Category: Cognitive Science

Making Sense (2020)

Post author By Amita Basu
Post date December 27, 2020
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Making Sense (2020) is an accessible introduction to key topics & trends In current science, presented in the ancient epistemological format of the expert dialogue

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The Third Chimpanzee: A Critical Retrospective

Post author By Amita Basu
Post date October 10, 2020
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Amidst a global renaissance of xenophobia and antiscientific fundamentalism, Jared Diamond’s book is a valuable reminder that man is after all an animal shaped by his ecology.

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The Republic: Examining Plato’s Best-Known Dialogue: Part 2/2

Post author By Amita Basu
Post date June 14, 2020
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Part Two of Two:
* Summary of Main Ideas
* The Structure of the Dialogue: What’s the Unifying Theme of this Sprawling Behemoth?
* Interrogating The Republic: A Cognitive Scientist critiques the Dialogue’s main ideas

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