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Meanings of Science in the Modern World
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Erika Lorraine Milam
Dec 6, 202413 min read
What Does it Mean to be Human? A Conversation with Erika Milam, Part 2
ERIKA LORRAINE MILAM | Nobody disagreed on the data. But everybody disagreed on how to interpret the data. . .
Erika Lorraine Milam
Nov 8, 202416 min read
Who Speaks for Science? A Conversation with Erika Lorraine Milam
ERIKA LORRAINE MILAM | There is a long tradition, of course, of writing for lay audiences about science...
Erika Lorraine Milam
Sep 27, 202414 min read
The Jane Goodalls: Women in Science Defying the Odds
ERIKA LORRAINE MILAM | In the last forty years, Jane Goodall has become a saint of modern environmentalism, an unwavering voice calling. . .
Philip Ball & Iain McGilchrist
Jun 4, 202454 min read
Biology, the Brain, and the Meaning of Life with Philip Ball
PHILIP BALL | There’s one thing that distinguishes living matter from nonliving matter, it is this notion of agency.
Philip Ball & Iain McGilchrist
May 10, 20241 min read
Biology, the Brain, and the Meanings of Life: Philip Ball in Conversation with Iain McGilchrist
A profound but quiet transformation in biology is changing the way we think about life.
Nick Spencer
Apr 12, 202416 min read
Defining Science: Language, Method, and Objectives
NICK SPENCER | The British have never felt a particularly pressing need formally to define science. . .Not so America.
Vittorio Hösle
Mar 1, 202442 min read
What Are the Humanities and to What End Does One Study Them?
VITTORIO HÖSLE | Where does the enthusiasm of the 18th century for the humanities come from?
Vittorio Hösle
Feb 16, 202417 min read
The Two Scientific Revolutions: A Conversation with Vittorio Hösle
VITTORIO HÖSLE | We must try to develop again a worldview in which scientific and ethical thinking. . .
Vittorio Hösle
Feb 2, 202424 min read
Greek Mathematics and the Origins of Science: A Conversation with Vittorio Hösle
VITTORIO HÖSLE | Long into the nineteenth century science and natural philosophy were connected, and that one of the great events in . . .
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