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The Enlightenment is often held up as a revolution to which all those who value the power of the human mind should pledge allegiance. But there's a question many smart people fight over without realizing it: *which* Enlightenment?
-Links for the Curious-
“Pomo Fomo: the fear of Continental philosophy,” by Aragorn Eloff, 2016 - medium.com/@aragorneloff/pomo-fomo-fear-of-continental-philosophy-4ec308c4da4c
“Some Thoughts About ‘Continental’ and ‘Analytic’ Philosophy,” by William Blattner -
http://faculty.georgetown.edu/blattnew/contanalytic.html
“Mental Differences Between Men and Women,” by George John Romanes, 1887 - bbk.ac.uk/deviance/sexuality/romanes/17-5-3%20romanes.htm
“A House Divided: Comparing Analytic and Continental Philosophy,” review by C. G. Prado - https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/a-house-divided-comparing-analytic-and-continental-philosophy/
“Brazen sexism is pushing women out of America’s atheism movement,” by Marcie Bianco, 2016 - qz.com/613270/brazen-sexism-is-pushing-women-out-of-americas-atheism-movement
“When feminism is incompatible with skepticism,” by Justin Vacula, 2014 - justinvacula.com/2014/02/11/feminism-incompatible-skepticism
“It Stands to Reason, Skeptics Can Be Sexist Too,” by Rebecca Watson, 2012 - slate.com/human-interest/2012/10/sexism-in-the-skeptic-community-i-spoke-out-then-came-the-rape-threats.html
“I Am Not a Racist, And So Are You,” by Stephen Beckner, 2018 - skeptic.com/reading_room/i-am-not-racist-and-so-are-you
"The Continental/Analytic Split," by BBC's "In Our Time" - bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016x2jp
The Enlightenment is often held up as a revolution to which all those who value the power of the human mind should pledge allegiance. But there's a question many smart people fight over without realizing it: *which* Enlightenment?
-Links for the Curious-
“Pomo Fomo: the fear of Continental philosophy,” by Aragorn Eloff, 2016 - medium.com/@aragorneloff/pomo-fomo-fear-of-continental-philosophy-4ec308c4da4c
“Some Thoughts About ‘Continental’ and ‘Analytic’ Philosophy,” by William Blattner -
http://faculty.georgetown.edu/blattnew/contanalytic.html
“Mental Differences Between Men and Women,” by George John Romanes, 1887 - bbk.ac.uk/deviance/sexuality/romanes/17-5-3%20romanes.htm
“A House Divided: Comparing Analytic and Continental Philosophy,” review by C. G. Prado - https://ndpr.nd.edu/news/a-house-divided-comparing-analytic-and-continental-philosophy/
“Brazen sexism is pushing women out of America’s atheism movement,” by Marcie Bianco, 2016 - qz.com/613270/brazen-sexism-is-pushing-women-out-of-americas-atheism-movement
“When feminism is incompatible with skepticism,” by Justin Vacula, 2014 - justinvacula.com/2014/02/11/feminism-incompatible-skepticism
“It Stands to Reason, Skeptics Can Be Sexist Too,” by Rebecca Watson, 2012 - slate.com/human-interest/2012/10/sexism-in-the-skeptic-community-i-spoke-out-then-came-the-rape-threats.html
“I Am Not a Racist, And So Are You,” by Stephen Beckner, 2018 - skeptic.com/reading_room/i-am-not-racist-and-so-are-you
"The Continental/Analytic Split," by BBC's "In Our Time" - bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016x2jp
