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Tag Archives: Bertrand Russell
Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 2)
Materialism (Vers 2.0, Part 2): in “A Free Man’s Worship” (1903) philosopher Bertrand Russell called for a humanist ethic of respect for scientific truth, economic justice, and world peace. How well has this held up? Is its failure just the sign of a civilization’s growing pains, or of something fundamentally wrong with its key assumptions? Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Philosophy, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged A Free Man's Worship, Aldous Huxley, Bertrand Russell, Brave New World, Deep Establishment, Huxley Brave New World, materialism, Modernity, Nietzsche, power vs goodness, power vs morality, Russell a Free Mans Worship, Russell the Impact of Science on Society, Russell the Scientific Outlook, Skinner Beyond Freedom and Dignity, social engineering, Technocracy, technocratic elite, technology of behavior
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What Is a Liberal Arts Education For?
Liberal arts education has suffered from increasing neglect for a very long time — for at least 40 years, possibly longer. While it continues to exist in a few private liberal arts colleges, obviously, it long ago ceased to be … Continue reading
Posted in Higher Education Generally
Tagged Aristotle, Bertrand Russell, civil unrest, elites, Fareed Zakaria, free your mind, Kuhn, liberal arts, liberal arts education, Morpheus, Occupy movement, power elite, quadrivium, STEM education, Tea Party, The Matrix, Thomas S. Kuhn, trivium
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