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How Did Famous Philosophers Promote Racism In America?
Posted on · A new book examines the ideologies of Adam Smith, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke and how they perpetuated racist ideas and inequalities.
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Full Show: Road Closures, Voter Lists, And The Music Of Harry Potter (Feb. 1, 2019)
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: More road closures, examining voter lists, philosophers who perpetuated racist ideas, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news, and the music of Harry Potter.
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Marathon Of Discussions And Performances Makes For ‘A Night Of Philosophy And Ideas’
Posted on · Houston Matters learns what's in store for a six-hour marathon of performances and discussions that runs through the night at Rice University this weekend.
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Summer Reading: James Boswell and His ‘Thrilling Intellectual Adventure’
Posted on · We continue our summer reading series today as we talk with Robert Zaretsky, Professor in the Honors College at the University of Houston, and the author of Boswell’s Enlightenment. It’s a book about James Boswell, best known as the biographer of English writer Samuel Johnson. Boswell, a young Scot, went on what Zaretsky calls a “thrilling […]