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I'm an Elitist Bastard17 comments

splendidelles wrote 1 week ago: Why didn’t I find out about the Carnival of the Elitist Bastards sooner? I missed the maiden v … more »

Tags: elitist bastards

The Dumbing of America

wilsonknut wrote 2 weeks ago: “‘The mind of this country, taught to aim at low objects, eats upon itself.’ Ralph … more »

Tags: Culture, Life, america, Education, Susan Jacoby

Headbands and Fictional Characters: Serious Business4 comments

splendidelles wrote 3 weeks ago: So here I was, researching anti-intellectualism because I picked the topic for my research paper for … more »

Crtitical Hostility

Blind Man wrote 1 month ago: The latest foray of conservatism, this time from the Wall Street Journal, in its interminable hostil … more »

Tags: critical theory, Dartmouth College, Dennis Dutton, Fredric Jameson, Judith Butler, priya venkatesan, Science studies, Wall Street Journal

[7] The Biblical Worldview - Part 2

Nishanth wrote 1 month ago: In the previous post I demonstrated how for rational justification we have to deduce our proposition … more »

Tags: Apologetics / Polemics, Systematic Theology (1) - Bibliology, Systematic Theology (2) - Theology Proper, Systematic Theology (3) Anthropology, Polemics, Philosophy, logic

[6] The Biblical Worldview - Part 1

Nishanth wrote 1 month ago: It would help to read through essays [1] and [2] again, because unless you grasp the core issues of … more »

Tags: Apologetics / Polemics, logic, Philosophy, Polemics, Systematic Theology (1) - Bibliology

Restoring the balance

debcha wrote 1 month ago: So it occurred to me, re-reading the last post, that it was awfully scholarly in tone (my day job is … more »

Tags: Harmonix, guitar hero, LOLCats, I Can Has Cheezburger?

Blogging American Unreason: 32 comments

Wandering electrons wrote 1 month ago: A synoptic and critical study of “The Age of American Unreason” by Susan Jacoby. To read … more »

Tags: Culture, america, American Unreason, anti-rationalism, Books, Culture, Jacoby

[5] Can Science Discover Truth?

Nishanth wrote 1 month ago: In this essay, we will consider another facet to empiricism - science - which finds wide application … more »

Tags: Apologetics / Polemics, Polemics, Philosophy, logic, History & Philosophy of Science

The Philosopher Forrest Gump1 comment

Ken wrote 1 month ago: IN THE MOVIE BASED ON the above character, Forrest Gump is given to sharing his guiding life phil … more »

Tags: Dumbing Down of America, dumbness, forrest gump, stupidity

Anti-Rationalism2 comments

raford wrote 1 month ago: There was a piece in the Washington Post in February by Susan Jacoby that brought up a concept I hav … more »

Tags: Politics, Culture, U.S. Elections, anti-rationalism

Anti-Intellectualism Syndrome and The Growing Smart Gap2 comments

Meredith wrote 1 month ago: The wealth gap in America isn’t the only growing dichotomy in our melting pot of various demog … more »

Tags: B. Obama, bush, Democrat, election, H. Clinton, media, Religion, Republican, Science

The Seductive Allure of Madness

justabovesunset wrote 1 month ago: There are serious matters, always, as on Tuesday, May 13, fires were burning, cyclones causing unima … more »

Tags: hillary clinton, Race and Politics, The West Virginia Primary

Make the World Go Away

justabovesunset wrote 1 month ago: Sure it’s three years old – Alkman Granitsas in Yale Global, 24 November 2005, with American … more »

Tags: obama, hillary clinton, xenophobia, Distrust of Foreigners, Exploiting Resentment, West Virginia

Blogging American Unreason: 21 comment

Wandering electrons wrote 1 month ago: A synoptic and critical study of “The Age of American Unreason” by Susan Jacoby. To read … more »

Tags: Culture, america, American Unreason, anti-rationalism, Books, Culture, Jacoby

[3] Agnosticism

Nishanth wrote 2 months ago: Introduction Agnosticism refers to the school of thought in philosophy which asserts that it is not … more »

Tags: Apologetics / Polemics, logic, Philosophy

cultural radical vs. old-school academic

ininterest wrote 2 months ago: I guess I missed a lot in February. BookTV/C-SPAN2 is great. For a lot of reasons. And despite the … more »

Tags: I, BookTV, CSPAN2, Susan Jacoby, Culture, Academics, dumb america, Denmark, anti-rationalism

Oh really? What a surprise!

Wandering electrons wrote 2 months ago: From the Reuters Science and Health category: “Experts say sex abstinence program doesn’ … more »

Tags: Science, Medicine, Culture, Science, Medicine, Culture, health, anti-rationalism

Blogging American Unreason: 11 comment

Wandering electrons wrote 2 months ago: A synoptic and critical study of “The Age of American Unreason” by Susan Jacoby. To read … more »

Tags: Culture, america, American Unreason, anti-rationalism, Books, Culture, Jacoby


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