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ON THE OBJECTIVITY OF SCIENCE: KARL POPPER and THOMAS KUHN. Lecture 5 of Postmodern Philosophy [Peterson Academy course]
Lecture Five: Science and technology have accomplished wonders since the Enlightenment. But, as Karl Popper asks, how do we “distinguish between science and pseudo–science“? Thomas Kuhn suggests that scientists are less-than-objective and more “like the typical character of Orwell’s 1984.” Themes: Logical Positivism and Analytic philosophy’s aspirations and travails. Scientific method. Science and pseudo-science. Falsifiability. […]
Is Mental Health in Schools Skewing Toward the Dystopian?
When it comes to dystopian stories – tales that tell of failed societies marked by disaster, suffering and oppression – perhaps the most well-known is George Orwell’s 1984. The famous novel has led to…
Citing Orwell’s ‘1984,’ judge orders Trump administration to return slavery exhibits removed from Philadelphia museum
A federal judge, evoking the dystopian world of George Orwell’s novel “1984,” ordered the Trump administration on Monday to return a long-standing exhibit on slavery it removed from a popular historical museum in Philadelphia.
Trump’s repeal of landmark climate ruling ‘un-American’ and ‘Orwellian’, says John Kerry
Former secretary of state condemns to decision revoke ruling that underpins ability to limit climate-heating pollution
10,000 unionized Corewell Health East nurses vote to authorize strike
Months of negotiations between the Teamsters Local 2024 union representing 10,000 nurses and Corewell Health East have yet to yield a new contract.
Nine political books to inspire young people
From George Orwell to Alastair Campbell, our experts recommend books that will inspire youth into thinking politically.
Transcription by Ben Lerner wins Orwell prize for political fiction
Judging chair calls Lerner’s novel a ‘funny, brainy and timely’ study of our appetite for technology, while Karen Bartlett wins the nonfiction prize for The Escape from Kabul
Teamsters nurses, Corewell Health East reach tentative union contract
This would be the first contract after nurses voted to unionize in 2024.
After his Reflecting Pool vandalism case is dismissed, David Hearn looks for closure
The ex-Olympian accused of damaging the reflecting pool tells NPR the experience has been "Orwellian" and "Kafkaesque." And it's not over yet: His lawyers are fighting to close the case permanently.
George Orwell called for a new way of thinking about science
Orwell argued that you don’t have to be a scientist to think more scientifically.