Stories and histories of science
Our scientific knowledge relies on narratives, which shift over time.
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Fables for the Present Time
Stories of science and learning in our time.
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Coding and ethics, revisited (Emma Pierson, Wired)
The codes developed in programming require ethical watchfulness.
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Narrative medicine and compassionate care: the greater story ( Sarah Barber, Carlos J. Moreno-Leguizamon, Medical Humanities)
Healthcare practitioners may read a patient's narrative in more than the medical literature.
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On science and ethics: conveying and exploding knowledge
Can you write a book on ethics, using words of science, that would explode all other books?
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Sense, emotion, and scientific discovery (Lewis Lapham, Lapham’s Quarterly)
How experience fosters discovery of all kinds, as well as a deeper reading of history and literature
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Memory and memorial
What lasts is not just what we make.
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The healing arts of writer and physician (Gavon Francis, Aeon)
The healing arts of writer and physician: how both treat the ailments and bolster the hopes of our humanity.
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Modern tragedy: the fears of physical annihilation and the role of the writer
Modern tragedy: the fears of physical annihilation and the role of the writer Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There are no longer problems of the spirit. There is only one question: When will I be blown up? Because of [...]
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Are the humanities “useless”? If so, do they still provide a use?
Are the humanities "useless"? If so, do they still provide a use? Said Hui Shih to Chuang-tzu: “These sayings of yours are useless.” “It is only with people who know about the useless that there is any point in talking about uses. In all the immensity of heaven and earth, a man uses no more than [...]