Philosophy

The Importance of Making Mistakes 1
- Culture, Philosophy
- September 20, 2023
A couple of years ago, I received a post-semester email from a student’s father. He was upset about his child’s final grade in my class, which had landed somewhere between a high B and a low A. The grade was clearly not very low, but the student’s father wanted me to reconsider. Apparently, a specific
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Why We Must Objectively Study Difficult Questions 0
- Philosophy, Science
- September 19, 2023
With some regularity, students in my sociological theory course will ask why we should even entertain arguments about the biological reality of race. They note, correctly, that this topic is controversial. They suggest it is too morally and politically risky to pursue, given historical examples of pseudoscience that have provided fodder for egregious moral and
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Radical Education and Intersectionality: Who Is Bell Hooks?2
- Education, Culture, Philosophy
- September 15, 2023
Many of us are well aware of the indoctrination in today’s classrooms. Whether it’s sexually explicit materials or woke ideology in the classroom, each day seems to bring a new round of insanity. But when it comes to radical ideas in education today, the root of the problem goes back decades. In the 20th century,
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Ignoring the End: Yuval Noah Harari’s Attack on Morality 6
- Philosophy
- September 11, 2023
Yuval Noah Harari, apparently quoting himself, recently wrote this horrifying Tweet: From a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behavior, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist, so it would need no prohibition. On its face, this comment is so brazenly
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A Farewell to Postmodernism 3
- Culture, Philosophy
- August 22, 2023
It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too, e.g. about the changes of the moon and of the sun, about the stars and about the origin of the universe.
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Liberalism Is Broken and Canada Proves It 1
- Culture, Philosophy, Politics
- August 17, 2023
Liberalism is broken. This is a big kick-sand-in-my-face claim. And extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Canada’s embrace of euthanasia supplies that evidence. Let’s unpack this. First, what is “liberalism”? Its meaning shifts depending on whether one is speaking of economics or politics or ethics. Edmund Fawcett’s excellent Liberalism: The Life of an Idea, surveys scores of
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