Friday, July 16, 2010

Dacher Keltner, Born To Be Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life (2009)

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When I first saw Born to Be Good at the store in a display of books, the title nearly turned me off. It sounded like a self-improvement boo...
Thursday, July 1, 2010

Richard Wrangham and Dale Peterson, Demonic Males: Apes and The Origins of Human Violence (1996)

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I purchased Demonic Males at the same time that I purchased The Ape and The Sushi Master ( June 17, 2010 post ), and as both books focus on...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Frans De Waal, The Ape and the Sushi Master: Cultural Reflection of a Primatologist (2001)

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A key idea here is anthropomorphism . In prior posts, this term (or anthropocentric) refers to the human projection of human qualities to im...
Monday, May 24, 2010

David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779)

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Robert Wright's discussion of intelligent design and a "designing process" in The Evolution of God ( May 13, 2010 post ) reca...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Robert Wright, The Evolution of God (2009)

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This was an informative, but nevertheless disappointing book in several respects. The title, The Evolution of God , together with its openi...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

John Banville, The Infinities (2009)

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In The Beginnings of Western Science ( March 24, 2010 post ), David Lindberg states that the Sixth Century (B.C.) Milesians of antiquity po...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

David C. Lindberg, The Beginnings of Western Science (2d ed. 2007)

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Following footnotes, I fear, is not a passion of many students today. Lawyers understand the importance of following footnotes, because the ...