Science and the suburbs
A poem about science and suburban protest.
7
09, 2019
22
07, 2019
Finding the soul in the play of words
How the spontaneity of the soul is often dulled by practical and political concerns.
8
07, 2019
Humanities, self-knowledge, and our digital times
Discussing the need to re-discover the historical force of the humanities in our scattered lives.
6
05, 2019
Faith in machinery and the question of culture
Does the machinery of life become an end in itself?
24
04, 2019
Coming to terms with the ‘non-morality’ of nature
Whether we can accept nature on nonmoral terms.
10
04, 2019
Speaking for the humanities (Amanda Ruggeri, BBC Capital)
Statements supporting the humanities, from people in various fields.
27
03, 2019
Beneath the heavens
Listening to astronomy and gazing at the stars.
3
03, 2019
Philosophy, reputations, and distractions from living well
What distracts us from living well?
30
01, 2019
Life’s narrative and the humanities (Jon Parrish Peede, NEH)
How medicine and literature combine to lend care a richer meaning.
12
01, 2019
Dreams of mathematics
Dream visions of the ways art, life, and mathematics are kin.