Humanities WatchWho watches the watchmen?

Literature

19 10, 2017

Art, beauty, and freedom

By Humanities Watch|2017-10-19T06:42:08-04:00October 19th, 2017|Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, psychology, Quotes, science, Writing|0 Comments

Finding personality in the spirit of freedom through beauty.

9 10, 2017

Investing in the humanities (Lisa Kaaki, Arab News)

By Humanities Watch|2017-10-09T11:27:20-04:00October 9th, 2017|Academia, Asia, Debate / dialogue, Economics, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The humanities enhance our return on investment.

4 10, 2017

Robert Frost reads about science, the mind, and the march of years.

By Humanities Watch|2018-05-18T09:31:55-04:00October 4th, 2017|Everything Else, Literature, Nature, Philosophy, poetry, science, U.S. / Canada, Videos, Writing|0 Comments

Robert Frost on science and our flights from reality.

20 09, 2017

The sublimity of intuition, in humanity and in the natural world

By Humanities Watch|2017-09-20T09:20:53-04:00September 20th, 2017|Literature, Nature, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, Religion, U.S. / Canada, Writing|1 Comment

Our intuitions may have sublime origin, amid our doubts, no matter how grave.

22 08, 2017

Love, beauty, and the quest for wisdom

By Humanities Watch|2017-08-22T14:08:39-04:00August 22nd, 2017|Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, Literature, Philosophy, Quotes|0 Comments

Love for beauty may lead to higher wisdom.

16 08, 2017

The “Two Cultures” revisited (Roger Kimball, The New Criterion)

By Humanities Watch|2017-08-15T20:10:59-04:00August 16th, 2017|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Employment, Europe, Language, Literature, News, Philosophy, science, STEM, Technology|0 Comments

Reviewing the "two cultures" debate in light of modern science.

13 08, 2017

The Shipwreck of the Humanities

By Humanities Watch|2017-08-13T07:15:52-04:00August 13th, 2017|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, Economics, education, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Observations, Philosophy, Technology|1 Comment

Do the humanities prevent or foster our cultural shipwreck?

8 08, 2017

Writing by the numbers (Megan Gambino, Smithsonian)

By Humanities Watch|2017-08-05T17:44:38-04:00August 8th, 2017|Academia, education, Everything Else, Journalism, Language, Literature, mathematics, News, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Understanding writing through quantitative analysis.

2 08, 2017

Art abides while science passes

By Humanities Watch|2017-08-02T20:48:39-04:00August 2nd, 2017|Arts, Everything Else, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Religion, science, Theater, U.S. / Canada, Videos, Writing|0 Comments

Art survives us and revives us in the time of science.

2 08, 2017

Cathedrals and science, or art in the disposable universe

By Humanities Watch|2017-08-02T20:49:57-04:00August 2nd, 2017|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, poetry, Quotes, Religion, science, Technology|0 Comments

What does art tell us beyond science about the human condition?

Previous 202122 Next