Does the university undermine free thought? | Tommy Curry, Aaron Bastani, Kathleen Stock

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Tommy Curry, Aaron Bastani and Kathleen Stock discuss whether the modern university system allows for freedom and diversity.

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The pursuit of truth has frequently been seen as the central goal of the academy, proclaimed by Harvard in its motto 'Veritas'. But many argue this has been undermined by institutional group think, supported by surveys showing a quarter of academics endorse the ousting of a colleague for having the 'wrong' opinion. In response, leading figures including Steven Pinker, Jonathan Haidt and Kathleen Stock, have set up a new institution, the University of Austin, to create a school that encourages all enquiry.

Should we root out intolerance from our campuses to create an imaginative and exploratory culture? Or are these criticisms the misguided prejudices of a conventional liberal elite who have not understood that the world has moved on? At root, is this institutional row itself the consequence of the end of our belief in truth in the first place and no amount of railing against it will bring it back?

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Tommy Curry is a philosophy professor at Edinburgh University where he holds a Personal Chair in Africana Philosophy and Black Male studies. His research focusses on Africana Philosophy, Critical Race Theory, Anti-Colonialism, Black Male Studies and Public Health.

Aaron Bastani is co-founder of Novara Media, an independent, self-described radical left-wing alternative media organization based in the United Kingdom, and author of Fully Automated Luxury Communism. In his book, Bastani argues that ‘Fully Automated Luxury Communism’ is the paradigm of the future – and the path to a world of luxury, liberty and happiness.

Kathleen Stock is a British philosopher and writer. She was a professor of philosophy at the University of Sussex until 2021. She has published several articles and her most recent book 'Material Girls' which argues against the idea of gender as a social construct.

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