Plato and Socrates would have quite a few questions for Texas lawmakers.
Texas A&M University’s new policy banning classroom advocacy for race and gender ideology has sparked controversy after a ...
In the latest move in Texas' campaign to bar gender and race ideology from education, an intro-level philosophy course at ...
The Greek philosopher's writing explores themes of sexuality and gender, making it susceptible to the university's new rules ...
It's comic and tragic, writes Robert Zaretsky, that Texas' philosopher-kings have censored a potential ally.
Martin Peterson wasn’t surprised when he had to excise two units on race and gender ideology from a philosophy course. What did shock him was that the ban included readings from Plato’s “Symposium.” ...
The Greek philosopher urged his students to seek the truth — even when it was uncomfortable or controversial. Universities should, too.
Texas A&M seems to have concluded that the safest way to handle the ideas contained in a classic text is to bury them. This ...
Martin Peterson has taught philosophy at Texas A&M University for more than a decade, but now the school has barred him from ...
Censoring Plato is an academic absurdity and a textbook violation of academic freedom. Barring a foundational philosopher who ...
PLATO just moved a little closer to the future. The upcoming exoplanet-hunting mission under development by the European Space Agency (ESA) is named after the Greek philosopher. Like its namesake, it ...