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Arthur Boyer

Reflections on the Peculiarity of the Educational System

The young have suffered enough through what the philosopher Joseph Agassi (1984) referred to as the “hazard called education.” To no less…

21 min readMar 24, 2024

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Arthur Boyer

School Choice and Discovering Value

Arthur Boyer (August, 2022)

7 min readApr 10, 2023

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Arthur Boyer

My Address to the Class of 2022: More Kant, Less Trotsky*

Arthur Boyer

7 min readAug 22, 2022

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My Address to the Class of 2022: More Kant, Less Trotsky*

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Arthur Boyer

Skepticism at the Service of Dogma: Descartes and the Problem of the Criterion

Arthur Boyer (Spring 2017)

9 min readJul 1, 2022

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Arthur Boyer

The Poor Candle of Reason

While delivering a talk for his 2005 biography of Thomas Jefferson at D.G. Wills Books in La Jolla, California in 2006, the immortal…

5 min readMay 21, 2022

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The Poor Candle of Reason

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Arthur Boyer

The Philosopher-King: Education in Plato’s Republic

Arthur Boyer (2016)

9 min readMay 21, 2022

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The Philosopher-King: Education in Plato’s Republic

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Arthur Boyer

Viking Funeral

The sky looks scorched while the sun sets, but it’s a crisp dusk. Cool and stiff, like the body in front of me. Still, I feel comfortable…

3 min readMay 16, 2022

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Viking Funeral

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Arthur Boyer

Immortal verse needs mortal toil

Immortal verse needs mortal toil

1 min readMay 2, 2022

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Arthur Boyer

Anti-Justificationist Skepticism

Arthur Boyer (Spring 2013)

13 min readMay 2, 2022

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Arthur Boyer

David Hume and Induction: Irrational Habit, or Rational Guesswork?

Arthur Boyer

9 min readMay 2, 2022

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Arthur Boyer

Arthur Boyer

Private tutor & academic editor; owner and director of New Horizons West. I've failed at most things and succeeded at others.

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