Syllabi and other course material are at my Courses page. PHIL 256: Biomedical Ethics syllabus [pdf] PHIL 325: Business and Economic Ethics syllabus [pdf] PHIL 330: Philosophy of Science syllabus [pdf] Related: Readings at my Texts in Philosophy page.
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British philosopher John Gray claims: “We live today amid the dim ruins of the Enlightenment project, which was the ruling project of the modern period.” For more on the implications of Gray’s pessimistic assessment for postmodernism, see p. 23 of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism from Rousseau to Foucault. Information about other editions and translations is
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From a review of always-thoughtful Mark Lilla’s 2018 book on how to revive liberalism. The question, says Samuel Moyn, is: “How did we get here? Much depends on how one narrates the path from 1968 to Trump’s election.” Moyn’s suggestion is: ‘After 1968, disaster set in. Faced with the sins of Vietnam, the Democrats flirted
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I’m happy to announce that the print Spanish translation is now also available in Kindle e-book version. Nietzsche y los Nazis Traducido al Español por Luis Kofman.Barbarroja Ediciones, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016.Inglés y otras traducciones.
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Trailer for Open College with Stephen Hicks.
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Consider this description of an economic system: “The economy is collectively managed by employers, workers and state officials by formal mechanisms at the national level. This non-elected form of state officializing of every interest will reduce the marginalization of singular interests. The system will recognize every divergent interest into the state organically, not meaning a
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Yes, and I appreciate the recommendation: You need to understand postmodernism, because that’s what you’re up against. You’re up against it far more than you know or think, and it’s a much more well-developed and pervasive, pernicious, nihilistic, intellectually attractive doctrine than has yet come to public realization.” Related: One year ago today, Professor Peterson
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As part of this full lecture on Objectivist philosophy of education and its intimate connections to Montessori’s system, here is the conclusion-drawing section for those already familiar with Montessori: For the full context — overviewing Rand’s and Montessori’s major ideas — begin here: Source: My 15-lecture video course on Philosophy of Education. The Objectivism and
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