Sartre on “Existence precedes essence”
My video meditation on Jean-Paul Sartre’s famous phrase from his “Existentialism is a Humanism,” below or at YouTube:
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Philosophy
Debierre interview: The culture wars and postmodernism in America
Vincent Debierre of Liberté Académique and I spoke about Pomo in America. Debierre’s introduction is in French, and the interview is conducted in English. Here it is below, at Soundcloud, or at YouTube.
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The Trump-Guns-Government-Hitler package
Thinking about what, if I were on the left, I’d do with this trio of beliefs: 1. I know Trump is now in charge of the government. 2. And I believe Trump is basically Hitler. 3. Yet I favor gun control — I want the government to take everyone’s guns away. Something’s gotta give. But
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Camille Paglia interviewed by Jordan B Peterson
At the 00:35 mark, another reason to listen to this discussion. Embedded below or at YouTube. (Thanks to Mamela Fiallo Flor, who let me know about the mention.) Related: The link to my discussion with Jordan Peterson.
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Jordan Peterson discussion now with subtitles
Our 90-minute conversation about the philosophy, psychology, and politics of postmodernism is below or at at YouTube. For subtitles in English, click the cc button in the lower right-center part of the frame. Dr. Peterson’s introduction: “On August 17, I spoke with Dr. Stephen Hicks, professor in the philosophy department at Rockford University. Dr. Hicks
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The Jolly Libertarian reviews Explaining Postmodernism
I like this guy. The reviews’ elements here.
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Private jets and public servants — instructive contrast
High-level politician uses private jets and makes taxpayers foot the bill. One side criticizes him for that. High-level politician uses private jets and pays for it herself. The other side criticizes her for that.
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Immanual Kant versus Liberalism — my three Cato articles collected
Here are my three collected posts in the Cato Unbound series: Does Kant Have a Place in Classical Liberalism? How Kant’s political views are a mix of liberal and anti-liberal claims, but, more importantly, how his fundamental distinction between noumenal and phenomenal selves means that philosophically he has no defense of practical liberalism.
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