Archive for the 'Science and humanities' Category
• July 16, 2012 •
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Posted in Ethics of science, Science and humanities
Tags: 19th Century, 21st century, brain plasticity, cognitive science, Danny Penman, emotional health, generosity, Genetic determinism, happiness, Mark Williams, mental health, mindfulness, pathologization, Psychology, richard powers, Studies in the History of the Renaissance, Walter Pater
• June 21, 2012 •
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Posted in Science and humanities
Tags: 18th century, animals, Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, Bleak House, Brian Jacques, Charles Dickens, constructions of nature, Emer de Vattel, fantasy, image, J.R.R. Tolkien, Kenneth Grahame, Law of Nations, Lorraine Daston, natural history, natural world, naturalist, nature, objectivity, Omaha, painting, Peter Galison, Redwall, Robin Jarvis, Run Wild, scientific sight, The Deptford Histories, The Lord of the Rings, The Wind in the Willows, Tom McCaughren, zoo, Zoobooks
• June 18, 2012 •
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Posted in Brave New World, Science and humanities
Tags: Brave New World, culture, dystopia, Huxley, linguistics, meaning-making, Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, Shakespeare, words
