In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Mike Mazza and Nikos Sotirakopoulos discuss philosophy professor Peter Boghossian's resignation from Portland State University, prompted by a backlash from students and faculty to his controversial positions.
Among the topics covered:
Boghossian's experience at Portland State University as a sign of the increasing tribalism at universities;
Whether "grievance studies" is the cause of the increasing hooliganism on college campuses;
The attitude toward truth and facts on college campuses today;
How leftist ideology took over campuses;
The upcoming Objectivist Academic Center course about the ideas from critical theory that facilitated the rise of the left;
How alternative educational institutions can help combat irrational ideologies in academia;
The Ayn Rand University as a powerful alternative educational institution;
Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay;
The impact of postmodernism in academia today;
How skepticism undermines the ideas of otherwise good thinkers.
You can sign up to audit courses at the Objectivist Academic Center here.
This podcast was recorded on September 29, 2021.
