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A More Natural Science

Encountering nature beyond the limits of determinism, mechanism, and reduction

Read the Editors’ Introduction
Biology •
Physics •
Math •
Evolution •
Genetics •
All

Essay | Spring 2014

Spring 2014

  • Gertrude Himmelfarb

Evolution and Ethics, Revisited

How “Darwin’s bulldog” opposed social Darwinism

Gertrude Himmelfarb

Essay | Fall 2013

Fall 2013

  • Roger Scruton

Scientism in the Arts and Humanities

Why art is more than matter and meme

Roger Scruton

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

  • Whitley Kaufman

The Evolutionary Ethics of E. O. Wilson

On the moral paradoxes of sociobiology

From: The Evolution of Human Nature

Whitley Kaufman

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 | Fall 2012

Fall 2012

  • Austin L. Hughes

The Folly of Scientism

Why scientists shouldn’t trespass on philosophy’s domain

Austin L. Hughes

Essay | Fall 2011

Fall 2011

  • Stephen L. Talbott

Evolution and the Illusion of Randomness

Survival, fitness, and the purposiveness of organisms

From: Recovering the Organism

Stephen L. Talbott

Online Exclusive | April 21, 2010

April 21, 2010

  • Peter Augustine Lawler

Being Personal

Why are there no dolphin scientists?

Peter Augustine Lawler

Review | Fall 2009 - Winter 2010

Fall 2009 - Winter 2010

  • Algis Valiunas

Darwin’s World of Pain and Wonder

On the great scientist’s spiritual torment

Algis Valiunas

Review | Fall 2006

Fall 2006

  • Thomas W. Merrill

C. S. Lewis Goes to the Laboratory

On the science and faith of Francis Collins

Thomas W. Merrill

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