We’re now posting serially at thinkspot the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the sixteenth: Socialism is partly an ethos, and partly it’s politics. The ethos is that you belong to a social unit, not an individual self; your allegiance, your values, and in some cases, your identity comes from being a part of […]
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We’re now posting serially at thinkspot the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the fifteenth: We’ve all run into teachers who think like this: There is One Truth and I am in possession of it. So important is it that students must believe it and it alone. Alternative ideas are a waste of time
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1. Why does reason even matter? 2. What’s important about the Enlightenment? 3. Kant’s “Copernican Revolution” — a counter-Enlightenment subjectivism? 4. Canada and the USA as importers of ideas from Europe? 5. Common themes in Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche? 6. Subjective passionism contra liberal democracy? 7. Which groups will dominate in the conflict? 8. Why are
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How did postmodernism go from skepticism in the 60s and 70s to egalitarianism in the 80s and 90s to power-activism in the 00s and 10s? Here is a 1,200-word excerpt from a 2016 interview of Stephen Hicks by Mark Michael Lewis. Three Generations of Postmodernism: From Skepticism to Equality to Power Play Stephen R. C.
Three Generations of Pomo: From *Skepticism* to *Equality* to *Power Play* [transcript] Read More »
Early modern philosopher Francis Bacon opens his “Of Marriage and Single Life” essay this way: “He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly, the best works, and of the greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried
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Saturday at noon Central. Sign up here: https://thinkspot.com/event_signup?event=MJuLoQ. Questions posted so far: SLAVERY 1. [T]he current reparations demands from more organized BLM representatives: what are your thoughts on the current reparations debate? Do you foresee radical forms or lesser forms of it manifesting in policy? Are you in agreement with certain forms of it? Do
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We’re all painfully aware of those who live to attack others for insensitivity, microaggressions, etc. They mount a constant hopeful outlook — online and elsewhere — for deviations from whatever norm is at hand. I’m reminded of this from Nietzsche’s The Joyous Science: Whom do you call bad? — Those who always want to put
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The Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) is a 2020 government program available to businesses and organizations, primarily in response to the economic damage done by Covid-19 slowdowns, shut-downs, and lock-downs. The question: Can limited-government advocacy organizations accept taxpayer-support with a clear conscience? The PPP highlighted this question, as many free-market-favoring organizations rejected PPP on principle, while
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Two intelligent, non-professional responses to my book Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. A study in contrast — content, method, and civility. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/opencollegepodcast. Bitchute: http://www.bitchute.com/opencollegepodcast. Apple Podcasts https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/open-college-podcast/id1438324613?mt=2. SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/opencollegepodcast/ep-25-thales-revolution. Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/possibly-correct/open-college-podcast-with-dr-stephen-rc-hicks. Google Play https://play.google.com/music/m/Iuramibvl3n32ojiutoxhlba4gu?t=Open_College_Podcast. Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/2qgnmMDAEevJ28UNdXvboZ?si=LuTt_Zc5Th-kOpNd5thgBw The mentioned Cato Unbound articles on Kant and Classical Liberalism: https://www.stephenhicks.org/2017/09/20/immanual-kant-versus-liberalism-my-three-posts-collected/ Contact Dr. Hicks
Defending *Explaining Postmodernism*: Cuck and Multiversity [Open College podcast] Read More »
We’re adding another Q&A session at thinkspot, due to the number of very good questions I’ve been receiving. July 4’s Q&A will focus on the questions about Nietzsche and Rand. (The ones so far are listed below.) July 11’s Q&A will be an open session focusing on the questions about statues, violence from Right and
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