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A Commentary on the Passing Scene by Robert Paul Wolff rwolff@afroam.umass.edu
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The following books by Robert Paul Wolff are available on Amazon.com as e-books: KANT'S THEORY OF MENTAL ACTIVITY, THE AUTONOMY OF REASON, UNDERSTANDING MARX, UNDERSTANDING RAWLS, THE POVERTY OF LIBERALISM, A LIFE IN THE ACADEMY, MONEYBAGS MUST BE SO LUCKY, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE USE OF FORMAL METHODS IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY.
Now Available: Volumes I, II, III, and IV of the Collected Published and Unpublished Papers.
Now Available: Volumes I, II, III, and IV of the Collected Published and Unpublished Papers.
NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE: LECTURES ON KANT'S CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON. To view the lectures, go to YouTube and search for "Robert Paul Wolff Kant." There they will be.
NOW AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE: LECTURES ON THE THOUGHT OF KARL MARX. To view the lectures, go to YouTube and search for Robert Paul Wolff Marx."
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- As I observed in one of my books, in politics I am an anarchist, in religion I am an atheist, and in economics I am a Marxist. I am also, rather more importantly, a husband, a father, a grandfather, and a violist.
4 comments:
Outstanding presentation!
Thanks so much. Following closely.
It sounds like there is no further reading required for next week? I will take a break and read some commentary.
You get into a primer on the anthropic principle, here! The Strong Antropic Principle has been called a teleological argument, and has even been called a solipsistic argument, and also has been called just what science has tried to avoid since Galileo's time, and a rather naive believer (your mileage may vary) might be tempted to take it as an argument in favor of the existence of God, who in His wisdom, would have planned the world as a suitable abode for His creature: Man.
I tend to think that the term “anthropic” is a misnomer, and that many “anthropic principles” are simply confused, but.. it's a lot of intellectual fun.
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