(April 17, 2022 at 12:57 pm)Quill01 Wrote: Hello again, I am not sure weather to post this in the philosophy section of this forum or religion. The documentary called enemies of reason, slaves to superstition part 1 on youtube by Richard Dawkins makes me a little concerned when Dawkins talks about Universities shutting down all over the country At 42:20 to 44:48. What country is he talking about? It sounds like in the U.K Hopefully its not the whole world.
I don't know what he's talking about there.
I do know that in the country where I live, and in many others, universities are undergoing a huge and permanent change. They are cutting back or ending their humanities courses -- literature, languages, philosophy, classics, etc. They are extending the courses that (supposedly) lead to making money and practical job applications. So you can major in business or hotel management, and get out of college without having read a single work of literature.
The most expensive private school in my city no longer has a functioning English department. The guy who used to run it had to scramble, publish a few papers, and declare that he is an expert in international tourism.
I suppose that only sounds bad to people like me, who think that life is more than practical functions. Dawkins doesn't think much of literature or philosophy, though, so this probably isn't the change he's worried about.
