STEM vs. Humanities in pursuit of truth
Do the humanities sacrifice truth for theory, unlike scientists?
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12, 2015
Do scholars hurt the humanities and culture?
We are mistaken when we believe that culture and the humanities are being served by scholarship. The truth is that art and culture do not belong in a university. It cannot be a home for them, because culture proper and scholarship proper are diametrically opposed.... [T]he objects of culture are not analyzable.... Great works of [...]
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12, 2015
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11, 2015
More defense of the liberal arts
Humanities majors have skills
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11, 2015
STEM talks
Grundlos: Watch out, you almost ran me over! Where are you rushing off to? Magnus: I'm off to give a talk and I'm in a hurry. Grundlos: What is the talk about? You're not very dressed up. Magnus: Look, that's not necessary. It's about the meaning of STEM. Grundlos: What is STEM? Magnus: Don't you [...]
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11, 2015
The Humanities must unite or die
Humanities folks need to hang together or ....
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09, 2015
Stop reading: Duke Huan and Pien the Wheelwright
How can we learn from the writings of dead sages?
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05, 2015
Pushkin beats boots: does the worth of literature exceed that of footwear?
How Pushkin's poetry may be worth more than shoes.