Philosophy

On Wednesday, March 27, I will be talking again with Dr. Peterson on his show. The conversation will be recorded for later release. Our earlier discussion in the summer of 2017 ranged over philosophy, psychology, and the history of ideas. The video is at YouTube and the transcription is at my site here. Related: My

For use in my courses, additions to my Texts in Philosophy page. E. K. Daniel, “Two Proofs of God’s Existence” (1994). John Dewey, “The Influence of Darwin on Philosophy” (1909). Ludwig von Mises, “The Myth of the Failure of Capitalism” (1932). Ayn Rand, excerpt from John Galt’s Speech, Atlas Shrugged (1957). Walt Whitman, “Song of

Claire Lehmann will be the MC for my Adventures in Postmodernism Tour event in Sydney, Australia on March 15. Ms. Lehmann is founding editor of Quillette. Here is a recent piece she published: “We Must Defend Free Thought.”

Rafe Champion emails me: “Collingwood’s book An Essay on Metaphysics (1940) looks as though he saw POMO coming early in the piece. Chapter 13, “The Propaganda of Irrationalism,” depicts with chilling accuracy the process that occurs in many courses where the critical faculties of students are systematically destroyed. Collingwood first asks us to picture a civilisation