Kenneth R. Pike

Kenneth R. Pike is an assistant professor of Philosophy and Law at the Florida Institute of Technology. The views expressed here are his own, and do not necessarily represent those of his employer.

3 Posts

The Pretext of Diversity in American Universities

A surfeit of reparations advocates (including Ta-Nehisi Coates) are openly disdainful of the diversity rationale—just not so disdainful as to actually oppose diversity initiatives.

Kenneth R. Pike

6 Jan 2022 · 12 min read

Scott Alexander, Philosopher King of the Weird People

Rationalists, in short, are a group of people who picked up the liberal, academic, philosophical traditions of Western civilization when institutions like the New York Times decided to abandon them.

Kenneth R. Pike

14 Feb 2021 · 8 min read

Thanksgiving—A Uniquely American Tradition

Finding ways to coexist is challenging, in part because the better we are at coexisting, the more diversity we attract, and the more diversity we attract, the more difficult it becomes to persuasively accommodate all competing values.

Kenneth R. Pike

27 Nov 2019 · 14 min read