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On the Modern Project

Uncovering the political and philosophical aspirations of the scientific enterprise

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Utopianism •
Disenchantment •
Faith and Science •
Progress •
Scientism •
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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

Essay | Winter/Spring 2013

Winter/Spring 2013

  • William B. Hurlbut

St. Francis, Christian Love, and the Biotechnological Future

William B. Hurlbut

Essay | Fall 2012

Fall 2012

  • Jeremy Kessler

The Possibility of Progress

Reading “The Hall of Fantasy,” a too-cautionary tale

From: Hawthorne: Science, Progress, and Human Nature

Jeremy Kessler

Fiction | Fall 2012

Fall 2012

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Hall of Fantasy

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Review | Fall 2012

Fall 2012

  • Caitrin Keiper

Doctors Within Borders

On the cultural gulf between medicine and tradition

Caitrin Keiper

Review | Fall 2012

Fall 2012

  • Matthew C. Rees

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions at Fifty

Matthew C. Rees

Essay | Fall 2012

Fall 2012

  • Austin L. Hughes

The Folly of Scientism

Why scientists shouldn’t trespass on philosophy’s domain

Austin L. Hughes

Review | Summer 2012

Summer 2012

  • Lauren Weiner

The Dark and Starry Eyes of Ray Bradbury

Lauren Weiner

Review | Summer 2012

Summer 2012

  • Gilbert Meilaender

The Blessing of Children

Gilbert Meilaender

Review | Summer 2012

Summer 2012

  • Samuel Matlack

The Physicists at Fifty

The classic play about Newton and Einstein in the madhouse — and whether dangerous science can be contained

Samuel Matlack

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