Philosophy

The full 15-lecture series by Professor Stephen R.C. Hicks, Rockford University. Part Two: Metaphysics: Reality and Education Previous lectures in the series: Part One: What is the purpose of education, and what is philosophy’s relevance? Other lectures in the series forthcoming: Part Three: Epistemology: Knowledge and Education Part Four: Human Nature and Education Part Five: […]

Our next session will ask: “Is Capitalism Good or Bad for the Poor?” Marx said the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Pro-capitalists show data that in capitalist nations both rich and poor get richer. What then, retort the anti-capitalists, of the many poor people still in capitalist nations? When: Wednesday, December 8,

I’m happy to see in my news feeds an uptick in Montessori-related activity. Here is my site’s page devoted to Montessori materials and backgrounders:

Join our Senior Scholar, Dr. Stephen Hicks on Wednesday, December 1 @ 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET to discuss “Is Capitalism Good Or Bad For The Environment?”   Not yet on Clubhouse? Use this link HERE to get your invite to the platform, whether you’re on IOS or Android.

On December 1, I’ll be speaking at the Rockford Cosmopolitan Club Luncheon. My topic will be the culture “wars” and especially the education debates: What is going on with Critical Race Theory, postmodernism, Wokeness, and parental rights against (or with) the education establishment?

Chapters Four (The Climate of Collectivism), Five (The Crisis of Socialism), and Six (Postmodern Strategies) narrated by the author, Stephen R. C. Hicks. Previously posted: Chapters One (What Postmodernism Is) Two (The Counter-Enlightenment Attack on Reason), and Three (The Twentieth-Century Collapse of Reason), are here. With timestamps for each section. CHAPTER FOUR: The Climate of

Nobody should own another human being, yet parent have basic decision rights and responsibilities for their children. That view has long been challenged by philosophers and politicians of authoritarian bent. Circa 1000 BCE. Spartan lawgiver Lycurgus’s policy: “children were not so much the property of their parents as of the whole commonwealth, and, therefore, would