Stephen Hicks

Professor Steven Sanders’ review of *Explaining Postmodernism*

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Steven Sanders, Ph.D., is professor of philosophy at Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts. “Hicks writes about modern European philosophy and the Anglo-American tradition with sophistication and an eye for the thought-revealing anecdote.” Reason Papers 28 (Spring 2006): 111-124.Stephen R. C. Hicks’s Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to FoucaultA DiscussionSteven M. SandersBridgewater State College I. […]

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Schooling to Develop or Stunt Kids’ Potential? [Open College podcast]

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‘Plague was sweeping the city of London in the summer of 1665, and the Lord Mayor was desperate to do something. … The plague germs were carried by fleas that lived as parasites on rats. But that was not known. By mid-July fear gripped the city, as the plague was killing over 1,000 Londoners per

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Ten topics in applied Objectivism — interviewed by Mark Michael Lewis [Transcript]

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Interviewer Mark Michael Lewis and I had an extended conversation about philosophy and its applications to education, business ethics, postmodernism, and entrepreneurship. A video of this interview is available at YouTube. Here is the transcript: Mark Lewis: Welcome to a new edition of Becoming an Ayn Rand Hero, where we use the ideas of Ayn Rand

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Hard data show academic freedom in peril — Kaufmann report

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Professor Eric Kaufmann (Birkbeck College, University of London) has an article in The Wall Street Journal on his report documenting the degree of politicization and cancel-culture in American, Canadian, and British universities. From a summary: Based on a “new report for the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI), Academic Freedom in Crisis:

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Cancel Culture defined

Cancel Culture defined

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Contrasting liberal to cancel culture. Image and text versions below, should you want to modify for yourself. Cancel Culture defined   Liberal Culture Cancel Culture       Range of opinion? Expect diversity of Expect uniformity of   Attitude toward those who disagree? Tolerance of the eccentric Hostility to the deviant Atmosphere encouraged? Benevolence Fear

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