Website Reflection
I hardly worked on my website this semester, as I was more focused on the paper and NCUR presentation. Thus looks rather naked and uncared for. It deserves a different…
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Sunday May 10, 12 pages for the thesis. Add bibliography to website. Tuesday May 12, refashion website wholly, adding short bios on the people involved in the Science Wars, links…
Read moreNCUR Reflection
I had a great time at NCUR. I was particularly pleased to find that there were many people who came to presentations that they found interesting. There were even people…
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1st Min. Who does science war with? Ask audience what they think. I think they will probably talk about the attacks of Dawkins et al. on established religion, creationism etc.…
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1881 Matthew Arnold’s speech at the Royal Academy of Arts 1883 Henry Huxley’s Speech at the Royal Academy of Arts 1959 “The Two Cultures” Rede Lecture by C. P. Snow…
Read moreThe Professionalization of Science Studies: Cutting Some Slack
“The Professionalization of Science Studies: Cutting Some Slack” is an article, written in 2000, in Biology and Philosophy by David Hull. It is a rather colorful article that nevertheless has…
Read moreHigher Superstition the Academic Left
This book sparked the Science Wars with its publication in 1994 as a attack on the very intellectual foundations of postmodernism. In the minds of the authors, Paul Gross and…
Read moreReflection on Syllabus
I find that my syllabus was a little bit backward (or in some sense forward looking). I planned to study first the debates around the Science Wars in a historical…
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One of the more memorable times I failed was last term. For Macaulay I need to take at least four honors courses with at least one in my major (history).…
Read moreGood and Worse Websites
For me, the New York Times website is easy to read, has good content placing and is easy to navigate. The website has an appealing look, much like that of…
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