Happy to announce that my book Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault is now available at Audible. Other editions and translations of Explaining Postmodernism.
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Adapted from New Statesman and Society. 1. What two books or authors had the greatest influence on your philosophical development? 2. Name one profound film, book, play, poem, and/or song that you would most like everyone to see, hear, or read. Film: Book: Play: Poem: Music: 3. Which three philosophers, living or dead, do you
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Via Felix Mueller, I learn that Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is the top most-cited book in social science. For those wanting a primer and a critique, here is my Open College podcast, “Thomas Kuhn’s De-structuring Science.” Here also is my eight-point Executive Summary of Kuhn’s book for Atlas University’s course on Objectivity.
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2017 talk, at the beginning of his remarkable trajectory as a public intellectual. Print and e-book version of Explaining Postmodernism here. Audiobook version of Explaining Postmodernism here.
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Re-posting this now that we are halfway through the academic fall semester. What expectations should animate an education space? Related: “Liberal Education and Its Postmodern Critics,” academic journal article at Reason Papers. Invited lecture at Clemson University, “The Postmodern Attack on Liberal Education.” “Real Liberal Education: interviewed by Marsha Enright,” one-hour Great Connections conversation.
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Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. 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 easy
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Doe the heart have its reasons, which reason does not know? Lycurgus (d. 730 BCE): When falls on man the anger of the gods, First from his mind they banish understanding. Advice: Use your emotions, don’t let them use you
Do you control your life? From this Archbridge Institute report by Clay Routledge on existential agency in America, a key finding — note this big generation gap: A minority (39%) of American adults under the age of 25 agree or strongly agree that they have the power to live a meaningful life. For all age
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