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theimaginativeconservative.org
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| | | | | By and large the educated elites in the Western world today are without religious belief and often animated by a "culture of repudiation," keen to banish old ideas of the sacred from public life and to remake the institutions and structures of civil society so as to reflect their own liberated lifestyle. (essay by Sir Roger Scruton) | |
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mathscholar.org
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| | | | | [AI summary] The article discusses the intersection of science and philosophy, highlighting the importance of empirical evidence and the scientific method in advancing knowledge. It critiques postmodern science studies for lacking scientific rigor and credibility, referencing the Sokal hoax as a key example. The piece also touches on the contributions of non-Western societies to science and the need for diversity in the scientific community. Ultimately, it concludes that while philosophical reflection has value, it should not replace the empirical foundation of scientific research. | |
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im1776.com
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| | | | | Throughout his intellectual career, the French philosopher Michel Foucault pursued two goals: a critique of the Enlightenment, and a 'return' to the Greeks. These two projects, or rather two faces of his life's work of which the thought of Immanuel Kant seemed to him to be the clearest expression, were understood by Foucault's sharpest observers on the left, such as Jurgen Habermas, as a new form of conservatism, following in the wake of Nietzsche and Heidegger, Foucault's chief philosophical inspirations. | |
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defectivebrain.fieldofscience.com
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| | | Science as told by malfunctioning neurones. A blog of Life, labs and bacteria. | ||
