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Liberalism, anti-liberalism, French democracy – Revue de Presse: 6 February 2022
Liberalism In an intriguing essay for Engelsberg Ideas, Samuel Gregg offers an introduction to the thought of Jacques Rueff – arguably one of
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Endgame
E. John Winner ___ This essay is a response generally to an article Dan Kaufman posted here at EA
The Case for Pragmatism in Endurance Training
Among the first books I read after graduating from college (and thereby gaining the freedom to create my own syllabus) was Richard Rorty’s Truth
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Promises, promises: Barack Obama’s new memoir, reviewed
Shipping delays mean bookstores are placing massive one-off orders rather than sitting back to see what sells. They’ve gone huge on Barack
The Linguistic Turn: On “Cynical Theories,” Part 3
In the first installment of this review of Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay’s Cynical Theories, I argued that their use of the metaphor of a virus
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If this is not a new opera what is it?
We should value those who speak differently, even if we do not agree with them. Because as the American philosopher Richard Rorty explained: "A
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Update – the actuality of the archaeological past
I have contributed little to this site Since 2016. I have been taking stock. In this contemporary condition of global stasis, I am back to pick up
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Why Leadership Matters – More Than Anything.
Our Good Fortune: Precisely because she has never been an ideologue (she calls herself a “pragmatic idealist”) Jacinda Ardern has a political
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The Conservative Lie About Moral Relativity
Periodically leftists get blamed for creating a moral relativism that is destroying society. Here’s one Marcy caught: Maybe we landed on the moon,
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Groundless hope
In the recent general election in the UK in May the political discussion sometimes turned on the idea of hope. Each of the political parties was keen