5. Democratia si sfirsitul istoriei

Continui, si in aceasta simbata, serialul “Filosofia politica pe intelesul tuturor” (pentru a citi celelalte episoade, click in sidebar pe categoria Filosofia politica pe intelesul tuturor). Voi vorbi in cele ce urmeaza despre problema permanenței democratiei ca sistem politic. Hegel (1770-1831), unul dintre cei mai mari filosofi germani, a crezut in sfirsitul istoriei si al [...]

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Creationism versus Evolutionism

[Article written on February 27, 2008] UPDATE (03.03.2008). It seems that the problem of teaching religion in school was settled reasonably well, at least in my opinion. Romanian readers might want to take a look here. Does anybody know something about evolutionism? Yes, George, there are two theories: (a) The Dawn of Man (”2001: A [...]

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Evolutionism Versus Creationism: Post-scriptum with Thomas Christiano

[Article written on June 10, 2008] In Bled (Slovenia) I had the great honor to meet and discuss with Tom Christiano. In my talk (“Does Liberal Neutrality Require Epistemic Abstinence?”), I advocated a Rawlsian version of the “epistemic abstinence” theory, according to which we should not build the basic institutions of a liberal democratic society [...]

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