Social Science

Episode 20 - Nationalism: A Fallacy?

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What is a fallacy, and is nationalism one of them? With a lot of help from Yuval Noah Harari, MoFo addresses this issue. MoFo’s uncle Linus R. Fike addressed the topic in a book that was sitting on President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s desk at the time of his passing. Progress, not perfection . . . Kudos to a student who prompted the revisitation!

Episode 19 - Social Science: Historicism, Social Engineering, and the Case of Edward Bernays

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Who was right? Plato, Aristotle, neither, or both? Tough questions deserving a lifetime of study, or so thinks MoFo. What did Karl Popper think? (Hint: It wasn’t Plato!) Once Popper distinguishes historicism from social engineering as two strains within social thought, the strange case of Edward Bernays may make your skin crawl. As Bernays may have intended it! Listen in . . .