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Will Thomas’s review essay captures much of the essence of this very difficult Derrida piece. I especially appreciated his comments on decon
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Will Thomas’s review essay captures much of the essence of this very difficult Derrida piece. I especially appreciated his comments on decon
I was quite impressed with David L. Potts’s review of Foucault, as I was impressed with the criticisms he raised against my own discussion..
The first impulse a reader is likely to have upon starting to read chapter 10 is to close the book in dismay and disgust. The sentences appe
In his outstanding review essay , Roger Donway makes several references to things’ identities being “artificial.” By this he seems to mean
This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 1999 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " The Continental Origins of Postmodernism ."
As I understand it, Foucault is one of the widely recognized creators of Postmodernism. He was influenced by Hegel and Nietzsche, and he
To properly interpret [Michel] Foucault’s statements in The History of Sexuality: An Introduction ("HSI," Vintage Books, 1990; first publish
This commentary is part of The Atlas Society's 1999 online "CyberSeminar" entitled " The Continental Origins of Postmodernism ."
I want to lay out what I understand to be the basic structure of the argument, along the way dealing with some misunderstandings to which
Bryan suggested that we might find his reading of “What Is Metaphysics?” too Sartrean; I confess I did find it so. I was particularly
In his novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, written in tandem with the script for the epic movie of the same name, Arthur....
An ideal Objectivist society would be one where there would be maximum individual freedom, and minimum governmental functions, primary among
Contrary to logical positivism, the cognitive meaning of a statement is not equal to its means of verification. Instead, the meaning of a...
Ayn Rand maintained the necessity of a government that kept its “hands off” the private lives of its citizens, while at the same time......
Your argument is correct. But I will elaborate a little to make clear the Objectivist view.....
April 2008 -- Editor’s note: I’m pleased to yield my usual editorial space this month to Gene Holloway, director of operations and
Objectivists would try to employ any technology that reliably allowed them to live longer, fuller lives. It is wonderful and life-affirming
Humanism is the doctrine that there is only the real world, that reason is our means of knowledge, and that human well-being in this life is
In a society that is basically Objectivist in its beliefs and laws, the only actions that would be illegal would be those that impose harm o
Induction is the process of reaching general conclusions from particular facts. It is contrasted in logic with deduction, which is the proce