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Why Marx Now? Part 2
[Author’s Note: I received complaints that Part 1 was too long. “TLDR,” said one person: Too Long Didn’t Read. Part of me is saddened by this. I wonder if essayists such as Albert Jay Nock, or James T. Farrell, or … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Worldview, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged abolish the state, capitalism inequality, capitalism irrational, capitalism vs. socialism, Communist Manifesto, crony capitalism, EU problems, global capitalism, globalism, globalization problems, Karl Marx, Karl Marx Yanis Varoufakis, Libertarian economics, Marx new interest, Marx political economy, Marx Varoufakis, Marxism and Christianity, Marxism today, Neoliberalism, planned obsolescence, power elite, Syriza Party, technofeudalism, technological unemployment, Varoufakis economist, Yanis Varoufakis
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Why Marx Now? Part 1
Recent years have seen a surge of renewed interest in Karl Marx’s political-economic thought. For those not living in a cave somewhere, this has been hard to miss. This interest is not coming primarily from the “cultural Marxists” of academic … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged capitalism irrational, Christianity and Marxism, Communist Manifesto, Cultural Marxism, economic Marxism, Identity Politics, inequality, Karl Marx, Marx and Engels, Marx at 200, Marxism, Marxism today, power elite, Thomas Piketty
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Brian Eno’s “Music For Installations”: New Collection Released This Week (A Music Post)
Brian Eno’s new 6-CD (or 9-LP) collection is released this week and contains the best material from the visual art installations for which he is internationally famous. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Music, Philosophy
Tagged 77 Million Paintings, Brian Eno, Brian Eno and Israel, Brian Eno and philosophy, generative art, generative music, Long Now Foundation, Music for Installations, Music New Releases, universal basic income, what is art for?, What Should Philosophy Do?
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Consciousness Denialism: Galen Strawson vs. Daniel Dennett
Denialism? The term suggests something irrational at best, maybe even malicious. After all, that’s the word used by climate scientists for those who don’t believe climate change is happening. Is it a good idea to invoke such a concept when … Continue reading
Dichotomous Thinking in Western Philosophy and Political Economy (An Occasional Philosophical Note #2)
If there is any trait more characteristic of the mainstream of Western philosophical thought than the prevalence of dichotomies — either-ors, one might say — it would be difficult to identify what it might be. Another useful term for the … Continue reading
Posted in analytic philosophy, Language, Libertarianism, Philosophy, Political Economy
Tagged action, bifurcations, coercion, dichotomous thinking, either-or, essence vs. accident, free market, free will vs. determinism, gender politics, Kripkean essentialism, libertarian, Peter Joseph, Philosophy, philosophy of mind, rational individualism, Stefan Molyneux, voluntary choice
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Does a Technology-Driven Civilization Need Liberal Arts Learning?
To say higher education in the U.S. is in poor shape may be the understatement of the century. Whether it is due to outrageous and still-rising tuition payments now made by undergraduates and students in professional programs who will graduate … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Culture, Higher Education Generally, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged adjunct crisis, bloated administrations, conservatism, conservative speakers disrupted, culture wars, foundations of morality, future of higher education, future of philosophy, higher education, higher education defunded, Identity Politics, indentured servitude, liberal arts, political economy of higher education, real education, Steven Yates, student loan debt, traditionalism, vocationalism
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On Euthyphro’s Frustration (An Occasional Philosophical Note #1)
Note: with this post I am beginning a series of shorter posts to lay out specific foundational issues illustrated in basic philosophical texts which, for my purposes, I will take at face value (i.e., I am not “deconstructing” them or … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy
Tagged Clifford Geertz, Euthyphro, local knowledge, Paul Feyerabend, Plato, pragmatism, relativism, Socrates, The Euthyphro, Theory of Forms
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