humanism – On the Human http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human a project of the National Humanities Center Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:39:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 In Praise of Pleasure http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2012/02/in-praise-of-pleasure/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2012/02/in-praise-of-pleasure/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:32:15 +0000 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/?p=3146 Geoffrey Harpham, Director, National Humanities Center

When I stumbled upon the future, I was actually looking for the past.

In the 1990s, I was trying to write a book about why the concept of language had so dominated the intellectual history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. At some point, it occurred to me

Continue reading In Praise of Pleasure

]]> http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2012/02/in-praise-of-pleasure/feed/ 2 The Future of Moral Machines http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2011/12/the-future-of-moral-machines/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2011/12/the-future-of-moral-machines/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:09:42 +0000 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/?p=3057 Continue reading The Future of Moral Machines

]]> http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2011/12/the-future-of-moral-machines/feed/ 19 Common Ancestry and Natural Selection in Darwin’s Origin http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/06/common-ancestry-and-natural-selection-in-darwin%e2%80%99s-origin/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/06/common-ancestry-and-natural-selection-in-darwin%e2%80%99s-origin/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:13:24 +0000 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/?p=1104 This is a précis of an argument that I developed in an article called “Did Darwin Write the Origin Backwards?” The article was published in 2009 and may be found on my web set at http://philosophy.wisc.edu/sober/recent.html. An expanded version of the argument is the first chapter of a book that I’m publishing at the end

Continue reading Common Ancestry and Natural Selection in Darwin’s Origin

]]> http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/06/common-ancestry-and-natural-selection-in-darwin%e2%80%99s-origin/feed/ 13 Humans and Humanists (and Scientists) http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/03/humans-and-humanists-and-scientists/ http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/03/humans-and-humanists-and-scientists/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:07:42 +0000 http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/?p=963 Continue reading Humans and Humanists (and Scientists)

]]> http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/on-the-human/2010/03/humans-and-humanists-and-scientists/feed/ 8