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25 April 2010 - Aesthetics as a Guide to the Applied Epistemology of Ideology
There is an essential piece of philosophy that seems to be missing from the broader public debate about ideology that, if properly understood, may improve the amount of intellectual charity in circulation amongst the chattering classes, and thereby decrease (even if slightly) the amount of ugliness in the naked public square. A small but growing [...]

23 April 2010 - Epistemic Closure, Revisited
The “epistemic closure” trope seems to be making the rounds among all the really cool bloggers, for reasons that continue to mystify me. The concept of ideological ”epistemic closure” — promulgated most publicly by blogger Julian Sanchez — is an elegant if circular system: Those affected by it are incapable of accepting any truth or reality [...]

18 April 2010 - News Roundup II: “Grab the Thorazine” Edition
Da hits, dey keep on comen, mon. Grab a white jacket and your favorite tranq and let’s explore today’s more delicious news items …. From the “denial of the patently obvious” department comes an astonishing, full-throated defense of the Associated Press by Paul Keep, editor of The Grand Rapids Press. In today’s opinion column, Keep expresses [...]

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