Historically Thinking
We believe that when people think historically, they are engaging in a disciplined way of thinking about the world and its past. We believe it gives thinkers a knack for recognizing nonsense; and that it cultivates not only intellectual curiosity and rigo
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Episode 232: Talking About Each Other’s Gods
In 1924 the eminent nerve-specialist Sir Roderick Glossop urged Bertie Wooster and his friend Charles “Biffy” Biffen to attend the British Empire...
Episode 231: Multiple Perspectives, or, Seeing the Same Thing in Different Ways
This is another episode in our year-long series about the skills of historical thinking, and today our focus is on multiple perspectives. Putting it...
Episode 230: What the Amish Can Do For Us
When people speak of “the Amish” they are using a very simple term that covers over rather than reveals. It’s a term that applies to forty affliations...
Episode 229: Mr. Jefferson and His University
Alumni of the University of Virginia enjoy pointing out that while Thomas Jefferson’s tombstone declares his foundation of that university as his...
Episode 228: The Intellectual Life in Difficult Circumstances
Joseph Wright, a native of the West Riding of Yorkshire, started working in a factory at the age of 6. He did not learn to read until he was 15, inspired...
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