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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My heart sank a little when I saw the trio come down the aisle of the airplane. A mother with two young children, and the three seats in front of me were open in a mostly filled airplane. The boy, approximately five years old, arrived first and slid his way over to the window seat.
Anecdote: How Cry-bullies and Snow-fakes Are Made Read More »
Liberal education under threat. Guided by moderator Ravi Lakhani (London, UK) , Professor Louis Marinoff (New York, USA) and I had a lively exchange diagnosing and offering solutions to the attacks. The description: “Historically, universities are bastions of academic freedom. They are melting pots where ideas battle for supremacy. With the rise of cancel-culture and
On civil war in the universities — Marinoff and Hicks Read More »
Alex Levy is a smart young philosopher in Mexico associated with Cuidad de Los Ideas. Our long-form conversation published this month: Apple, YouTube, Spotify. HIGHLIGHTS (1:40) What does philosophy mean to you? (4:15) How do you approach philosophy and big thinkers with big ideas? (6:35) W.T. Jones – A History of Western Philosophy (8:24) Do
With Alex Levy (Mexico) on deep philosophy: Through Conversations Read More »
A strong claim from historian of science Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: “Every civilization of which we have records has possessed a technology, an art, a religion, a political system, laws, and so on. In many cases those facets of civilization have been as developed as our own. But only the civilizations that
Science’s dependence on philosophy — Kuhn, Toulmin, Heidegger, and the pomo Read More »
Transcript of Sargon of Akkad’s (a.k.a. Carl Benjamin) interview with Stephen Hicks.
Pomo as military strategy? Sargon of Akkad conversation Read More »
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 »
How Should Libertarians Respond to the Social Justice Movement? I was in a friendly debate with Dr. Steven Horwitz about this topic, hosted by the Friedman 8 Conference, Australia, July 2020. My opening remarks are transcribed below after moderator John Humphreys’s introduction. John Humphreys [Moderator]: I’ve been really looking forward to this one. I think
Libertarian Social Justice? Hicks and Horwitz at Friedman 8 [transcription] Read More »
At some point in our lives, we each ask ourselves the big questions. How we respond has great impact on our lives. Some accept easy answers or even try avoiding answering them —while others go on a quest to make their lives a meaningful adventure. In Philosophy for Real Life, we follow Dr. Stephen Hicks
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22 Questions about Life, Philosophy, Love, and Art. Join me for the Avant-Première of my film Philosophy for Real Life, which will take place at thinkspot on October 3rd at 12 pm Central, followed by a live Q&A session. Much thanks to producer Charlie Zagoren and his team. This event is free for my subscribers.
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