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  • Phoebe Liou, Informed Choice Champion

    Phoebe Liou, Informed Choice Champion4

    Phoebe Liou is a somewhat unlikely champion of informed choice for COVID-19 mandates. She’s 19, soft spoken, and has a brilliant mind that helped her be admitted to the University of Connecticut (UConn) at 16. But after winning multiple academic scholarships to her dream school, the tyranny of arbitrary and unnecessary COVID-19 mandates soon began

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  • Philosophy Prof Argues Human Nature Doesn’t Exist. Commits Logical Fallacy

    Philosophy Prof Argues Human Nature Doesn’t Exist. Commits Logical Fallacy0

    In this new article for Aeon, Ronnie de Sousa, professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Toronto, argues that the facts of evolution entail that “there is no such thing as human nature.” Instead, what we are is what we make of ourselves by our individual and collective choices. There is no prior “human

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  • Philosophy is Lost in the Dark

    Philosophy is Lost in the Dark0

    “It’s all in Plato, all in Plato: bless me, what do they teach them at these schools!” C.S. Lewis’ character Professor Digory Kirke calls to light an increasingly detrimental error concerning education in the modern era. The Great Western Tradition and the permanent ideas about education that flow out of it are grounded in a

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  • Philosopher: Why a ‘Secular Society’ is Doomed

    Philosopher: Why a ‘Secular Society’ is Doomed0

    • September 30, 2015

    It’s taken as a given that the Western world today is a more “secular society.” But though the term “secular” is frequently thrown around, not many people have a clear idea of what it means. That’s because it’s used in different ways. Probably the most common meaning associated with “secular” is “non-religious,” i.e., those who

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  • Philosopher: No, you’re not entitled to your opinion

    Philosopher: No, you’re not entitled to your opinion2

    Every year, I try to do at least two things with my students at least once. First, I make a point of addressing them as “philosophers” – a bit cheesy, but hopefully it encourages active learning. Secondly, I say something like this: “I’m sure you’ve heard the expression ‘everyone is entitled to their opinion.’ Perhaps

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  • Philosopher: Chance is Baked into the Cake of Democracy

    Philosopher: Chance is Baked into the Cake of Democracy0

    The Trump victory, and the general disaster for Democrats this year, was the victory of ignorance, critics moan. Writing in Foreign Policy, Georgetown’s Jason Brennan called it “the dance of the dunces” and wrote that “Trump owes his victory to the uninformed.” New York Times columnist Neil Irwin noted the unprecedented list of inexperts and

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