Anupam Chander and Madhavi Sunder (UC-Davis): Is Nozick Kicking Rawls's Ass? Intellectual Property and Social Justice. From Glänta, performance, staging, and technology in the court of law: Increasingly sophisticated technology for reproducing sound and images is altering the traditional theatrical element of the courtroom. Is it possible to imagine a court, guided by justice and law, taking into account the new "politics of representation"? French theorist Jacques-Alain Miller and North American historian William J. Turkel respond very differently to the digital age. Scott McLemee reports.
A review of The New Hegelians: Politics and Philosophy in the Hegelian School. An article on Templeton Prize winner Charles Taylor.
From Edge, Gregory Paul and Phil Zuckerman on why the gods are not winning. A review on God, The Failed Hypothesis: How Science Shows That God Does Not Exist by Victor J Stenger.
From Skeptic, a look at how science will never explain everything: That is why it is so useful! Robert McHenry on anti-scientism: Which side are you on? A review of The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science. From Psychology Today, Gut Almighty: Intuition really does come from the gut. It's also a kind of matching game based on experience. There are times when trusting your gut is the smartest move—and times you'd better think twice. Shankar Vedantam on Robert L. Trivers, seeing and disbelieving.
From Newsweek, the Joy of Economics: Politicians are looking to the dismal science for ways to make us happier—but is the well-being state a bad idea? Noam Scheiber on how Freakonomics author Steve Levitt takes his criticism personally. The national pastime helps explain the “dismal science”: A review of The Baseball Economist: The Real Game Exposed. From Great Britain, the fight over funding is about much more than the Olympics. It's arts v sport: the showdown. Chess goes to school: How, and why, the game caught on among young Americans. Matters of faith find a new prominence on campus: Across the country chaplains, professors and administrators say students are drawn to religion and spirituality with more fervor than at any time they can remember. Cash-starved and hopelessly out of date, Bulgaria’s universities need reconstructive surgery. The government is starting with a nip and tuck.
