Professor Hicks Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/professor-hicks/ Possibly Correct Media Network Sat, 22 Jan 2022 05:35:41 +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 Professor Hicks Archives - Possibly Correct https://possiblycorrect.com/tag/professor-hicks/ 32 32 194854143 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 #40 | Defending Explaining Post Modernism: Cuck & Multiversity https://possiblycorrect.com/podcast/ep-40-defending-explaining-post-modernism-cuck-multiversity/ Thu, 16 Jul 2020 01:42:00 +0000 https://possiblycorrect.com/?post_type=podcast&p=1570 Two intelligent, non-professional responses to my book explaining postmodernism. A study in contrast. Content, method, and civility.

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]]> Two intelligent, non-professional responses to my book explaining postmodernism. A study in contrast. Content, method, and civility.

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]]> 1570 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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]]> 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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