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Category Archives: Where is Civilization Going?
Donald J. Trump: Reasons He Appeals, Reasons for Hesitating
Is it possible to get the Trump movement understood on its own terms, by investigating the appeal Trump has with, e.g., the white working class … without the usual politically correct demonizing of the latter as racists and would-be brownshirts? Continue reading
A comment on, “A philosophical interpretation of recent campus protests” by Huenemanniac
What follows is a lengthy comment on this blog entry. I also came over here from Brian Leiter’s blog, and may be something of a johnny-come-lately because due to work obligations only saw this essay last night. Disclaimer: despite my … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Higher Education Generally, Libertarianism, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Adam Smith, Black Lives Matter, capitalism, Carroll Quigley, David Hume, Huenemann, Ivy League privilege, Michael Perelman, Philosophy, primitive accumulation, slavery, The Enlightenment, the slave trade, white privilege
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There Is No Such Thing As “Settled Science” (Here’s Why)
When deciding what to write and post on this blog, I am generally torn between two conflicting impulses. The first is to take note of and comment on those things that eventually drove many of us Lost Generation Philosophers from … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education Generally, Philosophy of Science, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged Against Method, climate change, climate science, corporate science, denialism, global warming, infantilization in academia, Koch Brothers, Leopold Kohr, Lost Generation, Paul Feyerabend, philosophy of science, scientific method, settled science, small state world, Structure of Scientific Revolutions, Thomas DiLorenzo, Thomas S. Kuhn, trust in science
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Theses on Political Economy (Pre-Meltdown of 2015?)
A borderline-panic has gripped U.S. markets, which experienced their worst two-day drop since 2008 (roughly 890 points). This may be just a prelude of things to come. Before going on: I sincerely hope this analysis is wrong! It may not … Continue reading
Posted in Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged capitalism vs. socialism, central banks, Chinese economy, consumption, corporatism, corporatocracy, Crash of 2015, critical thinking, decentralization, Donald Trump, Dow plunging, economics, Federal Reserve, fiat money, financial crisis, financialization, Greece, Hayek, higher education, Keynes, Leopold Kohr, libertarianism, Meltdown of 2008, Mises, money printing, political class, political economy, production, Rockefeller Foundation, Rockefellers, skills building, superelite, technofeudalism, two-day drop, welfare state
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Worldviews and Christianity: What the Loss of the “Culture War” Means
It is Sunday, but I didn’t make it to church this morning. When we lived in Las Condes, our church, San Marcos, was just a few bus stops down the road. Now, it’s over an hour away, and the public … Continue reading
Not-Quite-Random Thoughts on Conservatism, Anarchism, and the Breakdown of Modern Civilization
Yesterday I found myself outlining an article entitled “Needed: A New Russell Kirk.” Russell Kirk (1918 – 1994) was a conservative philosopher & author of The Conservative Mind (1953), The Roots of American Order (1991) and other books including some … Continue reading
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