Open College with Prof. Stephan Hicks Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/open-college-with-prof-stephan-hicks/ Possibly Correct Media Network Mon, 17 Jan 2022 01:48:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/possiblycorrect.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-PC_LOGO.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Open College with Prof. Stephan Hicks Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/open-college-with-prof-stephan-hicks/ 32 32 194854143 EP #55 | Jordan Peterson’s Religion https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-55-jordan-petersons-religion/ Mon, 15 Nov 2021 00:38:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1513 Where do we find the meaning of life? In answering that question, we look to Professor Jordan Peterson a man with a foot in two worlds. He is a man of science, proficient in the biological bases of psychology and the developments of psychology as an applied science.

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]]> Where do we find the meaning of life? In answering that question, we look to Professor Jordan Peterson a man with a foot in two worlds. He is a man of science, proficient in the biological bases of psychology and the developments of psychology as an applied science.

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]]> 1513 EP #54 | Socialism: Scientific or Religious? https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-54-socialism-scientific-or-religious/ Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:26:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1508 While communist/socialist/social democratic have always had a scientific-pseudoscientific verneer about it, time has worn away much of this verneer, exposing much of the ideology as hyper-idealistic/proto-religiousist in many regards. Despite this verneer being largely washed away, many if not the vast majority of communists/socialists refuse or cannot see their views as anything except entirely rational. In this podcast, Professor Stephen Hicks delves deep into this phenomenon.

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]]> While communist/socialist/social democratic have always had a scientific-pseudoscientific verneer about it, time has worn away much of this verneer, exposing much of the ideology as hyper-idealistic/proto-religiousist in many regards.

Despite this verneer being largely washed away, many if not the vast majority of communists/socialists refuse or cannot see their views as anything except entirely rational.

In this podcast, Professor Stephen Hicks delves deep into this phenomenon.

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]]> 1508 EP #53 | Morality Without Gods https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-53-morality-without-gods/ Tue, 24 Aug 2021 18:01:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1506 In this episode Dr. Stephen Hicks addressed the philosophical question, does morality require the existence of the gods or a God or is morality part of our human nature?

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]]> In this episode Dr. Stephen Hicks addressed the philosophical question, does morality require the existence of the gods or a God or is morality part of our human nature?

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]]> 1506 EP #51 | Would Immortality Be Worth It https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-51-would-immortality-be-worth-it/ Tue, 27 Jul 2021 17:50:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1504 Even though we humans have lots of knowledge, we do not necessarily have a good and full theory of knowledge. Yet we should not let the lack of a good theory, deny the existence of what the theory should be explaining.
Humans have cognitive faculties with limitations. One can form snap judgments, but one can also recognize and pursue the objective principle of viewing as many perspectives as is necessary. One learns about one’s cognitive limitations over time, so one learns that to make a judgment about something beyond one’s immediate cognitive limitation, one needs to do extra work.

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]]> Even though we humans have lots of knowledge, we do not necessarily have a good and full theory of knowledge. Yet we should not let the lack of a good theory, deny the existence of what the theory should be explaining.

Humans have cognitive faculties with limitations. One can form snap judgments, but one can also recognize and pursue the objective principle of viewing as many perspectives as is necessary. One learns about one’s cognitive limitations over time, so one learns that to make a judgment about something beyond one’s immediate cognitive limitation, one needs to do extra work.

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]]> 1504 EP #50 | Objectivity for Human Beings https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-50-objectivity-for-human-beings/ Mon, 05 Jul 2021 17:35:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1503 Even though we humans have lots of knowledge, we do not necessarily have a good and full theory of knowledge. Yet we should not let the lack of a good theory, deny the existence of what the theory should be explaining.
Humans have cognitive faculties with limitations. One can form snap judgments, but one can also recognize and pursue the objective principle of viewing as many perspectives as is necessary. One learns about one’s cognitive limitations over time, so one learns that to make a judgment about something beyond one’s immediate cognitive limitation, one needs to do extra work.

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]]> Even though we humans have lots of knowledge, we do not necessarily have a good and full theory of knowledge. Yet we should not let the lack of a good theory, deny the existence of what the theory should be explaining.

Humans have cognitive faculties with limitations. One can form snap judgments, but one can also recognize and pursue the objective principle of viewing as many perspectives as is necessary. One learns about one’s cognitive limitations over time, so one learns that to make a judgment about something beyond one’s immediate cognitive limitation, one needs to do extra work.

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]]> 1503 EP #41 | PPP & the Soul of Free Market Liberalism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-41-ppp-the-soul-of-free-market-liberalism/ Wed, 05 Aug 2020 01:06:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1568 The Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) is a 2020 government program available to businesses and organizations, primarily in response to the economic damage done by Covid-19 slowdowns, shut-downs, and lock-downs. What are the moral arguments and principles one should consider when assessing the consequences of PPP and what is the context of decision-making with regards to PPP in a free-market liberal organization.

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]]> The Payroll Protection Plan (PPP) is a 2020 government program available to businesses and organizations, primarily in response to the economic damage done by Covid-19 slowdowns, shut-downs, and lock-downs. What are the moral arguments and principles one should consider when assessing the consequences of PPP and what is the context of decision-making with regards to PPP in a free-market liberal organization.

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]]> 1568 EP #39 | God: The “Evil” Argument https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-39-god-the-evil-argument/ Tue, 30 Jun 2020 03:16:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1575 The standard conception of God that is offered to us by theists suggest there are three major features of interest: God is said to be omnipotent or all-powerful, omnis­cient or all-knowing, and omnibenevolent or all-good. However, if the God who created the world is supposed to be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, why did he create a world in which so much evil exists? And not only why did he create a world with so much evil in it, why did he create a world with any evil in it at all? An all-powerful, all-knowing, completely good creator of the universe would not have created an imperfect world with evil in it or would he?

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]]> The standard conception of God that is offered to us by theists suggest there are three major features of interest: God is said to be omnipotent or all-powerful, omnis­cient or all-knowing, and omnibenevolent or all-good. However, if the God who created the world is supposed to be all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good, why did he create a world in which so much evil exists? And not only why did he create a world with so much evil in it, why did he create a world with any evil in it at all? An all-powerful, all-knowing, completely good creator of the universe would not have created an imperfect world with evil in it or would he?

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]]> 1575 EP #38 | God: The “Design” Argument https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-38-god-the-design-argument/ Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:09:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1577 Do the gods exist? As mature and more sophisticated reasoned arguments for and against the idea of god have evolved, we can evaluate eighteen possible arguments, about seven are interesting. Argumentation about the natural world: time, causation, morality, beauty, logic, mathematical precision, and so on. Can they be explained in self-sufficient natural way or only by going beyond the natural?

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]]> Do the gods exist? As mature and more sophisticated reasoned arguments for and against the idea of god have evolved, we can evaluate eighteen possible arguments, about seven are interesting. Argumentation about the natural world: time, causation, morality, beauty, logic, mathematical precision, and so on. Can they be explained in self-sufficient natural way or only by going beyond the natural?

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]]> 1577 EP #37 | Thomas Kuhn’s De-Structuring Science https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-37-thomas-kuhns-de-structuring-science/ Wed, 27 May 2020 01:02:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1581 Thomas Kuhn was professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a classic in the history and philosophy of science. Still relevant to our philosophical and cultural debates over science, for Kuhn challenges claims that science is or can be an objective process based upon observational facts that makes progress toward truth.

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]]> Thomas Kuhn was professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a classic in the history and philosophy of science. Still relevant to our philosophical and cultural debates over science, for Kuhn challenges claims that science is or can be an objective process based upon observational facts that makes progress toward truth.

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]]> 1581 EP #36 | Democratic Socialism for Beginners https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-36-democratic-socialism-for-beginners/ Mon, 11 May 2020 01:45:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1587 In contemporary times, most socialists have shifted away from overtly dictatorial socialism. Among the younger, there is some level of awareness of its terrible history but they still think of it as an ideal to be striven for despite obvious concerns. What are the aims of democratic socialist, what do they wish to achieve and how will they achieve their goals? Should socialism be Monarchical, Aristocratic, or Democratic? Who should have power over you: one person? An elite group? The majority?

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]]> In contemporary times, most socialists have shifted away from overtly dictatorial socialism. Among the younger, there is some level of awareness of its terrible history but they still think of it as an ideal to be striven for despite obvious concerns. What are the aims of democratic socialist, what do they wish to achieve and how will they achieve their goals? Should socialism be Monarchical, Aristocratic, or Democratic? Who should have power over you: one person? An elite group? The majority?

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