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The Best Schools has posted its list of the 50 most influential living philosophers.
New from R. R. Reno: Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society .  A podcast with Reno about the book at National Review, a video interview at YouTube, and a print interview at Christian Post.
Is the brain a computer?  Philosopher of biology John Wilkins answers “No.” And physicist Edward Witten doesn’t think science will explain consciousness.  Scientific American reports .Henri de Lubac, Thomas Aquinas, and the debate over “Pure Nature”: The blog.

William Lane Craig recently gave a pair of lectures at Mundelein Seminary.  Video of the lectures is available at Brandon Vogt’s website.
Science fiction writer Michael Flynn has been blogging the Crusades.  (No, not live-blogging.  At least, I don’t think so…)
Daniel Dennett is not keen on much of contemporary philosophy.
Toto’s David Paich on the inspiration behind the song “Rosanna.” 
Nick Bottom at Catholic World Report asks: What if Pope Francis approached the issue of economic injustice the way he approaches adultery? 
Standpoint on Scruton on Wagner.
The Chronicle of Higher Education on Tom Wolfe on Chomsky.
At The Hollywood Reporter: Roy Thomas, Stan Lee’s successor as editor-in-chief, recounts what life was like at Marvel Comics in the 1960s.
I’ll give you four nickels for a paradigm.  NPR’s Cosmos and Culture blog reflects on Thomas Kuhn’s key concept. Then there’s the recently published anthology Kuhn’s Structure of Scientific Revolutions at Fifty , edited by Robert J. Richards and Lorraine Daston.
At Commentary, Terry Teachout asks: Is Rock’n’roll here to stay?
Born that way?  A new study indicates otherwise, reports Ryan Anderson at The Stream.  Meanwhile, John Skalko discusses homosexuality and bad arguments at Public Discourse.
The Atlantic on the debate over the physics of time. 
Cardinal Raymond Burke argues that Islam is not politically compatible with Western society.  And at The Catholic Thing, philosopher Howard Kainz compares Islamic moral teaching to the Ten Commandments. 
Then, at Public Discourse, philosopher Joseph Trabbic offers a Thomistic perspective on Muslim immigration.
The New Atlantis on the enduring legacy of The Twilight Zone.
A two-part article by Sherif Girgis on Catholicism and contraception, also at Public Discourse (here and here). 
Not unrelated: At The Federalist, David Harsanyi argues that having lots of children is good for the planet.
At National Review, Andrew Stuttaford on Clive James on Mad Men.