If it isn’t in another category, it is here.
4
09, 2017
The habits of learning, for good or ill, in tune with the times
Our habits are part of our education for better and worse.
22
08, 2017
Love, beauty, and the quest for wisdom
Love for beauty may lead to higher wisdom.
20
08, 2017
College students know the usefulness of humanities majors (Michelle Cheng, FiveThirtyEight)
Students determine the usefulness of the humanities according to their career path.
18
08, 2017
Literature and science
What literature and science have in common, and how they complement one another.
13
08, 2017
The Shipwreck of the Humanities
Do the humanities prevent or foster our cultural shipwreck?
8
08, 2017
Writing by the numbers (Megan Gambino, Smithsonian)
Understanding writing through quantitative analysis.
7
08, 2017
The machine in isolation
How machines may lead to isolation and self-alienation, rather than self-realization.
2
08, 2017
Art abides while science passes
Art survives us and revives us in the time of science.
2
08, 2017
Cathedrals and science, or art in the disposable universe
What does art tell us beyond science about the human condition?
29
07, 2017
Finding the words in a sea of literature
Samuel Johnson charts the history of language to create a monumental work.