Mary Astell (1666–1731) commentaries and book collection
For those interested in early modern philosophy: Report on Astell’s collection at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
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Professor Steven Sanders’ review of *Explaining Postmodernism*
Steven Sanders, Ph.D., is professor of philosophy at Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts. “Hicks writes about modern European philosophy and the Anglo-American tradition with sophistication and an eye for the thought-revealing anecdote.” Reason Papers 28 (Spring 2006): 111-124.Stephen R. C. Hicks’s Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to FoucaultA DiscussionSteven M. SandersBridgewater State College I.
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Schooling to Develop or Stunt Kids’ Potential? [Open College podcast]
‘Plague was sweeping the city of London in the summer of 1665, and the Lord Mayor was desperate to do something. … The plague germs were carried by fleas that lived as parasites on rats. But that was not known. By mid-July fear gripped the city, as the plague was killing over 1,000 Londoners per
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Q: What is the relation between capitalism, socialism, and postmodernism?
A three-minute clip from an interview by James Redfarn: (The feature image is from “13 arguments for liberal capitalism in 13 minutes.”) Related: Open College podcast “Is Postmodernism Neo-Marxist? Yes, No & Sort Of”.
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Vaccine developments by country and effectiveness
I’m gathering data relevant to innovation culture and policy. Here’s a starter table. [Updated: Pfizer-BioNtech is a joint American-German product; Russia’s added.] Update: Russia’s vaccine covered here.
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Ten topics in applied Objectivism — interviewed by Mark Michael Lewis [Transcript]
Interviewer Mark Michael Lewis and I had an extended conversation about philosophy and its applications to education, business ethics, postmodernism, and entrepreneurship. A video of this interview is available at YouTube. Here is the transcript: Mark Lewis: Welcome to a new edition of Becoming an Ayn Rand Hero, where we use the ideas of Ayn Rand
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Hard data show academic freedom in peril — Kaufmann report
Professor Eric Kaufmann (Birkbeck College, University of London) has an article in The Wall Street Journal on his report documenting the degree of politicization and cancel-culture in American, Canadian, and British universities. From a summary: Based on a “new report for the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology (CSPI), Academic Freedom in Crisis:
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Best history of philosophy? My recommendation
W. T. Jones’s A History of Western Philosophy is excellent on all the major philosophers and integrates them well into historical context. He’s also a clear writer, which can be rare in philosophy. Also, one does not have to read the philosophers in historical order, as the presentations are self-contained and/or context-established along the way.
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