Philosophy

Racism — distinguishing Individual, Institutional, Structural [interview excerpt]

From a 2020 interview: Jennifer Grossman  [03:20]: What do people mean when they talk about structural racism? What is sort of the origin of that even terminology comes from and what is what’s your perspective on it? What does it mean? Stephen Hicks: Yes, well, we’ll start with the racism itself, which is an intellectual […]

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The Importance of Philosophy to Education [Lecture 15 of Philosophy of Education course]

By Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University, USA Lecture 15: For educators, why is philosophy personally important to one’s professional mission? How has philosophy influenced education historically? And how much do changes in philosophical fashion and substance explain the current state of education? Other lectures in the series: Part One: “Philosophy” of “Education”: What is

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DEBATE: Conservatism vs. Liberalism —James Orr (Cambridge U.) vs. Stephen R.C. Hicks (Rockford U.) — published in *Reason Papers* journal

Reason Papers is a peer-reviewed philosophy journal now in its 51st year of existence. The new issue features a three-round debate between Professor James Orr (University of Cambridge, UK), and Professor Stephen Hicks (Rockford University, USA). Dr. Orr advocates and defends Conservatism; Dr. Hicks does the same for Liberalism. The full debate also features an

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News: Brazilian Portuguese translation of *Nietzsche and the Nazis*

I’m happy to announce that a Portuguese translation of my Nietzsche and the Nazis is in the works, to be published by LvM Editora out of São Paulo, Brazil. The contract has been signed; estimated date of publication is late 2025 or early 2026. Did the National Socialists misunderstand and/or misuse the philosophy of Nietzsche?

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Art: The Group of Seven and Lawren Harris’s account

The Group of Seven were an early 20th-century informal society of Canadian artists. The group formed in Toronto, Ontario, though expanded to include artists from Quebec and British Columbia, each of them focused on experiencing at the vast Canadian landscape, especially to the north, capturing and essentializing it with fresh eyes. Perhaps the most representative

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