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8Life on a Holodeck: What Star Trek Can Teach Us about the True Nature of RealityIn Kevin S. Decker & Jason T. Eberl (eds.), The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy, Wiley. 2016-03-14.Philosophers and other thinkers have pondered tough questions about the nature of reality for thousands of years. Now, science seems to be discovering increasing support for this ancient concept, and Star Trek's holodeck technology offers great insights into understanding both old and new theories about what's real. The accumulation of data over the last twenty‐five years from a variety of scientific fields reveals that the reality seems to be holographic in nature. On the holodeck, there are tw…Read more
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40Twelve Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, by Jordan B. PetersonTeaching Philosophy 41 (4): 432-435. 2018.
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18Lusting for Infinity: A Spiritual Odyssey, by Tom W. BoydTeaching Philosophy 39 (4): 540-544. 2016.
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18In this age of multiculturalism, global travel and terrorism, it is vital that citizens be inculcated with the fundamental values of democracy and equipped with the cognitive skills to further those values. Plato critiqued the democratic character for its potential selfishness and lack of civic engagement---this was true in ancient Athens and is still true today. Using a primarily philosophical but also an interdisciplinary approach, I discuss the historic and social contexts of moral education …Read more
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30Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy, by Etienne Balibar (review)Teaching Philosophy 39 (2): 230-233. 2016.
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University of Central OklahomaDepartment of Humanities and PhilosophyOther faculty (Postdoc, Visiting, etc)
Edmond, Oklahoma, United States of America