Stephen Hicks

A good, short essay by classicist James Romm, “What Would Socrates Do?” on philosophers who have had integrity and those who have not.

Each a full-lecture explanation of the philosophy in general and its applications to curriculum, selection of teachers, methods of instruction, assessment, and school design. The six are: Idealism, Realism, Pragmatism, Behaviorism, Existentialism, and Objectivism. Two more forthcoming: Marxism, Postmodernism. Related: The full course.

Sandra Woien, Ph.D., a philosopher at Arizona State University, has put together this fine volume of eighteen essays on Peterson’s thinking. Michael Shellenberger wrote the foreword. I have an essay in the book on Peterson’s pragmatic approach to religion. Here is the Table of Contents: Part I The Culture Warrior 1 1. Jordan Peterson, Secular

In collaboration with Sprouts Schools, I welcome you to view this excerpt: The script was excerpted from my book Nietzsche and the Nazis. The audiobook edition has a gratifying 3.7 millions listens so far. Check out all three video-animations at the Sprouts Schools channel, which together have over 500,00 views at YouTube so far: Part

Alexander Dugin is the most well-known philosopher in Russia. New to my Texts in Philosophy page, for use in my courses, is this translation of Dugin’s 1997 article “Fascism—Borderless and Red”. His influence upon Vladimir Putin and Putin’s inner circle is real but its degree is debated by experts on current Russian politics. Dugin was

In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks surveys key educational ideas from pre-modern times, the modern era, and our post-modern times. Ancient education often stressed discipline, obedience and rule following, while modern thinkers such as Galileo, Locke, and Montaigne stressed independent judgment and the power of reason. He then examines a series postmodern (and fellow-traveler) thinkers

1. Three men who died recently are brought before the throne of God and told that they may each have one wish.The Briton asks for an end to war.The American asks for an end to hunger.The Russian smiles slyly and says, “In my village, I have a neighbor who has a cow. I do not

Year 1980: “Musical orchestras are too white/male/etc. That’s because everyone else is discriminated against in open auditions. We should have blind auditions.” Year 2000: Widespread institution of blind auditions, so that musicians are selected only on the quality of their playing. Year 2020: “Musical orchestras are too white/male/etc. We should abandon blind auditions and select