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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 …

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Mortality headlines [humor alert]

How media report statistics according to their philosophy: Enlightenment headline: SCIENCE and CAPITALISM a great success. Jaded-feminist headline: The PATRIARCHY encouraging women to be BABY-MAKING MACHINES. Socialist-Marxist headline: Europeans gain by EXPLOITING poor women in the THIRD WORLD. Postmodern headline: NO news here — “HEALTH” and “PROGRESS” mere SUBJECTIVE narratives.

The first three episodes in *Philosophers, Explained*, our new series

1 Immanuel Kant on the limits of reason. Critique of Pure Reason. 2 William James on pacifism and defeating militarism. “The Moral Equivalent of War.” 3 Galileo Galilei on not persecuting scientists. “Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina.” Coming soon: The 30 in the first series include: Immanuel Kant Plato Galileo Galilei Ayn Rand Jean-Jacques …

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Michael Newberry | Thoughts on Key Works of Art in History

In this series of 29 short videos, the artist Michael Newberry discusses the meaning and importance of key works in the history of art and sculpture. 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 …

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Más Individuos Sobresalientes Florecen Bajo el Capitalismo Liberal [*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 8: Más individuos sobresalientes florecen bajo …

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Rockford University professor Stephen Hicks’s advice to new students

The hard part about writing about education can be getting past all of the clichés. Excellence. Truth. Honor. Tradition. The Future. Yet those words do capture essential aspirations for education, especially for those of us at the kind of college Rockford is and can be. I want to focus here on excellence. All of my …

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“Ask Me Anything About Ethics” with Stephen Hicks

Join our Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks Wednesday, September 7 @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET for a special “Ask Me Anything” event when Dr. Hicks will be answering your questions on philosophy, ethics and questions from our 66K Instagram followers. Not yet on Clubhouse, and interested to check it out? Use this link HERE to get onto the platform, …

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Good teaching advice from Paul Bloom

A good, informal list: https://paulbloom.net/TeachingAdvice.pdf.

Dewey: philosophy is a social-emotional after-the-fact enterprise

I’m having a trip down memory lane, having come across my grad-school notes on John Dewey’s 1920 Reconstruction in Philosophy. Yes, personal computers had been invented by then, but I was in transition from my old-style card-catalogue method. In part these caught my attention as I am preparing for my upcoming lecture on Dewey for …

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Right privilege

This one is true: “Activist lectures U. North Carolina students about ‘right-handed privilege’“. And I am a victim. Reparations checks will be accepted.