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Please redistribute where appropriate: NEW Discussion Forum Radical Science [[log in to unmask]] To subscribe send the message:subscribe radical-science To: [log in to unmask] 'Radical Science' has been established in conjunction with the WWW resource Against All Reason to serve those who are interested in both the radical nature of science as a route to knowledge and the radical critique of the social, political and economic roles of science and technology. Our remit therefore covers unreasonable uses of science; unreasonable abuses of science, and unreasonable alternatives to science. Welcome participants include scientists, philosophers, and those involved in social studies of science and technology. The topics suggested for debate will include, but not be limited to, nuclear power; biological conservation, anthropogenic global warming; behavioural genetics; manipulation of the human genome and other forms of genetic engineering; the implications of the convergence of information technologies for democracy, education, and the global economic infrastructure; discovery and development; racism and sexism in science, and issues posed by phenomena such as pseudoscience, pseudohistory and superstition. Our Against All Reason website: http://www.human-nature.com/reason/index.html holds a large collection of resources, and is regularly updated. The historical archive contains complete editions of the following works: Ren Descartes: 'DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD OF RIGHTLY CONDUCTING THE REASON, AND SEEKING TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES' William James: 'THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE: A STUDY IN HUMAN NATURE' Bertrand Russell: 'PROPOSED ROADS TO FREEDOM' Andrew Dickson White: 'HISTORY OF THE WARFARE OF SCIENCE WITH THEOLOGY IN CHRISTENDOM' Our host site, Human-Nature.Com, also contains several hundred papers, articles, electronic journals, book reviews, interviews, and more than a dozen other complete books, together with unique search facilities and a collection of over four thousand hyperlinks. Contributions on any relevant topic are welcome. http://www.human-nature.com/reason/index.html __________________________________________ In making a personal reply, please put in Subject line: Message for Bob Young Robert Maxwell Young: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] 26 Freegrove Rd., London N7 9RQ, Eng. tel.+44 171 607 8306; fax.+44 171 609 4837. Professor of Psychotherapy and Psychoanalytic Studies, Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies, University of Sheffield. http://www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/ Home page and writings: http://www.human-nature.com 'One must imagine Sisyphus happy.' - Camus %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%