HUMANISM TODAY: VOLUME 13, 1999
Beyond Reason?
Essays from the Humanist Institute
edited by Robert B. Tapp
Contents
Meaning, Being, and Identity: The Question of the Knower
Harvey Sarles
Humanism and Beyond the Truth
Michael Werner
Intelligence, Community, and Cartesian Doubt
Howard Callaway
Science, Rational Thought, and the Moral Calculus for Humanists.
Andreas Rosenberg
The Science of Religion: Why Do People Believe or Disbelieve?
Paul Kurtz
What Beyond Reason?
Robert B. Tapp
One World at a Time
Howard B. Radest
Beyond Reason and Science: A Radical Challenge
Vern L. Bullough
The Aesthetic Pillar of Humanism
Carol Wintermute
The Human Faith Project: “Our Commitment is to the Worth and Dignity of Every Person”
J. Calvin Chatlos
Euthanasia: A Global Issue
Gerald A. Larue
Contributors
Vern L. Bullough
Distinguished Professor and Dean of Natural and Social Sciences Emeritus, SUNY, Buffalo; Visiting Professor, University of Southern California
Howard Callaway
Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy, Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey and Research Scholar, Seminar for Philosophy, University of Mainz, Germany
Calvin Chatlos
Medical Director, Substance Abuse Treatment Services, Carrier Foundation, NJ
Paul Kurtz
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, SUNY, Buffalo; Chairman, Center for Inquiry; Editor-in-Chief, Free Inquiry magazine
Gerald Larue
Professor Emeritus of Biblical History & Archaeology, Adjunct Professor of Gerontology, Univ. of Southern California; Leader, Ethical Culture Society
Howard Radest
Former Director, Ethical Culture Schools; Leader, American Ethical Union
Andreas Rosenberg
Professor of Laboratory Medicine, Pathology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, University of Minnesota
Harvey Sarles
Professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature, University of Minnesota
Robert B. Tapp
Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Religious Studies, South Asian Studies, University of Minnesota; Dean, Humanist Institute
Michael Werner
Businessman; former President, American Humanist Association
Carol Wintermute
Former Religious Education Director, First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis; President, North American Committee for Humanism
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