I talk with three scholars from the Institute of Public Affairs: Special Episode – Postmodernism with Dr Stephen Hicks What is postmodernism, and what are the goals of the postmodernist movement? On this special episode of the Looking Forward Podcast Scott Hargreaves and Dr Chris Berg are joined by Canadian philosopher Dr Stephen Hicks and
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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.”
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[A Spanish translation of my “Postmodernism’s Moral Low Ground,” which is also available in English at The Spectator, in Portuguese translation, and in a podcast version.] La Inferioridad Moral del Posmodernismo Stephen R. C. Hicks ¿Estamos luchando contra los posmodernistas con una mano atada a la espalda? Las batallas intelectuales son el elemento vital de
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From Durant’s The Story of Philosophy, p. 380 (or p. 265 of this Google Books edition). THE Kantian philosophy which announced itself as “prolegomena to all future metaphysics,” was, by malicious intent, a murderous thrust at traditional modes of speculation; and, contrary to intent, a damaging blow to all metaphysics whatsoever. For metaphysics had meant,
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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
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Theist vs. Atheist: What Should You Believe? is a seven-part series of articles by two authors, John C. Wright and Stephen R. C. Hicks, in which they debate seven key issues in religion. Are Reason and Faith Compatible? Stephen R. C. Hicks I appreciate Mr. Wright’s opening essay and am in agreement with substantial portions
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My late-2018 Mill Series lecture. The lecture, Q&A, and post-Q&A conversation ran for almost four hours. Professor Brandon Van Dyck has edited the material, organizing it thematically and providing a useful set of headings. The result is below and at YouTube:
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My discussion with Australia’s Tim Wilms ranges over the regressive left, trigger warnings, microaggressions, what enabled the return of Marxism and socialism, how capitalism is good for environmental health, and what’s important in Ayn Rand’s philosophy. Available in video or audio formats, or at YouTube: Related: My Adventures in Postmodernism tour, Australia, March 2019.
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