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October 12, 2022
TODAY: Dewey & Pragmatic Democracy [Education’s Villains and Heroes course]
Today is the fifth session of the free online course “Education’s Villains and Heroes,” with Professor Hicks. Today we focus on John Dewey’s philosophy of Pragmatic Democracy and its implications for education. The reading to prepare for this session is this excerpt from Democracy in Education (1916). * Link to register: ZOOM. Here’s the full eight-session series. …
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October 11, 2022
Next three in *Philosophers, Explained*: John Stuart Mill, Søren Kierkegaard, and C. S. Lewis
The next three in the new Philosophers, Explained by Stephen Hicks series will be 12. John Stuart Mill on free speech. “Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion,” from On Liberty. October 12 13. Søren Kierkegaard on religious faith. “A Panegyric upon Abraham.” From Fear and Trembling. October 19 14. C. S. Lewis on Christian …
El Capitalismo Liberal es Más Moral en su Práctica Política [*Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español]
Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Argumento 15: El capitalismo liberal es más …
October 7, 2022
El Capitalismo Liberal es el Sistema Más Justo [*Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español]
Quince argumentos para el Capitalismo Liberal: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Argumento 14: El capitalismo liberal es el …
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October 6, 2022
Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español coming soon
My Liberalism: Pro and Con has been translated into Spanish by Fermin Elizalde. We will be serially publishing here each part prior to the publication of the book as a whole. Find the English version here: Amazon. From the blurb for the English edition: In this primer, we take up the best arguments for and …
October 5, 2022
TODAY: “Ask Us Anything About Philosophy” with Stephen Hicks and David Kelley
Join Senior Scholar Stephen Hicks, Ph.D, and Atlas Society founder David Kelley, Ph.D, Wednesday, October 5 @ 4:30 PM PT / 7:30 PM ET for a special 90-minute “Ask Us Anything About Philosophy” event where the duo will answer YOUR most pressing philosophical questions. Not yet on Clubhouse? RSVP for the event HERE.
Next Week: Dewey & Pragmatic Democracy [Education’s Villains and Heroes course]
Fifth session of the online course “Education’s Villains and Heroes”: October 12, where we will talk about Dewey & Pragmatic Democracy. * Reading to prepare for this session: Excerpt from Democracy in Education (1916). * Link to register: ZOOM. To see more of our courses and related topics, visit Atlas Intellectuals. Related: Professor Hicks’s online course on …
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October 3, 2022
Persian translation of *Explaining Postmodernism* and the censors
When my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault was to be published in Iran, the publisher notified me that a final step was necessary: getting a publishing license from the state’s censors. So the manuscript was submitted for approval to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. At the time, I had …
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“Aphrodite by Praxiteles,” c. 350 BCE [Newberry on Great Art series]
An Artist’s View: Michael Newberry on Key Works of Art in History Michael Newberry is a California-based artist who has exhibited across Europe and North America. He is the author of books on color theory, philosophy of art, modernism and postmodernism in art, and art history. We invited him into our studio for this series …
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October 2, 2022
Guest on the Secular Foxhole with Blair Schofield and Martin Lindeskog
The questions: Modernism and the Enlightenment—what are they? Is philosophy a science? Is epistemology or ethics most important? Can you explain briefly Foucault, Rorty, Lyotard, Derrida? Why do the post-moderns reject the modern? Sense-perception—are the arguments against its validity perverse? What’s the Representational theory of perception? What did Kant think of Rousseau? What makes Rousseau …
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