION OF RADICAL ENHANCEMENT (2021); and HOW WE BECAME POST-LIBERAL: THE RISE AND FALL OF TOLERATION (2024).
5 comments:
Really enjoyed the talk Russell. Found it to be qquite a solid oral description of the evolution (if you will) of secularism.
I especially enjoyed the questions and the focus on Australian issues, I feel (I suppose similarly to some of the questioners) there is a distinct lack of openly atheistic and actively secular voices in the media and political spheres of Australia.
His topic maybe interesting, but he is such a boring speaker.
And I must add he is a boring blog writer as well. And to think he claims to be a writer.
He should get some tips from the scientists bloggers in the U.S.
"Every time you make a PowerPoint, Edward Tufte kills a kitten."
Alway nice to hear from the "anonymous" cowards.
and it wasn't even me Russell - now I know how to put my name to my own drivel.
True, I think voice modulation could be better, but that your voice, so changing it would be just, just, well wrong. I think
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