AR Hanlon
@aaronrhanlon.com
anti-disciplinary generalist and letter of recommendation abolitionist
The Enlightenment; historical epistemology; computational philosophy of fiction
Audere est facere #COYS
The Enlightenment; historical epistemology; computational philosophy of fiction
Audere est facere #COYS
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... their high human capital wing (their political staff, legal workers, industry elites), such as it is, seems to crucially rely on recruiting from bitter losers who have adopted hateful yet pathetic self serving delusions to cover for their failure to achieve success in an expanded meritocracy...
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 AM
... their high human capital wing (their political staff, legal workers, industry elites), such as it is, seems to crucially rely on recruiting from bitter losers who have adopted hateful yet pathetic self serving delusions to cover for their failure to achieve success in an expanded meritocracy...
They feel they can ‘be themselves’ around him.
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
They feel they can ‘be themselves’ around him.
In case it's easier for 'humanists' to see this illustrated in a less triggering way in the sciences, you can draw a pretty direct line from the growth and enrichment of industrialized science--its integration with public policy and capital--and the 'I do my own research' kind of science denial.
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In case it's easier for 'humanists' to see this illustrated in a less triggering way in the sciences, you can draw a pretty direct line from the growth and enrichment of industrialized science--its integration with public policy and capital--and the 'I do my own research' kind of science denial.
... (this is equally the case for scientists, by the way). When you do that then you reduce the potency of knowledge worth both for itself and, paradoxically, as part of an activist project. Because: philpapers.org/archive/HANE...
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
... (this is equally the case for scientists, by the way). When you do that then you reduce the potency of knowledge worth both for itself and, paradoxically, as part of an activist project. Because: philpapers.org/archive/HANE...
I'm aware of the ostensible overlap between this view and the conservative critique of 'activist scholarship,' but that's not at all where I'm coming from. The way I usually put it is rather you necessarily sacrifice epistemic credibility when you're driven foremost by political objectives ...
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'm aware of the ostensible overlap between this view and the conservative critique of 'activist scholarship,' but that's not at all where I'm coming from. The way I usually put it is rather you necessarily sacrifice epistemic credibility when you're driven foremost by political objectives ...