July 18, 2011
Philosophy Is Here to Stay
The End of Philosophy — So declared David Brooks in a famous New York Times column: neuroscience and social science...
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July 18, 2011
The Challenge of Regulating Objectively
Yale law professor Douglas A. Kysar argues in a recent book that cost-benefit analysis is inadequate for policymaking....
July 18, 2011
May 18, 2011
May 18, 2011
You Can’t Handle the Truth
The advance of modern science holds out the prospect of explaining everything, from the motion of the stars to our...
January 21, 2011
Out of the Garden, Into the Laboratory
At the turn of the millennium, Paul Poskozim, a chemistry professor at Northeastern Illinois University, asked,...
January 21, 2011
The Climate of Climate Change
Climate change is inescapable. Whatever is actually happening in the atmosphere, the hubbub of politics and media...
January 21, 2011
What Scientists Believe
The notion that science and religion are at war is one of the great dogmas of the present age. For journalists, it is a...
January 21, 2011
September 3, 2010
The Science of Self-Help
A vast apparatus of uplift and solicitude services Americans’ longings for success and happiness. Self-help, positive...