Identitarianism in Academic Philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & Oliver Traldi)

January 19, 2019 01:29:48
Identitarianism in Academic Philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & Oliver Traldi)
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Identitarianism in Academic Philosophy (Daniel Kaufman & Oliver Traldi)

Jan 19 2019 | 01:29:48

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Show Notes

Why Oliver quit law school ... Is it professionally risky to express heterodox views in philosophy? ... Philosophy as handmaiden to progressive politics ... Dan’s essay on philosophy’s abuse of the harm principle ... The chicken-or-egg question of students or faculty ... Is leftism corrupting scholarship? ... What politics can learn from the field of philosophy ... The irony of a leftist discipline that exploits labor ...

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