Jacob Howland

…I was born in 1959, end of 1959, yeah. So let's see. My mother comes from a Jewish background. Her whole family was from Chicago. Blue collar. My grandfather graduated from the 10th grade and worked with his hands making nuts and bolts in a big factory. And my father, who's not Jewish, actually we're descended from a John Howland who came over on the Mayflo…

…And at a deeper level, less geographically centered, the relationship between rationality as such, the Enlightenment project in science, and the underlying metaphysical substrate. And it turned out that the conclusions that Dr. Howland had drawn…

…So I had the opportunity today to speak with Dr. Jacob Howland and I wanted to speak with him for a variety of reasons. He's a philosopher, longtime academic, integrally involved with the new University of Austin, which is one of a handful of institutions that are attempting to reorient traditionally reorient modern higher education.…