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Neuroscience and Self-Incrimination
Legal scholar Nita Farahany (Duke) describes how she uses neuroscience as a lens to better examine the original purpose of a law.
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Neuroscience and Criminality
Legal scholar Nita Farahany (Duke University) describes how neuroscience is involved in the legal process.
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Neuropossibilities
Duke University legal scholar Nita Farahany gives her perspective on how advances in neuroscience and medical technology might lead to a safer and more ethical society.
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Neuroimpulsivity?
Duke University legal scholar Nita Farahany describes how modern neuroscience is affecting our legal understanding of what it means to act in a premeditated fashion, and of what it means to be responsible for our actions.
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Looking For Disruptions
Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts University) reflects on how the field of social sciences could change for the better.
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Looking for Clues
Poet and independent scholar Jennifer Michael Hecht shares her views of how cultural ideas shape questions and answers, and reveals her technique for how to get to a new idea.
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Life in the 5th Generation
Chinese scholar and literary translator Michael Berry (UCLA) describes the extraordinary cultural landscape for the 5th Generation of Chinese filmmakers.
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Language and the Mind
Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts) gives a brief account of how the field of philosophy of language has changed.
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Language and Bayesian Frameworks
Cognitive scientist Victor Ferreira (UC San Diego) describes current thinking in the language sciences about how language systems change and adapt over time.
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Justice Denied
David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue, argues that Israeli policies towards the Palestinians are undermining
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Israel and the Holocaust
David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue, discusses criticisms of the political use of the Holocaust in Israel and beyond.
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Iran and the Model of Religious Economy
Historian Nile Green (UCLA) describes how the model of religious economy is relevant to Iran.
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Interpreting the Law - Context
Philosopher Scott Soames (USC) highlights the vital role that context plays in matters of legal interpretation.
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Interpreting the Law - An Example
Philosopher Scott Soames (USC) uses the celebrated example of the Smith gun case to illustrate the relation between linguistic ambiguity and legal interpretation.
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Teaching Science Better
Marine biologist Edie Widder at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association stresses the importance for all of us of exposing kids to the relevance and excitement of doing real science.
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Reading Authorship
Ben Nelson (Minerva) recounts one of his formative educational experiences at the University of Pennsylvania that helped inspire him to later create a new top-tier university.
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Raising the Level of Debate
Andrew Hoffman, Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan, argues that scientists should become more involved in public debates on the environment.
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Population Effects
Karl Gerth, Professor of History and Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies at UC San Diego, discusses the impact of China’s burgeoning population on its history.
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Playing Charades
Legal scholar Emilie Hafner-Burton (UC San Diego), describes her disillusioning experiences working at the U.N. Office in Geneva.
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Playing Better Soccer
Philosopher Brian Epstein (Tufts) describes how important research avenues are being overlooked by social scientists.
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Overshadowed by Israel
David Goldberg, Former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London’s Liberal Jewish Synagogue, explains how all too often his views on Jewish identity are overshadowed by his politic critiques of Israeli policy.
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Overcoming Resistance
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) relates how he overcame many setbacks to pursue an academic career in classics.
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Origins of Mass and Elite
Classicist and political theorist Josiah Ober (Stanford) relates how his personal exposure to aspects of class structure inadvertently prepared him for better understanding Demosthenes.
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Not So Bad After All?
Primatologist Frans de Waal (Emory) describes how conventional wisdom has moved from believing that humans were inherently selfish to now viewing us as “super-cooperators.”