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How French “Intellectuals” Ruined the West: Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained
| by Helen Pluckrose | Postmodernism presents a threat not only to liberal democracy but to modernity itself. That may sound like a bold or even hyperbolic claim, but the reality is that the cluste…
Peter Boghossian
@MsMelChen @nickgillespie @reason Not so quick: areomagazine.com/2017/03/27/how…
Also, postmodernism vs “applied postmodernism”. For more on this see @HPluckrose
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No thank you, Mr. Pecker – Jeff Bezos
Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn’t just unusual — it was a first. I was made an offer I couldn’t…
Portland to condemn white supremacists, ‘alt-right hate groups’
Portland’s city council has prepared a resolution that condemns “White Supremacist and Alt-Right Hate Groups.”
Grievance Studies | The Michael Knowles Show Ep. 289
As the 2020 race heats up to be a battle over whose mother washed more floors for less money, we ask when victimhood became a substitute for virtue. Then, Ka...
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Peter Boghossian
Much thanks to @michaeljknowles for having @ConceptualJames and me on. We thoroughly enjoyed this interview, getting to know Michael, & speaking across divides with a sharp, sincere, dapper guy.
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Social Justice & The Gospel Conference: All Sessions
Watch all session from Sovereign Nations' Social Justice & The Gospel Conference held on January 16, 2019.
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Peter Boghossian
This is fascinating.
An Orthodox Christian conference on Social Justice. Some topics: virtue signaling as an evangelical strategy, intersectionality as a religion, White Privilege: The New Original Sin @SovNations
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More science-dissing: WaPo’s misguided criticism of “scientism”
There’s never an end to science-dissing these days, and it comes largely from humanities scholars who are distressed by comparing the palpable progress in science with the stagnation and marg…
Taking on the Offendotrons: a review of Russell Blackford's 'The Tyranny of Opinion'
A review of The Tyranny of Opinion by Russell Blackford. Bloomsbury Academic Press (October 18, 2018) 240 pages. It’s fair to say I have a leitmotif when it comes to commentary. Starting in 2015 (in the Guardian) and multiple times since, I’ve...
State of the Union
On Thursday, January 31, people will gather in living rooms across the country to view the first Better Angels State of the Union. They will build trust instead of animosity; discover common ground; and feel better about the future of our beloved...
Professor Exposes Bogus Research, Faces Sanctions. Of Course.
In our era of absurdity, it is both fitting and depressing that the professor behind a study that exposed how preposterous research papers could find their way into prestigious academic journals now finds himself in hot water. Peter Boghossian,...
Academy for Retribution
<p>Peter W. Wood writes a letter to the President of Portland State University urging the institution to end its use of academic disciplinary procedures to harass Professor Boghossian. </p>
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Peter Boghossian
I am profoundly appreciative for this letter of support from The National Association of Scholars. @NASorg
nas.org/articles/acade… pic.twitter.com/yAMUzs3y6o
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A Philosopher's Hoax Embarrassed Several Academic Journals. Was It Satire or Fraud?
By resorting to satire, did Portland State University professor Peter Boghossian violate basic professional and ethical standards?
Rules to protect research subjects should include different standards for different types of subjects (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed
Should rules written to protect biomedical research subjects from physical harm, Alan Sokal asks, be applied blindly to very different types of subjects?
Episode #11: The Case for Freethinkers with Bruce Gilley
<p>Peter interviews Bruce Gilley about
An exposé of lax publishing standards is not research misconduct
Portland State University’s investigation of a researcher who published hoax papers misses the point of ethical oversight, says Jeffrey Flier
The Influence of Anti-Racist Scholarship-Activism on Evergreen College
Core Tenets of Anti-Racist Scholarship-Activism. Racism exists today in both traditional and modern forms Racism is an institutionalized, multilayered, multilevel system that distributes unequal po…
James Lindsay, Grievance studies as religion eating atheism from the inside
After listening to James and his friends talk with Jordan Peterson I reached out to him to see if we could chat about this. He kindly agreed and here it is. ...
Intersectional Feminism Precludes Epistemic Humility
In an earlier blog post for Heterodox Academy, I argued that the reason why elite intellectual venues (i.e. universities and print media) are often hostile to conservatives has more to do with numb…
Widespread student support for beleaguered professor Peter Boghossian
Despite threats of dismissal by Portland State University, Grievance Studies “hoaxer” Peter Boghossian is respected by students for his principled stand against postmodernist philosophy.