Philosophy

We’re now posting serially at thinkspot the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the ninth: OC9: Envy’s Moral-Psychological Challenge. “American writer Gore Vidal confessed in a kind of secret-diary moment: ‘Every time a friend succeeds, I die a little.’” Audio versions of the podcast are available free at my website, YouTube, Bitchute, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud.

Two philosophers discuss current culture through a historically informed lens. My CEE did this extended video interview with Capaldi about his life and work. I reviewed his Liberty and Equality in Political Economy: From Locke versus Rousseau to the Present.

Questions for August 2020 Q&A at thinkspot:SLAVERY1. What do you know about the abolition of slavery in Brazil? How did it happen?2. I doubt that your last presentation is anything like what has been taught in the American educational system. How can we stop the ideologically possessed from indoctrinating a dangerous one-sided narrative In our

Early America had the Great Awakening—a movement of religious zeal and guilt and damnation.Late America has the Great Awokening. (Wikipedia on the Great Awakening: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Awakening.)

Canadian philosopher Andrew Colgan, Ph.D., wrote this Pocket Guide to Postmodernism. I wrote an Introduction for it. Aimed at students and those looking to wrap their minds around the often-strange world of postmodernist ideas and activism, the Pocket Guide is a short, clearly written overview of the themes and arguments of my full-length book Explaining