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Category: Philosophy As A Discipline
January 12, 2015
Could Facebook handle Karl Marx? (Some thoughts on doing politics on social media.)
People will claim that they post on Facebook to educate their audience, but awareness is not an end in itself.
December 15, 2014
Does academic research have to be relevant? (Some thoughts on Hayek and the Virgin Mary.)
Words change meanings and things that seem straightforward aren’t
November 20, 2014
Why is there no real education in the Harry Potter books?
Students at Hogwarts know nothing about Picasso, Shakespeare, or Louis Armstrong. They have never encountered Meryl Streep, Caruso, or the Buddha.
December 9, 2013
What is happiness?
Happiness is one of those words that we use without any precision at all.
October 14, 2013
Are the traditional disciplines (like philosophy) obsolete?
There’s something deeply wrong about the belief that researchers have to work with people in radically different fields.
November 4, 2012
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