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Stanley Fish
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Stanley Fish
In general, higher education does not know how to speak for its interests. It offers a stance that is defensive, cowardly and likely to be…
Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea…
I do not support abortion rights. Although what I would support in this vexed area is not clear to me.
We in universities are not in the democracy business. What we do, when we’re doing it, is teach and learn.
It is of no help to us that there is an absolute truth of the matter of things because unfortunately, none of us are in…
Belief and knowledge are considered to be two different things. But they are not.
I should have known better. Pro-life arguments are now based on scientific evidence and the pro-choice arguments are not. That is a cultural, historical fact.
It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone’s moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories.
Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can…
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