Philosophy

Pope Lecture Series at Clemson University | Stephen Hicks In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks contrasts key educational ideas from pre-modern times, the modern era, and our post-modern times. Ancient education often stressed discipline, obedience and rule following, while modern thinkers such as Galileo, Locke, and Montaigne stressed independent judgment and the power of reason. […]

An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry is a California-based artist who has exhibited across Europe and North America. He is the author of books on color theory, philosophy of art, modernism and postmodernism in art, and art history. We invited him into our studio for this series

Much modernist and postmodernist architecture is ghastly. So there’s a point about making comparisons with older architecture. But not this way: Are the buildings on the left average buildings from 200 years ago? Or are they the best of 200 years ago, such that they were preserved while the 99% of average and terrible buildings

The sections on Arendt and her relationship with philosopher Heidegger appear at the 17:46 and 1:11:23 times in Jeffrey Van Davis’s documentary on Martin Heidegger’s life and thought. See also the episode on Martin Heidegger’s “What Is Metaphysics?”, in the *Philosophers, Explained* series:

Ayn Rand Center Europe invited me and and Craig Biddle to Serbia to debate whether Objectivism is an open or closed philosophy. I argued for open and Mr. Biddle argued for closed. A recording of the debate follows. Also following the video window (or in this PDF) is a transcription of my remarks for those

The flowing Niobe Chiaramonti. Two minutes with John Gillis on her art-historical significance. Related: Stephen Hicks’s publications and lectures on art.

My long-form discussion with Robert Breedlove. On YouTube or Rumble. Outline of Topics:  00:00:00 – Coming up, Intro, Advertisement00:02:43 – Introducing Stephen Hicks 00:03:12 – The Philosophy of Money 00:06:29 – Money: A Social and Cultural Achievement 00:08:39 – Centrally Designed Money vs. Emergent Money 00:13:26 – The Origin of Money  Outline of Topics, continued: 00:18:42 – Money: A