What happened to the Enlightenment?
I had a fascinating discussion with the brilliant historian Philipp Blom on his podcast. Listen below or get from your usual podcast provider.
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Author: Julian Baggini
Cultivating epistemic virtue
“People need to focus more on the virtues of a good thinker rather than on any particular critical thinking skills or taking any kind of course.”
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Nothing new under the sun?
Links to recent articles, exciting news about an award, and on what changes and what stays the same….
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Comedy as Philosophy
Chapter for The Philosophy of Comedy, edited by Simon Kirchin, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement Volume 96, October 2024
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Review: Beyond Stoicism
The worst readers, Nietzsche claimed, are like “plundering troops” who loot the few ideas they can use and trash the rest. But what if the texts in question are a hodgepodge of good sense and nonsense? Isn’t selective pillage the best, not worst, way to read them?
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