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01, 2018
The Woman Question in Plato’s Republic
Mary Townsend, the author of The Woman Question in Plato’s Republic, discusses philosopher-queens, Socrates' radical solution to the question of women's place in society.
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01, 2018
Does the Conservative Brand Need a Reset?
Do American Conservatives--and more specifically Republicans--need a rebrand to distance themselves from Trump.
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01, 2018
Perfect Storm
By: Hendrik van der Breggen I think our culture is facing a convergence of three popular philosophical theses which threatens
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12, 2017
Canada’s Transgender Rights Bill is incoherent—and that’s a concern
By: Hendrik van der Breggen Canada’s Bill C16, a.k.a. Transgender Rights Bill, attempts to add gender identity and expression to
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12, 2017
Why Computers are not Intelligent: An Argument
By: Richard Oxenberg I. Two Positions The strong AI advocate who wants to defend the position that the human mind
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11, 2017
Deconstructing Karl Popper’s Paradox of Intolerance
Tolerance is not a cure for racism or sexism. It’s only a bandage masks the underlying tensions. Instead of tolerance give me respect. See me as your equal, just another human being.
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11, 2017
On Forcing Your Religion via Canada’s Transgender Rights Bill
By using the force of law to require others to use preferred pronouns when they disagree with those pronouns, you are in effect pushing your religion onto those others.
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11, 2017
John Dewey and Art
By: Alaina Hammond John Dewey (1859-1952) was perhaps the leading educational philosopher of the early twentieth century, and viewed humanity
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10, 2017
Harvey Weinstein and the Aims and Structure of Hollywood
Howl of the Day: Oct 13, 2017 Political scientist Corey Robin has an interesting take on the current Harvey Weinstein
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10, 2017
The Libertarian Error
By: Richard Oxenberg I. Introduction As Congress gears up for another round of massive tax cuts whose benefits will primarily