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Mind & Human Nature

What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t

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Embodiment •
Consciousness •
Artificial Intelligence •
Neuroscience •
Psychology •
Materialism •
Human Sexuality •
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Essay | Summer 2013

Summer 2013

  • Charles T. Rubin

The Golem and the Limits of Artifice

On what the Jewish legend can (and cannot) teach us about bioethics

From: Science, Technology, and Religion

Charles T. Rubin

Essay | Winter/Spring 2013

Winter/Spring 2013

  • Peter Augustine Lawler

Moderately Socially Conservative Darwinians

On the surprisingly traditional values of evolutionary psychologists

From: The Evolution of Human Nature

Peter Augustine Lawler

Essay | Winter/Spring 2013

Winter/Spring 2013

  • Randal R. Hendrickson

Swords into Syllogisms

On Steven Pinker and reason’s progress against violence

From: The Evolution of Human Nature

Randal R. Hendrickson

Review | Winter/Spring 2013

Winter/Spring 2013

  • Micah Mattix

Portrait of the Artist as a Caveman

On just-so storytelling and the “art instinct”

From: The Evolution of Human Nature

Micah Mattix

Essay | Winter/Spring 2013

Winter/Spring 2013

  • Whitley Kaufman

The Evolutionary Ethics of E. O. Wilson

On the moral paradoxes of sociobiology

From: The Evolution of Human Nature

Whitley Kaufman

Essay | Winter/Spring 2013

Winter/Spring 2013

  • Caitrin Keiper

Do Elephants Have Souls?

On the evidence for non-human intelligence, awareness, and emotion

From: Available in Audio

Caitrin Keiper

Review | Winter/Spring 2013

Winter/Spring 2013

  • Diana Schaub

Dog’s Best Friend

On disciplining pets and mastering ourselves

From: Regarding Animals

Diana Schaub

Essay | Winter/Spring 2013

Winter/Spring 2013

  • William B. Hurlbut

St. Francis, Christian Love, and the Biotechnological Future

William B. Hurlbut

Review | Summer 2012

Summer 2012

  • Gilbert Meilaender

The Blessing of Children

Gilbert Meilaender

Review | Summer 2012

Summer 2012

  • Aaron Rothstein

Mental Disorder or Neurodiversity?

Embracing, not fixing, mental differences

Aaron Rothstein

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