In class: “Every building is like a person. Single and unrepeatable.”
“Every building is like a person. Single and unrepeatable.”
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Interview with Timothy Sandefur
In the following two-part interview, I talk with Mr. Sandefur about the contrasting views of the Progressives and the Founding Fathers on liberty and human rights, how the Progressive agenda has led to an increase in political entrepreneurship, and philosophy’s role in stimulating positive changes in our political system.
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Explaining Postmodernism
Explaining Postmodernism:Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault By Stephen R. C. HicksProfessor of Philosophy English editions: First edition: two hardcover and eight softcover printings from 2004-2010 by Scholargy Publishing. First edition Kindle e-book published 2010. Expanded hardcover edition published in 2011 by Ockham’s Razor. Kindle expanded edition published in 2011. Audiobook edition narrated by
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CEE video interviews
In my capacity as Executive Director of CEE, I interview several of our expert guest speakers. We began the video-interview series at the beginning of the 2008-2009 academic year. Dr. David Henderson on seven myths of free markets. Dr. Al Gini on leadership. Entrepreneurs Michael Strong and Magatte Wade. Dr. Douglas Rasmussen on Philippa Foot’s
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CEE video interviews
I have been fortunate to interview several of CEE’s expert guest speakers over the past year.
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Roark and Keating: first meetings
I am a philosopher, and when I’m on the job I have been known to read literary works as “premises with feet.” Despite that occupational hazard I am also fascinated with how some great fiction writers can seamlessly integrate abstract philosophical themes with concrete literary portrayals. When I teach Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead, my focus
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Envy
The essayist Joseph Epstein tells a story about going to his high school reunion. As the participants took their seats at the dinner tables, they each found a note left there anonymously. The note contained a poem: “It’s not the world. And what I have to say to those who don’t fit in is, don’t
Hayek and Rand on reason
I am organizing a session for the Association for Private Enterprise Education conference to be held April 11-13, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The theme is “Reason in Hayek and Rand.” Here we have two giants of twentieth-century thought, but few comparative studies have been done. So as a start I have chosen Reason as
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In class: Semmelweis as epistemological hero
Prior to the discovery of germ theory and antiseptic, women frequently died of puerperal fever in the maternity ward at the University of Vienna Hospital. Enter Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian-born physician working at the Vienna hospital, one of the world’s leading medical establishments. Carl Hempel’s account of Semmelweis’s false starts, failed hypotheses, and eventual success
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I’m not my brother’s keeper
Let me tell you a little about my brother. He’s six feet tall and a solid 200 pounds. Has a wife and two kids. Works hard and plays hard, often outside in the winter. Am I his keeper? Should I think of myself that way? My brother is responsible, competent, and independent, and I know
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