The Walrus: science-humanities integration
“INTO THIS DIVIDE steps Edward Slingerland, co-founder of the University of British Columbia’s new Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition, and Culture. Writers on evolution issues are usually scientists, but Slingerland is one of a newer generation—following in the footsteps of philosopher Daniel Dennett—whose training is in the humanities, but who have turned to science for answers no longer provided by their disciplines of origin. In What Science Offers the Humanities: Integrating Body and Culture, Slingerland proffers an olive branch, arguing that each side must reach out to the other to prevent the university from succumbing to overly hostile diversity.”
Mark Czarnecki, “The Other Darwin,” The Walrus, September 12th 2008.
New Scientist: new atheism
“WE’RE on the Pacific coast, miles from southern California’s still-raging wildfires, but talk of conflagration fills the air. Some of the best minds in science are gathered here at the seaside resort of La Jolla, together with some of the world’s most insistent non-believers, to take a fresh look at the existence or otherwise of God. And one thing is clear: the edifice of “new atheism” is burning.”
Michael Reilly, “Does God have a place in a rational world?” New Scientist, November 7th 2007.