Stephen Hicks

The first hypothesis of *Explaining Postmodernism*

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Postmodernism is the first ruthlessly consistent statement of the consequences of rejecting reason, those consequences being necessary given the history of epistemology since Kant. For more on the context for this claim, see p. 81 of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism from Rousseau to Foucault. Information about other editions and translations is available at this dedicated page.

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The Truth Seeker — free thought magazine

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The first issue of The Truth Seeker was published in 1873 and “counted among its illustrious subscribers and progressive writers Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Mark Twain, Thomas Edison, Clarence Darrow, and Robert Ingersoll.” The latest issue includes my article “No Reformation for Islam, Please.” To download the issue, go to this page at The TruthSeeker and

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“Are Reason and Faith Compatible?” republished at Church and State

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My “Are Reason and Faith Compatible?” is now republished at Britain’s Church and State site: “Suppose we grant, for the sake of argument, that evidence and logic make it 80 percent likely that a monotheistic god exists. … but there is nonetheless a gap between what the arguments show and the full belief-commitment that most

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Timothy Sandefur on political versus market entrepreneurs — transcript

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Interview conducted at Rockford University by Stephen Hicks and sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship. Part I Hicks: I am Stephen Hicks; executive director for Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship at Rockford University and our guest today is Timothy Sandefur. Mr. Sandefur is senior staff attorney with the Pacific Legal Foundation based Sacramento,

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Fredric Jameson in Explaining Postmodernism

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The neo-Marxist postmodernist Fredric Jameson claimed: “Everything is ‘in the last analysis’ political.” For more on the context Jameson’s claim and its implications for politicized postmodernism, see p. 93 of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism from Rousseau to Foucault. Information about other editions and translations is available at this dedicated page.

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“On the Proofs of God’s Existence” republished [Church and State]

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My “On the Proofs of God’s Existence” is now republished at Britain’s Church and State site: “The Design Argument has some logical force and must be taken seriously. At the same time, is the best of a bad lot of arguments that attempt to prove the existence of God … Read more here. [Related: “Defending

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