Neat graphic: evolution of teaching technologies
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A fowl saga
Driving home today along a country road, I witnessed a rare event: A vulture playing chicken with a falcon over a turkey carcass. The vulture was a real vulture working a real turkey carcass near the edge of the road, stopping only to face down an oncoming car, which turned out to be an older
Do conservatives value economic liberty?
The question matters because many smart libertarians and conservatives, Bryan Caplan included, are wondering whether the two groups can overcome their differences, either for short-term coalitions on particular issues and elections or to create a longer-term movement. My view is that the philosophical differences between the two militate against long-term compatibility, though there are prospects
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Kindle edition of Explaining Postmodernism, Expanded Edition, now available
The Kindle version of the new, Expanded Edition of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault is now available. The hardcover will be out next month. The expanded edition also includes my Free Speech and Postmodernism and From Modern to Postmodern Art: Why Art Became Ugly essay. Images of the art works
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Talk at Free Minds / Atlas Society seminar
I’ll be giving a talk entitled “Using Great Entrepreneurs to Teach Great Philosophy” at the Free Minds / Atlas Society seminar in Anaheim next week. The complete list of speakers and talk titles is available starting here. While in California, I’ll also be interviewing a stylish entrepreneur for an upcoming issue of Kaizen.
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Three talks at Cato-IHS seminar
I will be giving a series of three lectures this coming week in Washington, D.C. at the “Liberty and Current Issues” seminar sponsored jointly by the Cato Institute and the Institute for Humane Studies. The titles of my three talks are: * Classical Liberal Thought & Political Economy * Entrepreneurship, Markets & Morality * Philosophy,
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Expanded edition of Explaining Postmodernism published
The Expanded Edition of my Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault is scheduled for release mid-August in both hardcover and Kindle versions. The first edition did well (for a philosophy book), going through two hardcover and nine softcover printings. The expanded edition includes the original text, though with many new footnotes and
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New state motto for Illinois
This year’s ranking of Illinois among the worst states for business and the retrial of Rod Blagojevich for corruption — meaning he could become the fourth Illinois governor in recent years to go to prison — have inspired the following update: Illinois: Where governors go to jail and business can go to hell. Just a
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