The Daxton Page conversation: Kant, Rousseau, Postmodernism

A long form conversation with host Daxton Page. Topics: The lesson of the high-school group project. The Nazis and Nietzsche. Freud, Marx, and the Critical Theory of Marcuse. Kant and postmodernism. Was Kant an Enlightenment thinker? The importance of Rousseau. Individualism and Collectivism. My current book project. Is philosophy practical?

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Tabarrok on police privileges

Brief, thoughtful post: “police union privileges are only one part of a system and reform requires system-thinking. Nevertheless, getting rid of these special privileges, including so-called qualified immunity and restoring the equal rule of law are good places to start. Need I also mention that police should not keep fines and forfeitures …” Source: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2020/06/police-union-privileges-revisited.html.

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Chris Williamson podcast: Socialism and Pomo for Dummies

England’s Chris Williamson hosted me on his podcast series. We had fun. #171 – Stephen Hicks – Socialism & Postmodernism For Dummies Modern Wisdom: Society & Culture Listen on Apple Podcasts Stephen Hicks is a Professor at Rockford University and an author. Socialism & Postmodernism are terms thrown around a lot but I don’t really

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Nietzsche versus Rand on altruism and egoism — June livestreams at thinkspot

A quick announcement, with more information forthcoming: two livestream talks and a Q&A at thinkspot over three Saturdays. (The image is for my “Egoism in Nietzsche and Rand”: Audio version in [mp3] or at [YouTube] [101 minutes]. The original print essay [pdf] published in The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies.

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New translation: Polish edition of *Nietzsche and the Nazis*

Introductions by Dr. Karol Nawroki and Dr. Marek Szymaniak, and a summary by Dr. Piotr Kostylo. Translated by Izabela Kłodzińska. Published by the Museum of World War II in Gdańsk, Poland. Friedrich Nietzsche is famous for claiming that “God is dead” — and for the fact that Adolf Hitler and the Nazis claimed Nietzsche as

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Thomas Kuhn’s De-Structuring Science [Open College podcast]

Episode 37 in my Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks podcast series. Why is Thomas Kuhn so frequently cited by postmodernists and other skeptics? Kuhn was professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a classic in the history and philosophy of science. Still relevant to our philosophical and

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