Philosophy

Sweden’s Covid-19 response: Trust one’s citizens

An experiment worth trying: The Swedes are listening to scientists more than to politicians and are exercising independent judgment and self-responsibility rather than emotionalist herd-following. Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120805778/coronavirus-to-swedes-its-the-rest-of-the-world-engaging-in-a-reckless-experiment/. Via John Kannarr and Douglas Rasmussen.

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Bootleggers and Baptists — or Snowflakes? [Open College]

My podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Are campus activists really gentle snowflakes who melt in the heat of controversy and alternative ideas? Or are they being used as part of a calculated power strategy? A generation ago, the slogan was Speak truth to power! Now it’s often Fuck truth and grab

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Liberalism Pro and Con — my new book published

Liberalism Pro and Con is a primer. I identify the most influential arguments for liberalism and present them in their strongest form, with supporting quotations from leading thinkers who make that argument. I then do the same with the most influential arguments against liberalism. Before you decide your politics, you must know these arguments. The

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Brazilian Portuguese translation of *Explaining Postmodernism* forthcoming

I’m happy to announce that Faro Editorial out of São Paulo, Brazil, will be producing a Portuguese edition of the Expanded Edition of Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. The translation is being done now and the finished product will be published in 2021. The book’s thesis: The failure of epistemology made

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Is religion a feeling of dependence?

My livestream The Religion Course — concludes this Wednesday at thinkspot. What is religion? Is it true? Is it good? If neither necessarily, is it useful? Does the meaning of life depend upon religion? For example, here are some candidates from major intellectuals: “The essence of religion consists in the feeling of absolute dependence.” (Theologian

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