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Reading Philosophy on Your Own 0
- Uncategorized
- December 30, 2015
Reading philosophy can be tough-going, and ideally, you have an expert to help you through it – at least initially. However, philosophy now has a diminished role in modern curricula, leaving most people to fend for themselves if they want to gain familiarity with the Western philosophical tradition. For those who would like to venture
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Have Women Played a Role in the Feminization of the American Male?0
- Culture
- December 29, 2015
Over Christmas, Business Insider ran an interesting little story written by a young millennial woman turned off by dating apps. Her piece begins by describing a conversation she had about the topic with several friends. The direction of the conversation is rather revealing of today’s culture: “I made my usual comment about how dating apps
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Why We Live in a World of Propaganda 0
- Culture
- December 29, 2015
Among many of Intellectual Takeout’s audience members, there seems to be a presumption that most discourse today is some form of propaganda. Here are three reasons for this presumption, and why it might be grounded—at least in part—in reality: 1) Our technological society. In Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes, philosopher and
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Neuroscientist: U.S. High Schools Are Too Boring for Students 0
- Education
- December 29, 2015
Temple University neuroscientist Laurence Steinberg’s research has shown him that adolescent brains are primed for learning. The problem is, he claims, that most U.S. high schools are not challenging students enough during their adolescent years. As WQED in Pittsburgh reports, Steinberg has spent his career studying the adolescent brain’s development, and has discovered that it
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This Doctor Nails the Problem with American Parenting 0
- Culture
- December 29, 2015
Not long ago, the American Family Survey identified a lack of parental discipline and training as one of the biggest problems American families face. But according to family practice doctor and author Leonard Sax, that lack of discipline is simply the surface symptom of a greater problem: the decline of parental authority. Speaking about his
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Used Bookstores Experiencing a Revival 0
- Culture
- December 29, 2015
Think Amazon is taking over the world? Think again, says Mike Rosenwald in a recent article for The Washington Post. According to Rosenwald, used book stores are experiencing a revival largely due to cheap prices and a desire for hard, material copies rather than digital books. Such news should not be a surprise, particularly as
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Reading Philosophy on Your Own 0