A striking quotation from Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: “Every civilization of which we have records has possessed a technology, an art, a religion, a political system, laws, and so on. In many cases those facets of civilization have been as developed as our own. But only the civilizations that descend from Hellenic […]
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Alexander Dugin is right-wing and religious—and a disciple of Heidegger‘s.Michael Foucault is left-wing and atheist—and a disciple of Heidegger‘s. Here is Dugin on the philosopher who accomplished “the most all-encompassing, paradoxical, profound, and penetrating study of Being. I am talking about Martin Heidegger.” (Source: The Fourth Political Theory, 2009)) And here is Foucault: “Heidegger has
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2019: Believe women about rape! Me Too! — Unless it’s Jewish or Christian women in Israel or Nigeria.2020: Be anti-racist! BLM! — Unless it’s racism against Asians and whiteys.2021: My Body My Choice. — But take the jab or we will destroy you.2022: No hate speech! — Unless you’re upset about US foreign policy then
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I’ll be doing an “Ask Me Anything about Philosophy” at X’s Spaces, today at 5:30 Central. Bring your best hard questions.
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Compact rhetoric in the image, yet let me quibble: Any worked-out version of socialism involves at least 10 intentions about political goals and methods. Maybe one of those can be described as good. Yet one good intention out of ten does not a good person make, especially if it requires ignoring the other nine bad
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Who are the great philosophers, and what makes them great? Episodes: The full playlist. About the Professor: Stephen R. C. Hicks, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy at Rockford University, USA, and has had visiting positions at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., the University of Kasimir the Great in Poland, Oxford University’s Harris Manchester College in
Also: As of 2019, twenty Canadians had won Nobel Prizes.
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Last year, Ayn Rand Center Europe invited me and and Craig Biddle to Serbia to debate whether Objectivism is an open or closed philosophy. I argued for open and Mr. Biddle argued for closed. A recording of the debate follows. Also following the video frame (or in this PDF) is a transcription of my remarks
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