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Questa è la traduzione italiana di un saggio fondamentale di John Dewey, non sufficientemente conosciuto in Italia. È uscito sulla "Società degli individui" nel 2007, senza ottenere l'effetto sperato. La traduzione è preceduta da una... more
Chomsky vs. Darwin: Debates on Universal Grammar, the Origin of Language, and Evolution 1. Introduction 2. What Does the “Chomsky Revolution” Mean? 3. History of “Universal Grammar” 4. Why Is There “Universal Grammar” according to... more
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Le principali tematiche che oggi dominano il dibattito psicologico e neuroscientifico sulle emozioni hanno in realtà una storia che troppo spesso è stata dimenticata o semplicemente strumentalizzata ma che, adeguatamente conosciuta, può... more
Forthcoming in a Festschrift for John Walton. A study of Charles Darwin's engagement with the Bible over the course of his life. [for some reason the file isn't displaying correctly, but it is downloadable]
Im 19. Jahrhundert, genau in einer Zeit in der viele neue wissenschaftliche Disziplinen und Fächer geboren wurden, interagierten Kunst und Wissenschaft zunehmend. Inspiriert von Alexander von Humboldts Ansichten und Erfahrungen,... more
Publicado el 26/8/2020 en: Fervor. Cultura de Buenos Aires (https://fervor.com.ar/salvajes-y-civilizados/?fbclid=IwAR21s9eobbrnL5ShuTAnkJuf9XKFRcs_sSPeQ6tU76okEQ6NQx_pKDZaoCY)
Moral objectivism based on a metaphysical dualism is no longer tenable. In his "Expanding Circle" Peter Singer argued for a moral objectivism based on "reason', but perfectly rational agents disagree on morality all the time. There are at... more
En la epistemología la influencia de la teoría darwiniana comienza en el último tercio del s. XX, a partir de una concepción del conocimiento entendido como estrategia biológica privilegiada. La epistemología tradicional presuponía que el... more
Teorinin ortaya konulmasından beri pek çok kesim tarafından tartışılagelen Darwinizm, bazı kesimlere büyük bir yankı uyandıran ve bununda ötesine giderken, bazı kesimlere de yapıcı bir bakış açısı getirememiş, üstü kapanmış veya bir... more
W literaturze podkreśla się fakt, że Darwin sprzeciwiał się poglądom głoszącym nagłe stworzenie niezmiennych gatunków przez Boga. Wykazuję, że tworząc swoją teorię, odrzucał nie tylko koncepcję bezpośredniej Boskiej ingerencji, ale także... more
What is it like to be an earthly, worldly, “secular” creature? Is it a blessing or is it a curse? During the last two centuries, this question has generally been answered with an appeal to disengagedness and objectivity, that is, to an... more
In deze masterproef wordt gezocht naar een adequate invulling van het begrip 'metafysica' voor onze tijd. Er wordt een brede definitie van dit begrip verdedigd, waarbij 'metafysica' zowel draait om de zoektocht naar de fundamentele... more
This is an unpublished lecture by Franz Boas about Charles Darwin, from 1909.
La storia dell'umanità è una storia di migrazioni. Senza migrazioni non si danno stanzialità, né culture, né tradizioni. Siamo figli del movimento, dell'opportunità, della contaminazione. Siamo tutti africani, ci ricorda Guido Barbujani,... more
Focusing on Edith Wharton’s New York trilogy, the author interprets the function of fashionable dress as a means of constructing social identity. The paper looks at how the concept of “passing” develops through the language of dress and... more
_The Physiology of Love and Other Writings_ is the first English annotated collection of Mantegazza’s selected works. In my extensive introductory essay, Mantegazza’s hybrid contributions from fiction, travel-writing, and ethnography to... more
Hwa A. Lim, "Biotechnology - Past, present and future", Symbiosis, October 2004, pp. 31-34.
Nelle conclusioni della sesta edizione dell'Origine delle specie, pubblicata nel 1872, Dar-win aveva affermato che, grazie agli studi sull'evoluzione e al principio della selezione natu-rale, «molta luce sarà gettata sull'origine... more
Die Wissenschaft schreitet voran. Mit der Kartographierung der kosmischen Hintergrundstrahlung wurden Signale aus der ganz frühen Zeit des Universums sichtbar gemacht. Die Entdeckung des Higgs-Bosons im Jahr 2012 hat unsere Kenntnis der... more
This paper has its origins a lecture given at the invitation of The Royal Town Planning Institute in Scotland at the Royal Society of Edinburgh in May 2009. It reflects the thinking that finds fuller expression in my book Patrick Geddes’s... more
A poem about JFK and other famous people.
Este ensayo hace un recorrido teórico desde la teoría de la evolución de Darwin hasta la implementación de las casas de cuidado llamadas "Lebensborn", destacando sus principales postulados y una correlación de ideas de los personajes... more
Osmanlı İmparatorluğu, gerileme ve dağılma yılları süresince (1792-1922) gerek bürokrasi gerek entelektüel kesim, önceleri devleti Batı medeniyet seviyesi getirmek, sonraları ise devletin bekasını devam ettirme çabaları içine... more
This essay uses the bowerbird’s practice of collecting and arranging decorative objects to attract a mate as a point of departure to question the humanist commitments of art history as a discipline, and to explore what establishing a... more
At once delicate, exotic, and elegant, orchids are beloved for their singular, instantly recognizable beauty. Found in nearly every climate, the many species of orchid have carried symbolic weight in countless cultures over time. The... more
Con ‘legge della giungla’ si è soliti identificare un regime di spietata competizione e assenza di solidarietà. In realtà, l’espressione indicava, nella finzione narrativa di Kipling, le regole di comportamento sociale e cooperativo che... more
In questa ricerca si è cercato di mostrare in che modo si è evoluto il concetto di specie, descrivendo le sue definizioni nella storia, fino alla formulazione moderna, denominata concetto biologico di specie.
By 1998, the internet had become robust enough to return good information during a search. I found the web site of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society and a reference to the evolutionary psychologist Kevin MacDonald's trilogy on... more
For many astronomers, the progressive development of life has been seen as a natural occurrence given proper environmental conditions on a planet: even though such beings would not be identical to humans, there would be significant... more
Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud: The Sciences of Life and Society In this course we will examine our concepts of society, power, value, and desire through reading selected works by Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Friedrich Nietzsche, and... more
Cartaceo ed ebook disponibili sul sito www.youcanprint.it L’influenza darwiniana nella letteratura italiana è una tematica particolarmente interessante e significativa che purtroppo è stata troppo spesso sottovalutata. Difatti non esiste... more
Outcrops and displaced blocks of beachrocks were mapped in a stretch of more than 1100 meters along Jaconé beach, close to Ponta Negra, between Maricá and Saquarema, State of Rio de Janeiro. They indicate that the sea level at the time of... more
Queerness is not epiphenomenal to “life” but structural to it.