#5 Patrick Lee Miller: Reason and Morality from Antiquity to Postmodernism | Razão e Moralidade

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Patrick Lee Miller is an associate professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is the author of Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy (Bloomsbury, 2012), and co-editor of Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy (Hackett, 2015). He also writes for Quillette.
Here, we talk about reason, from the Presocratics to the Modernists; Morality and the limits of Science; Truth, Morality and the Is/Ought Dichotomy; Postmodernism vs Modernism; the valid critiques of Modernism coming from Postmodernism; Modernism’s shortcomings; and Postmodern politics in society and college campuses.

Links for Dr. Miller’s work:
Faculty Page: http://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/patrick-lee-miller
Book “Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy”: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-God-Philosophy-Continuum-Studies/dp/1847061648
Quillette essays: http://quillette.com/author/patrick-lee-miller/

Patrick Lee Miller é um professor associado da Universidade de Duquesne, em Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. É o autor do livro “Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy” (Bloomsbury, 2012), e coeditor do livro “Introductory Readings in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy” (Hackett, 2015). Escreve, também, para a revista online Quillette.
Aqui, falamos sobre razão, dos Pré-socráticos aos Modernistas; Moralidade e os limites da Ciência; Verdade, Moralidade e a dicotomia É/Deve Ser; Pós-modernismo vs Modernismo; as críticas válidas ao Modernismo pelo Pós-modernismo; as lacunas do Modernismo; e política Pós-moderna na sociedade e nas universidades.
Links para o trabalho do Dr. Miller:
Página da universidade: http://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/patrick-lee-miller
Livro “Becoming God: Pure Reason in Early Greek Philosophy”: https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-God-Philosophy-Continuum-Studies/dp/1847061648
Ensaios na Quillette: http://quillette.com/author/patrick-lee-miller/