Episode 39 in my Open College with Dr. Stephen Hicks podcast series is now released. “God is said to be the perfect creator of the world. So why does the world contain serial killers, venereal disease, and hurricanes (… and mosquitoes)? Can the theodicy problem be solved — or should we conclude that God is […]
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We’re now posting serially at thinkspot the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the third: OC3:
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We’re now posting serially at thinkspot the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the second: OC2: Violent Politics — The Lesson of Marxist Philosophy “For Marxism, the democratic process is a pointless sham.” Audio versions of the podcast are available free at my website, YouTube, Bitchute, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud. To cover additional production costs, the
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We’re now posting serially at thinkspot the transcripts of my Open College podcasts. Here’s the first: OC1: Free Speech: Why the Philosophy Matters: “To say that Free Speech *Is* Free Thought *Is* Free Action is a rhetorical overstatement, but its purpose is to emphasize the integration of thought, speech, and action. …” Audio versions of
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A long form conversation with host Daxton Page. Topics: The lesson of the high-school group project. The Nazis and Nietzsche. Freud, Marx, and the Critical Theory of Marcuse. Kant and postmodernism. Was Kant an Enlightenment thinker? The importance of Rousseau. Individualism and Collectivism. My current book project. Is philosophy practical?
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Looking forward to a lively discussion. More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/271644190701431/. Coincidentally, a new translation of Nietzsche and the Nazis into Polish has just come out. And the Polish edition of Explaining Postmodernism is also out there.
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Liberalism Pro and Con is a primer. I identify the most influential arguments for liberalism and present them in their strongest form, with supporting quotations from leading thinkers who make that argument. I then do the same with the most influential arguments against liberalism. Before you decide your politics, you must know these arguments. The
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In Melbourne, I met Peter Schipperheyn, creator of the magnificent Thus Spake Zarathustra. The monumental piece is at the McClelland Sculpture Park near Mornington. The tension running through Zarathustra’s bowed body as he reaches and affirms his decision is powerful. Schipperheyn decided on its name in part from reading Nietzsche’s Ecce Homo (“Why I am
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A reminder: to defeat alt-rightists, neo-fascists, and neo-Nazis we need to get our philosophical game on. That’s the implication of my 2010 Nietzsche and the Nazis. Support for that thesis from a new book by philosopher Susan Neiman: “Outside Germany, many still think the Nazis’ strength depended on illiterate mobs, a view unfortunately reinforced by
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Here are ten questions I took up from my subscribers during last week’s livestream session at thinkspot: 1. “What are the three most related and worrisome things that have happened since writing, Explaining Postmodernism? 2. “What are your thoughts on Nassim Taleb’s notion that democratic socialism is most effective at the local scale?” 3. “What
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