Stephen Hicks

Excellent letter from Steven Pinker on politicizing science and *Science*

Pinker is a professor of psychology at Harvard. His letter is to a board member of the AAAS, which publishes Science, in response to a fundraising letter. Excerpts: My own experience as a scientific communicator confirms that there is enormous distrust of the scientific and academic establishments, because people believe these establishments have been captured

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A quibble—Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson, and the War on the West

This is a very good discussion and I recommend it as worth your time: My quibble is with the War-on-the-West formulation. It’s important to remember that it’s first a war in the West, not on the West. The ideas that animate the “anti-West” activists also originated within the West and are a long part of

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Dorian Abbot cancellation and MIT Free Expression Working Group — Chisholm follow-up letter

The MIT Free Expression Working Group was appointed by President Rafael Reif to review MIT’s free expression policies in response to the Abbot cancellation. John Chisholm‘s updating letter to the Working Group is published here with permission of the author. March 30, 2022 Dear Penny, Phil, Annalisa, Steve, and other members and partners of the

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Six questions on Putin: Short interview for Crusoé magazine, Brazil

Duda Teixeira, Crusoé magazine Interview with Stephen R. C. Hicks, Professor of Philosophy, Rockford University, USA Link to Portuguese edition; English follows. 1. Is there a Putinistic ideology? Or is it just a messy gathering of thoughts? Stephen Hicks: Putin’s expressed ideas do form a more or less coherent set of principles and plans, though

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Should one be cynical or benevolent? | Philosophy for Real Life (22 of 22) | Stephen Hicks

Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. “Postmodernism” Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series is published at the CEE Video Channel. Description: At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact on our lives. Some accept

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