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11 de mai. de 2024 · An evocative quotation from philosopher Sidney Hook (1902-1989), from his autobiographical Out of Step. In an earlier post I quoted Hook’s account of his family’s living conditions. Here Hook recalls his authoritarian-style education in American schools circa one century ago:
Há 3 dias · Sidney Hook: 1902–1989 a prominent New York intellectual and philosopher, a student of Dewey at Columbia. Isaac Levi: 1930–2018 seeks to apply pragmatist thinking in a decision-theoretic perspective. Susan Haack: 1945– teaches at the University of Miami, sometimes called the intellectual granddaughter of C.S. Peirce, known ...
18 de mai. de 2024 · Main Currents of Marxism received positive reviews from the economist Mark Blaug in Economica, the historian Martin Jay in The American Historical Review, the philosopher Sidney Hook in The American Scholar, and John E. Elliott in the Journal of Economic Issues.
6 de mai. de 2024 · As Sidney Hook (1974, 20) noted, there is a false sense of heroism in the Realist embrace of that position. The “more serious, even more heroic” position is found in the Pragmatist's challenge; the challenge to explore empirically, and to realize practically, the possibilities that are immanent in the particular moment.
6 Sidney Hook (A Critique Of God), for instance, has observed that, “Many people will heatedly discuss the question whether God exists—without displaying any concern over the fact that they are encompassing the most heterogeneous notions in the use they make of the word ‘God’.” 7 Atheism: A Philosophical Justification, Chapter 1.
5 de mai. de 2024 · The Sidney Prize and Neilma Short Story Prize Founded by Sidney Hook in 1941, the prize honors distinguished work of national importance in literature and the humanities. The prize was initially awarded to four scholars, but has since been expanded to honor a scholar in each of the three disciplines.
Há 16 horas · New members included James Burnham and Sidney Hook. By the 1930s the Socialist Party was deeply divided between an Old Guard, led by Hillquit, and younger Militants, who were more sympathetic to the Soviet Union, led by Norman Thomas. The Old Guard left the party to form the Social Democratic Federation.
