Prof. Hicks Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/prof-hicks/ Possibly Correct Media Network Mon, 31 Jan 2022 02:39:24 +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 Prof. Hicks Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/prof-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 #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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]]> 1587 EP #35 | Arguing Religion https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-35-arguing-religion/ Mon, 20 Apr 2020 01:38:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1589 We have all heard that in polite company we should not discuss sex, politics, business, or religion. Those topics are too troublesome, so we should stick to safer topics?

To be human is to grapple with the big questions and the crucial values of life. We must decide and we all need to make up our minds what our lives will be about.

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]]> We have all heard that in polite company we should not discuss sex, politics, business, or religion. Those topics are too troublesome, so we should stick to safer topics?

To be human is to grapple with the big questions and the crucial values of life. We must decide and we all need to make up our minds what our lives will be about.

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]]> 1589 EP #34 | Eight Socialists Define Socialism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-34-eight-socialists-define-socialism/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 05:34:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1592 Who are the most important socialist intellectuals and politicians in history? We here offer quotations from eight prominent socialists, representing a wide geographical and temporal range. The quotations illustrate the author’s motivation for advocating socialism, the actions necessary to bring about socialism, and/or the expected results of socialism. What common characteristics best define socialism?

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]]> Who are the most important socialist intellectuals and politicians in history? We here offer quotations from eight prominent socialists, representing a wide geographical and temporal range. The quotations illustrate the author’s motivation for advocating socialism, the actions necessary to bring about socialism, and/or the expected results of socialism. What common characteristics best define socialism?

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]]> 1592 EP #33 | Young People’s Socialism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-33-young-peoples-socialism/ Tue, 11 Feb 2020 23:46:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1598 Where are young socialists in their thinking? What expressions of socialism are meeting their mark rhetorically? What does socialism mean to them and what values do they think socialism is advocating?

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]]> Where are young socialists in their thinking? What expressions of socialism are meeting their mark rhetorically? What does socialism mean to them and what values do they think socialism is advocating?

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]]> 1598 EP #32 | Bootleggers and Baptists or Snowflakes https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-32-bootleggers-and-baptists-or-snowflakes/ Mon, 27 Jan 2020 23:58:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1605 A generation ago the slogan of campus activist was, speak truth to power. Why has there been such a dramatic change in just one generation?

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]]> A generation ago the slogan of campus activist was, speak truth to power. Why has there been such a dramatic change in just one generation?

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]]> 1605 EP #31 | Hazony Attacks the Enlightenment https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-31-hazony-attacks-the-enlightenment/ Thu, 16 Jan 2020 23:54:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1607 On December 30th 2019, the YouTube channel Prager University released a video narrated by bible scholar and political theorist Yoram Hazony discussing the Enlightenment. Hazony makes eight major claims about the Enlightenment and while there are some thoughtful arguments against the Enlightenment, Hazony has not made them. In this episode of Open College, Dr. Hicks points out the flaws in Hazony’s augments and shows why this video is an example of special-pleading history.

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]]> On December 30th 2019, the YouTube channel Prager University released a video narrated by bible scholar and political theorist Yoram Hazony discussing the Enlightenment. Hazony makes eight major claims about the Enlightenment and while there are some thoughtful arguments against the Enlightenment, Hazony has not made them. In this episode of Open College, Dr. Hicks points out the flaws in Hazony’s augments and shows why this video is an example of special-pleading history.

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]]> 1607 #29 War on Socialism https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/29-war-on-socialism/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 02:38:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1619 William James was a leading American philosopher who lived at the turn of the 20th century. In his essay the Moral Equivalent of War, James describes himself as a socialist and pacifist and is very disgusted with the human history of war and is looking for a solution. This essay, while thoughtful and well argued is to my mind, highly objectionable. Here is why.

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]]> William James was a leading American philosopher who lived at the turn of the 20th century. In his essay the Moral Equivalent of War, James describes himself as a socialist and pacifist and is very disgusted with the human history of war and is looking for a solution. This essay, while thoughtful and well argued is to my mind, highly objectionable. Here is why.

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