On the Hypocrisies of the New American University – Scott Scheall

On the Hypocrisies of the New American University – Scott Scheall

I understand the resolution—a university should be an open society—in the sense made famous by Karl Popper in his influential book, The Open Society and Its Enemies, rather than in the sense of George Soros’ Open Society Foundation, where the phrase is given a quite different and, I believe, un-Popperian meaning.  As far as I understand Popper’s positive argument in The Open Society and Its Enemies, a society should be open with regard to the va…