Livestream trailer: Covid Philosophy and Politics [at THINKSPOT Monday]
Two minutes:
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The Evergreen College affair — Nayna documentary
thinkspot’s Mike Nayna’s three-part series on Evergreen College’s pomo/SJW ideolological culture and the ensuing racist-political-correctness-witch-hunt.
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Interview at FreedomWorks with John Tamny
In Washington, D.C., a 27-minute conversation with John Tamny (author of They’re Both Wrong) on higher education, socialism, and whether to be optimistic about the younger generation.
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Policy in Pandemics — SFL panel tomorrow
Tomorrow. Some of the questions that we’ll be discussing: 1. Emergency power grabs and restrictions by governments have become normal and more agreeable to the public at large at the time of the crisis. Some of them tend to stay even after the crisis. What do we need to do in order to make sure
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“History Theory: What is History? No seriously, what is it?”
A very good video lecture by TIK introducing the philosophy of history: * How did history develop as a discipline? * What are historical facts? What does truth mean for historians? * Can history be objective? * Is history more an art or a science? * What explains the contemporary attacks on history by postmodern
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Nureyev as thinking dancer (and movie recommendation)
What made Rudolf Nureyev an outstanding dancer? Some insights from biographer Julie Kavanagh’s Rudolf Nureyev: The Life. On his focus as a student and his eliminating non-essentials from his life: “I’ve always tended to reject everything in life which doesn’t enrich or directly concern my single dominating passion.” A fellow student noted: “When Rudolf arrived
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Policy during Pandemics — South Asia SFL panel
On Sunday, April 19, I’ll be participating in a teleconference on this topic: At a time when governments around the world have invoked the crisis as a legitimate reason to increase state power, we see despotic tendencies taking over across the world. A crisis like a pandemic makes the citizenry agree to almost anything to
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When I met Professor Barbara Oakley
A fun anecdote. Dr. Oakley’s online learning courses have over three million users, some based on her Mindshift book. We met a few years ago at a conference, and she recently recounted our first exchange. ‘True story: Barb was talking to a fellow colloquium attendee who seemed keenly aware of philosophy. She mentioned she only
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