Crossing Martin off my next party-invitation list. “As many paces as the man takes in his dance, so many steps he takes toward Hell.” Quoted here. I like to contrast Luther with John Locke who, in his thoughts on education, mentions dancing first as an essential element of a child’s formal instruction. My explication is […]
Martin Luther on Dancing Read More »
From Jordan Hill’s introduction to our one-hour podcast: “I’d like to introduce our next guest, one of my favorite living philosophers and the author of the great book *Explaining Postmodernism*. In Episode One of this podcast, we talked about postmodernism as an antagonist to the project of liberalism and Western civilization. My next guest, Stephen
Postmodernism is *part* of the Western canon: interviewed by Jordan Alexander Hill Read More »
My video meditation on Jean-Paul Sartre’s famous phrase from his “Existentialism is a Humanism,” below or at YouTube:
Sartre on “Existence precedes essence” Read More »
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.
Immanual Kant versus Liberalism — my three Cato articles collected Read More »
Logical Fallacies Compiled by Brian McGroarty. Ad Hominem: This is the best logical fallacy, and if you disagree with me, well, you suck. Appeal to False Authority: Your logical fallacies aren’t logical fallacies at all because Einstein said so. Einstein also said that this one is better. Appeal to Emotion: See, my mom, she had
McGroarty’s Logical Fallacies — fun list Read More »
Where does art go after postmodernism? My lecture in Hong Kong — in which I discuss the historical examples of Classical Athens, Renaissance Florence, the Dutch Golden Age, and nineteenth-century Paris — is at YouTube. Here also are the text in English (with images) and the condensed translation into Cantonese. Part 1: Part 2: Thanks
Hong Kong lecture: “NEO-ENLIGHTENMENT ART AFTER POSTMODERNISM” Read More »
Two of my articles on entrepreneurship-related themes are published in Portuguese translation at the Junior Achievement Brasil site: “Educando para o empreendedorismo” and “O que a ética empresarial pode aprender com o empreendedorismo?”
Two entrepreneurship articles at JA Brazil Read More »
Keynote speech this November on Figurative Art and Philosophy.
Keynote speech at TRAC art conference in November Read More »
My short article “Bootleggers, Baptists, and The Jones Act” was published as part of the Political Ethics series at the Berens Foundation’s site. “Suppose that a freak Atlantic storm pummels the city of Boston, leaving it flooded for days and cut off from services by land and air — trucks cannot reach it and planes
“Bootleggers, Baptists, and The Jones Act” article published Read More »
My article “Ayn Alissa Rand (1905-1982)” was first published in the IEP in 2001. The original article focused on Rand’s life and times and some issues in her ethics. This update expands that treatment slightly, mentions a broader range of criticisms, and adds to the bibliography some of the scholarship since then. The encyclopedia is
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — updated article on Rand Read More »