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Category Archives: Academia
Christianity and Theological Liberalism
Christianity and Theological Liberalism – How, in 1923, J. Gresham Machen exposed how Christianity tried to accommodate itself to modern materialism and contributed to its own marginalization in modern society. Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Christian Worldview, Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Cartesian cogito, Cartesian philosophy, Christian Worldview, Christianity and Liberalism, Descartes, Enlightenment legacy, Harvey Cox, Hegel influence, J. Gresham Machen, liberal theology, Liberalism, materialism and philosophy, materialism vs Christianity, Secular City, secularism, secularization, The Secular City, theological liberalism
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The West’s Ongoing Collapse at the Hands of Identity Politics and Neoliberal Ideology: 2019 Update
The free fall of contemporary academia into speech & thought totalitarianism continued … & likely to progress further given the unwillingness of those with resources to use them to oppose this ongoing juggernaut. Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged basket of deplorables, Bret Weinstein, collapse, comfort college, Donald Trump, Evergreen State, Identity Politics, National Association of Scholars, Neoliberalism, political correctness, rural whites, Steven B Gerrard, Trump supporters, white population decline, Williams College
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“Philosophy in Three & a Half Years”
Seen by accident, “ganked” off Colin McGinn’s blog this morning, this comment caught my eye. Writing back in April 2017 under the title “Philosophy in Five Years” he predicted: I think the field will be a complete shambles. It’s already … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Higher Education Generally, Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged academic philosophy, academic philosophy criticism, Colin McGinn, future of philosophy, Identity Politics, philosophy in five years, professional philosophy, tribalism
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A New American Philosophical Association Organization?
This past week, philosophy’s top blogger Brian Leiter posted a poll on a quite interesting topic: Would you leave the [American Philosophical Association] and join a new dues-charging professional philosophy association that does much of what the APA does, but without … Continue reading
Open Letter to Professor C. Christine Fair, Georgetown University
Re: “Look at this chorus of entitled white men justifying a serial rapist’s arrogated entitlement. All of them deserve miserable deaths while feminists laugh as they take their last gasps. Bonus: we castrate their corpses and feed them to swine? … Continue reading
Why Is Philosophy Important? An Expanded Comment
Daily Nous, the philosophy blog, posted a recent query raising this question in response to an undergraduate who had fallen in love with the subject. Presumably she’d gotten some flak from friends or maybe family. The blog’s editor, Justin Weinberg … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Language, Philosophy, Where is Civilization Going?, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged A Free Man's Worship, academic philosophy, analytic tradition strengths and weaknesses, daily nous, George Carlin, Justin Weinberg, linguistic analysis, philosophy critical thinking, philosophy worldview, The Responsibility of Intellectuals, why is philosophy important, Wittgenstein, worldviews
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“Should I Pursue a Doctorate in Philosophy These Days?”
Should you even consider getting a doctorate and going into academic philosophy today? Even if you find the subject endlessly fascinating, and you have talent for it? The question comes up occasionally on forums. Someone I am “friends” with on … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Higher Education Generally, Philosophy, Where Is Philosophy Going?
Tagged academia in decline, academic philosophy, academic politics, Adjunct faculty, adjunctification of academia, bullshit jobs, conservatives in academia, doctorate in philosophy, education in decline, Hypatia controversy, marginalized groups philosophy, Neoliberalism, neoliberalism academia, PhD in philosophy, Philosophy, philosophy blog, pursue a doctorate, pursue a PhD, Rebecca Tuvel, social media addiction, Tuvel controversy
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