In the dialogue, David Ottlinger and Dan Kaufman discuss the ongoing effort to de-platform/cancel Professor Kathleen Stock for her writing and public statements on gender and sex related issues; an article and discussion on it in the Daily Nous; and issues regarding academic freedom and freedom of speech more generally.
0:00 Intro
02:32 The (latest) defenestration of Kathleen Stock
16:44 How sincere are pro-trans rights public intellectuals?
27:35 Justin Weinberg's essay on the Kathleen Stock incident
44:53 David: "It's the squishy middles that are gonna kill us"
59:34 Dan: deplatforming people on social media is effectively censorship
1:10:34 The death of public discourse and the rise of Trump 1:20:30 How consensus crumbles
1:28:10 David: we should get rid of the harm principle
What explains the sharp divide between analytic and continental philosophy? ... Continental philosophy’s association with romanticism and fascism ... How Richard Rorty, Crispin’s dissertation...
The fight, and meta-fight, in philosophy over trans issues ... David's essay on philosophy and activism ... The admonition to "go read the literature"...
Robert Gressis (Cal State Northridge), Dan Kaufman (Missouri State) and Kevin Currie-Knight (East Carolina) discuss what is and isn't realistic to expect of philosophy....