Crush #13 You won’t find a more polarizing writer than Ayn Rand. Typically, people who read her books either revere or despise her, and there’s little in between. There are reasons for this. She was […]
Social Media Are Making Us Antisocial
Crush #14 When Facebook came into existence my first thought was, this will be very popular among unusually narcissistic adolescents, maybe teenagers too. I was surprised to learn that people in their twenties were using […]
The Importance of Reading Books Podcast
Do you care about books? Does anyone even read books anymore? What makes books so important in a world which seems to value them less? What is the difference between reading books—e-books, audio books, whatever—or […]
Rush Crush Podcast
What is it about this highly unusual rock band that gets them nominated for the list of the greatest of all time? After a career which lasted almost 50 years, why do they belong in […]
Philosophy For Children Podcast
In this podcast Paul Fairfield asks, can you get children interested in philosophy? And if you could, would you want to? The point here isn’t to make your kids into professional philosophers. A child can come […]
Can Creative Thinking Be Taught? Podcast
In this podcast, Paul Fairfield discusses whether or not it is possible to teach creativity effectively. What role, if any, does formal education play in fostering creative thought or artistic talent? How much does creativity […]
Rush Crush
Crush #12 Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins had this to say about the Canadian rock trio, Rush: “I believe when people step back and actually really look at who the great bands were, they […]
Bring Back The Existentialists : Podcast
Existentialism was a movement in continental European philosophy that had its heyday in the early to middle decades of the twentieth century. It has since been superseded by some more recent developments, from hermeneutics and […]
Philosophy For Children
Crush #11 Can you get children interested in philosophy? And if you could, would you want to? Some philosophers have written about this, which might surprise you. We’re not surprised when teachers or parents try […]
Can Creative Thinking Be Taught?
Crush #10 There are limits to what a person can teach someone. Everything that’s known can be learned, but it doesn’t follow that it can also be taught. By creative thinking I have in mind […]
