Source. Related: A Student History of Philosophy, Being a Compilation of Student Research, Gently Edited by Stephen Hicks, Rockford University.
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Reprising this recommendation of four books that focus on the postmodern challenge in specific intellectual areas: * Literature: John Ellis, Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities. * History: Keith Windschuttle, The Killing of History. * Science: Noretta Koertge, editor, A House Built on Sand: Exposing Postmodernist Myths About Science. * Law:
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Reason is the “most stiff-necked adversary of thought”. Source: Heidegger, Martin. The Question Concerning Technology [1949]. Related: On the fuller context of Heidegger’s provocative question: Related: On Heidegger’s place in the historical course of philosophy: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault (print or e-book), or audiobook:
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Two good posts by Alex Nowrasteh & David Bier on “Politically Motivated Violence is Rare in the United States,” showing the death tolls for Left and Right killers. Here is their “Politically Motivated Terrorist Killers: Data, Sources, and Methodology” One summary chart: I have questions about the definitions, but this is a strong start to
Like most people, I’ve been sickened by the reaction of many, most of the intolerant Left, to the murder of Charlie Kirk. Murder is wrong, and any morally developed person knows it. There is no “But … ” — whether that “But” is followed by “he sometimes said things I believe to be wrong/hateful/” or
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“I think. Therefore, I am.” Lecture Two: Radical Doubt. René Descartes Themes: What can I doubt? Rationalism. Unintended Skepticism? God? External world? Dualism. Vesalius. Hobbes. Copernicus. Galileo. Pope Urban VIII. Text: Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy. About the Instructor Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., has been Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, Illinois; Visiting Professor
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Marcuse: “What is proclaimed and practiced as tolerance today, is in many of its most effective manifestations serving the cause of oppression.“ About the Course In this eight-lecture course, Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks takes us on a journey through the evolution of modern political philosophies from the tensions of Cold War to the turbulent post-9/11
From a 2020 interview: Jennifer Grossman [47:15]: What is your perspective, Professor Hicks, on reparations, a claim that current society must repay current racial minorities for wrongs done in the past? Stephen Hicks: My view is: Absolutely not. Reparations comes out of a kind of tradition of justice. Justice is absolutely important. If an individual wrongs
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