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May 5, 2022
Excellent letter from Steven Pinker on politicizing science and *Science*
Pinker is a professor of psychology at Harvard. His letter is to a board member of the AAAS, which publishes Science, in response to a fundraising letter. Excerpts: My own experience as a scientific communicator confirms that there is enormous distrust of the scientific and academic establishments, because people believe these establishments have been captured …
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Plato & Authoritarian Communalism [Education’s Villains and Heroes course]
In this first session of the online Education’s Villains and Heroes course we will be discussing philosopher Plato’s view on education. To prepare for this session: * Link to register: KAZM. * Reading: excerpts from Plato, The Republic: Excerpt from Book 2 on “The Myth of Gyges.” Excerpt from Book 7 on “The Allegory of the Cave.” Excerpt from Book …
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May 4, 2022
TODAY: “Ask Me Anything About Philosophy” with Stephen Hicks
Join our Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks, on Wednesday, May 4 @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET for a special “Ask Me Anything About Philosophy” event when Dr. Hicks will be answering your questions on philosophy and questions from our 63K Instagram followers. Not yet on Clubhouse? Use this link HERE to get your invitation to the platform, whether you’re …
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Stephen Hicks presents: “Education’s Villains and Heroes,” a new online course
In this eight-session course we will read and discuss eight major philosophers’ views on education: Plato, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Kant, Dewey, Rand, and Giroux. One can register at Kazm for Education’s Villains and Heroes. Related: Professor Hicks’s 15-lecture free, online course on Philosophy of Education.
May 3, 2022
Is there a gender gap on abortion?
Our generation’s gender gap on abortion: And recall that a generation ago, the 7-2 Roe v. Wade decision was by an all-male Supreme Court. So a request to the angry-adversarial-feminist types: Let’s leave the gender ad hominem arguments out of the discussion, please.
Why radical feminists censor porn using Postmodern arguments
Four-minute clip from The John Cooper Show:
May 2, 2022
Stephen Hicks presents: “Education’s Villains and Heroes,” a new online course
In this eight-session course we will read and discuss eight major philosophers’ views on education: Plato, Locke, Rousseau, Marx, Kant, Dewey, Rand, and Giroux. One can register at Kazm for Education’s Villains and Heroes. Topics for our first three sessions: Related: Professor Hicks’s 15-lecture free, online course on Philosophy of Education.
May 1, 2022
A quibble—Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson, and the War on the West
This is a very good discussion and I recommend it as worth your time: My quibble is with the War-on-the-West formulation. It’s important to remember that it’s first a war in the West, not on the West. The ideas that animate the “anti-West” activists also originated within the West and are a long part of …
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Dorian Abbot cancellation and MIT Free Expression Working Group — Chisholm follow-up letter
The MIT Free Expression Working Group was appointed by President Rafael Reif to review MIT’s free expression policies in response to the Abbot cancellation. John Chisholm is a member of the Working Group. Here is his updating letter, published here with permission of the author. March 30, 2022 Dear Penny, Phil, Annalisa, Steve, and other …
April 30, 2022
Six questions on Putin: Short interview for Crusoé magazine, Brazil
Duda Teixeira, Crusoé magazine Interview with Stephen R. C. Hicks, Professor of Philosophy, Rockford University, USA Link to Portuguese edition; English follows. 1. Is there a Putinistic ideology? Or is it just a messy gathering of thoughts? Stephen Hicks: Putin’s expressed ideas do form a more or less coherent set of principles and plans, though …
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