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October 31, 2022
Kant Dracula at Hallowe’en
Do appreciate the philosophical (if not historical) accuracy. Considering this as my costume for next year’s festivities. (On the philosophical accuracy.)
2 poets on what reading Kant did to them
1. The young Friedrich Schiller wrote The Robbers (1781), a play that made him an overnight sensation. To deepen his education, he plunged into Kantian philosophy. As a result: His imagination, he feared, had abandoned him. Philosophical enquiries into Immanuel Kant’s philosophy had somehow eradicated his poetic sensibilities, and he felt that he was neither …
October 30, 2022
Trailer for *Philosophers, Explained*
One-minute introduction to the series: Full Series playlist. Philosophers in the first series: Immanuel Kant Plato Galileo Galilei Ayn Rand Jean-Jacques Rousseau René Descartes Jean-Paul Sartre Socrates Martin Heidegger Thomas Aquinas Arachne and Athena Aristotle Albert Camus Friedrich Nietzsche John Dewey Sigmund Freud G.W.F. Hegel William James Søren Kierkegaard John Locke Karl Marx John Stuart …
Max Reynolds’s new book on the evolution of totalitarian thought
I read the book in manuscript and wrote this blurb for it: “Max Reynolds’ eye for the telling details works well with his strategic judgment in tracing ideological evolutions—from their roots in Hegel and Marx—to their 20th- and 21st-century transmutations. Read this book to understand our current cultural battles.”—Stephen R.C. Hicks, Professor of Philosophy, author …
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October 29, 2022
How my mind was blown in first-year university
Will Knowland, in our interview, asked my how I became interesting in philosophy. Other excerpts: How Education Became Indoctrination: On Power: Related:
October 28, 2022
Upcoming talk for the Whiteside Forum
On Sunday I will be in Morrison, Illinois, for this open-to-the public talk. Press release: Dr. Stephen Hicks is Professor of Philosophy and Executive Director of the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Rockford University in Rockford, IL. He is the author of six books that have been translated into 20 languages: Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism …
Did George Orwell predict the Woke?
No, but he predicted the psychological type. Here’s Orwell on a large subset of Socialists in the early 20th century: “Sometimes, when I listen to these people talking, and still more when I read their books, I get the impression that, to them, the whole Socialist movement is no more than a kind of exciting …
October 27, 2022
Polish translation of “Understanding Microaggression Theory as Strategy” (and original English)
“Poważne teorie ukryte za tłumieniem wolności słowa1” (PDF) is published in the journal Filozofia Edukacji. The original article in English. Thanks to Professor Piotr Kostyło for making the Polish publication possible. A few years ago my “Educating for Entrepreneurship” was published in Polish in the education journal Przegląd Pedagogiczny. The Polish title of the article …
October 26, 2022
Coming soon: Rand & Montessorian Autonomy [Education’s Villains and Heroes course]
On November 9th we will have our sixth session of the online course “Education’s Villains and Heroes”, when we will talk about Ayn Rand’s philosophy and its relationship to Montessorian autonomy in education. * Reading to prepare for this session: Ayn Rand, “The Comprachicos” and selected quotations. Maria Montessori, The Montessori Method and selected quotations. * Link to register: ZOOM. To …
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October 25, 2022
Objectivism and Technological Trends Panel
Earlier this month in California I participated in this discussion with Robert Tracinski and Jennifer Grossman: * Why the polarized techno-optimism versus techno-pessimism? * What transformative technologies — e.g., artificial intelligences and robotics — are in the offing? * What is the role for good philosophy, e.g., Objectivism, in making and managing transformative technologies? Related: …
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