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Earthly Paradise

By George
May 10, 2021
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The Eye of the Beast

By George
February 20, 2020
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Mythical Creatures

By George
February 17, 2020
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Coming Back to Life

By George
February 14, 2020
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Unlearning

By George
February 12, 2020
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A Glut of Metaphors

By George
February 10, 2020
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The Brothers Grimm

By George
January 26, 2020

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Recent Posts

  • The Cloning of Culture

    The Cloning of Culture

    I wrote a blog recently – On the Shoulders of …
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    Three Models of Time … and My Own

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  • On the Shoulders of Giants

    On the Shoulders of Giants

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    Finding the Way Home

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  • The Limits of Empathy and Intersubjectivity

    The Limits of Empathy and Intersubjectivity

    In a recent blog, I mentioned that empathy and intersubjectivity …
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    Empathy and Intersubjectivity

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  • God and Scientific Knowledge

    God and Scientific Knowledge

    As a follow-up to my previous blog on the use …
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    The Use and Misuse of Metaphor

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Recent Podcasts

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    The Human Machine VII

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    The Human Machine VI

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  • The Human Machine V

    The Human Machine V

    For Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, the human being is a metaphysical …
  • The Human Machine IV

    The Human Machine IV

    This episode is devoted to Thomas Hobbes, whose fear of …
  • The Human Machine III

    The Human Machine III

    This episode is devoted to René Descartes, who developed mechanistic …
  • The Human Machine II

    The Human Machine II

    This episode is devoted to William Harvey, who discovered the …
  • The Human Machine I

    The Human Machine I

    This episode is devoted to Andreas Vesalius, the founder of …
  • Intuition, Myth and Metaphor

    Intuition, Myth and Metaphor

    George takes a historical tour of myth and metaphor, both …
  • A New Beginning

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    Science is sometimes seen as a new religion, opening the …
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    Grenfell of Labrador

    In this episode, George looks at the mixed legacy of …
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