The Opinionator is where The Times puts longer pieces it doesn't make Op-Ed pieces. It's very broad. There are number of regular contributors. They recently started a "Philosopher's Stone" sub-portion that contains pieces by academic philosophers--with no one philosopher in charge.
-- Russ On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Not Dawkins. What's new to me is a full time philosopher on the staff of > NYT. > > And looking at some of his past articles, it seems he is not a "pop > philosopher" for the opinion page, but quite nuanced and holds deep > conversations with the readership. > > -- Owen > > > On Aug 14, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Nicholas Thompson wrote: > > > So, Owen. What is new-to-you about this? > > > > I guess the thing that get's me about Dawkins is his naive assumption > that > > one can EVER make an argument that is not founded in some naive > assumption. > > > > > > > > Somebody as sophisticated as he shouldn't be so naive. > > > > > > Nick > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, > > Clark University ([email protected]) > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson/naturaldesigns/> > > http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] > > > > Nicholas S. Thompson > > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, > > Clark University ([email protected]) > > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/<http://home.earthlink.net/%7Enickthompson/naturaldesigns/> > > http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] > > > > > > > > > >> [Original Message] > >> From: Owen Densmore <[email protected]> > >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > >> Date: 8/14/2010 12:53:25 PM > >> Subject: [FRIAM] On Dawkins’s Atheism: A Response - Opinionator Blog - > > NYTimes.com > >> > >>> From the "Its New To me" department, the NYTimes has a philosopher on > > board. > >> > >> > > > http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/11/on-dawkinss-atheism-a-respon > > se/?ref=opinion > >> > >> > >> ---- Owen > >> > >> > >> I am an iPad, resistance is futile! > >> ============================================================ > >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >
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