The fuzzies vs. the techies (Amy Shen, Stanford Review)
The humanities ("fuzzies") and tech fields ("techies") remain divided, as two cultures.
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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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04, 2017
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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03, 2017
Saving the humanities through history (Rens Bod, Chronicle of Higher Education)
How understanding the humanities' past illuminates their present and future importance, as they have discovered new findings critical to understanding our world.
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03, 2017
“Philosophia vitae magistra”: philosophy is the teacher of life
"Philosophia vitae magistra": philosophy is the teacher of life Who is unaware that human life without the liberal arts is not only destitute and empty, but indeed far inferior and worse to that of many animals? When I then turn my attention to philosophy itself, how many times have I heard from you that it in [...]
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03, 2017
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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03, 2017
Ending the National Endowment for the Humanities (Sopan Deb, New York Times)
The current administration proposes to do away with the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as with the National Endowment for the Arts.
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03, 2017
How the humanities heal: a doctor’s perspective (Audrey Shafer, Medscape)
A physician recalls not only her own past, but also the history of health care that involves the greater story about the human condition.
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03, 2017
The Question of the Humanities
The Question of the Humanities: the editor of Humanities Watch weighs questions the humanities ask, and are asked, concerning their relation to the sciences, technology, and business interests. Text of the remarks can be found here.
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03, 2017
Medicine finds its roots in the humanities (J. Kutac, R. Osipov, A. Childress, Journal of Medical Humanities)
How the current shape of healthcare can learn much from investigating Renaissance perspectives on the human condition, and the manner in which humanists describe this condition.