The Renaissance is conventionally dated from the 14th to the 17th centuries, but the French term “Renaissance” was coined in the 19th. The major events of the “Scientific Revolution” are usually ...

This post is in response to Defining and Seeking Enlightenment By Robert Puff Ph.D. Einstein’s theory of relativity and quantum theory are arguably the most successful scientific theories ever. They ...

How a reactionary idea about “efficiency" slipped into AI’s operating logic, and why leaders must challenge it. Every era mistakes its tools for its truths. The printing press made knowledge seem ...

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Wherever we look today in academia, scholars are rushing to defend the Enlightenment ideas of political and individual liberty, human rights, faith in scientific reason, secularism, and the freedom of ...

A lot of people are selling Enlightenment these days. After the Brexit vote and the election of President Trump, David Brooks published a paean to the “Enlightenment project,” declaring it under ...

What is Enlightenment? Tomes have been dedicated to answering this eternal question. Even the title of a modern magazine: What is Enlightenment? The search for this exalted state has been the “holy ...