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Another Great Story
Wendy Doniger
Of myths and legends. Wendy Doniger reviews Asko Parpola’s The Roots of Hinduism. Astonishingly erudite, Parpola often allows his imagination and desire to reach beyond the available evidence.
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How Things Hang Together
George Scialabba
George Scialabba reviews Convergence: The Idea at the Heart of Science by Peter Watson, and his description of the progressive unification of the sciences.
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Decoding the Earliest Symbols
Ian Tattersall
What are the abstract symbols found in many Ice Age caves? Ian Tattersall reviews Genevieve von Petzinger’s The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World’s Oldest Symbols.
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Not Only Us
Cedric Boeckx
In his review of Robert Berwick and Noam Chomsky’s Why Only Us, Cedric Boeckx argues for a fresh approach to the question at the heart of the book: “Are humans the only ones who possess language?”
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Fiat recursio!
David Lobina & Mark Brenchley
Most accounts of Chomsky’s concept of recursion are wrong; clarifying it renders a new critique by Tom Wolfe irrelevant. David Lobina and Mark Brenchley review Tom Wolfe’s The Kingdom of Speech.
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Spheres
Pieter Lemmens
From microspheres to macrospheres: Pieter Lemmens reviews German philosopher Peter Sloterdijk’s Foams: Plural Spherology, the conclusion of his vast and fascinating Spheres trilogy.
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The Lawless Frontier
Daniel Gelernter
Rethinking Order: After the Laws of Nature, edited by Nancy Cartwright and Keith Ward, is a collection of recent essays about the philosophy of science. Daniel Gelernter offers a critical review.
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The Difference It Makes
George Scialabba
Agency, autonomy, and artificial intelligence. George Scialabba reviews The Restless Clock: A History of the Centuries-Long Argument over What Makes Living Things Tick by Jessica Riskin.
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The King’s Revolt
Henri Lepage
Mainstream economic doctrine may itself be an obstacle to economic normality. Economist Henri Lepage reviews Mervyn King’s The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy.
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