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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Two-minute answers to key questions about philosophy, politics, art, and the meaning of life. Filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The full series will be published at CEE Video Channel beginning October 2021. At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact on our lives. Some
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