Tomorrow. Some of the questions that we’ll be discussing: 1. Emergency power grabs and restrictions by governments have become normal and more agreeable to the public at large at the time of the crisis. Some of them tend to stay even after the crisis. What do we need to do in order to make sure […]
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A very good video lecture by TIK introducing the philosophy of history: * How did history develop as a discipline? * What are historical facts? What does truth mean for historians? * Can history be objective? * Is history more an art or a science? * What explains the contemporary attacks on history by postmodern
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What made Rudolf Nureyev an outstanding dancer? Some insights from biographer Julie Kavanagh’s Rudolf Nureyev: The Life. On his focus as a student and his eliminating non-essentials from his life: “I’ve always tended to reject everything in life which doesn’t enrich or directly concern my single dominating passion.” A fellow student noted: “When Rudolf arrived
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On Sunday, April 19, I’ll be participating in a teleconference on this topic: At a time when governments around the world have invoked the crisis as a legitimate reason to increase state power, we see despotic tendencies taking over across the world. A crisis like a pandemic makes the citizenry agree to almost anything to
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A fun anecdote. Dr. Oakley’s online learning courses have over three million users, some based on her Mindshift book. We met a few years ago at a conference, and she recently recounted our first exchange. ‘True story: Barb was talking to a fellow colloquium attendee who seemed keenly aware of philosophy. She mentioned she only
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My talk at Clemson University, part of their Pope Lecture Series, is now online. I especially enjoyed the many intelligent questions from students after my formal remarks. A Postmodern Critique of Liberal Education Lecture by Dr. Stephen Hicks
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Around the world, which universities protect and encourage free thinking? A new index summarizes the data to date, with (interestingly) the USA and Australia left gray due to “Insufficient Data.” Inside Higher Ed has some journalism on the project.
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I don’t know who compiled this list, but it’s an excellent collection of online resources. 51+ Things To Do While You’re at Home Virtual Museum Tours 1. British Museum in London 2. Guggenheim Museum, New York 3. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. 4. Musée d’Orsay, Paris 5. National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul 6. Pergamon Museum, Berlin
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