I’ll be part of a panel discussion in Chicago at the Illinois Policy Institute on Wednesday, December 9. Here is the announcement, from IPI’s site: “You’re invited to join us on Wednesday, December 9 for cocktails, appetizers, engaging discussion, and some good old-fashioned holiday cheer! We’ll be talking about how free markets help the poor […]
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When I teach Philosophy of Science, one of the books I use is Martin Gardner’s excellent Great Essays in Science, with selections from Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan, and other greats. The course has a unit on scientific fraud, including examples of the destructive effects of the politicization of science. Gardner’s anthology includes two
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[This excerpt is from Chapter 3 of Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault] Heidegger’s synthesis of the Continental tradition Martin Heidegger took Hegelian philosophy and gave it a personal, phenomenological twist. Heidegger is notorious for the obscurity of his prose and for his actions and inactions on behalf of the National Socialists
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For my book entitled Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault, including scholarly reviews and online availability of the manuscript, please visit the Explaining Postmodernism page. . “Free Speech and Postmodernism”. On how postmodernism generates the new attacks on free speech. Navigator, 2002. Also available as a 26-page monograph edition at Amazon. SOHO
The Non-fiction “Ayn Rand.” The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2001. Ayn Rand was a major intellectual of the twentieth century. Born in Russia in 1905 and educated there, she immigrated to the United States after graduating from university. Upon becoming proficient in English and establishing herself as a writer of fiction, she became well-known as a
Links to my publications in Business and Economic Ethics. “What Business Ethics Can Learn from Entrepreneurship” [pdf]. In Journal of Private Enterprise, 24(2), Spring 2009, 49-57.At the Social Science Research NetworkAmazon Kindle e-book version.Serbo-Croatian translation by Alma Causevic. Spanish translation by Walter Jerusalinsky [PDF]. Portuguese translation by Matheus Pacini [PDF] or [html].Audio edition in MP3
The estimable Adam Smith, writing over two centuries ago. When you read the following passage, do you find (as I do) that Smith is describing many current public schools and state universities? “In other universities, the teacher is prohibited from receiving any honorary or fee from his pupils, and his salary constitutes the whole of
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Dr. Joshua Hall, a professor of economics at Beloit College in Wisconsin, spoke at Rockford College on the topic of “The Dilemma of School Finance Reform.” The talk was sponsored by the Center for Ethics and Entrepreneurship, and after the talk Professor Hall was video-interviewed by Anja Hartleb-Parson, CEE’s publications manager. More interviews with CEE’s
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In the following video interview, I speak with Professor Jerry Kirkpatrick, author of In Defense of Advertising, about the value of advertising, the common criticisms of it, and his responses to them. Dr. Kirkpatrick is Professor of International Business and Marketing at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Part I: Part II: This video interview is
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