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Gould comments on his love for original texts:. I… conceived the admittedly quirky and idiosyncratic idea for this book—to base a volume on the well-trodden subject of science and humanities upon largely unknown examples taken from specific passages in anti-quarian books from my own collection—a classical technique of humanist scholars, but now attempted by this card-carrying scientist!
Gould has some criticisms for the humanities himself.
He questions the concept in humanistic writing that written words should mimic the spoken. I was glad to see one of my pet peeves in college voiced by someone deserving some respect. Written words that mimic the spoken tend toward redundancy and repetition. Although he takes pains to defend science against humanistic criticisms, Gould also lays into scientists themselves.
In less challenging words, scientists should look at how artsy people communicate and persuade the public and apply the same rhetorical techniques. Science gets so third person that it gets ridiculous, but this is because science depends on objectivity. It must disassociate the observed facts from the observer. This tends to make science writing dry and unengaging.
By putting the human element into the writing, science writers can bring a wider audience into their fold. Gould, Harmony Books RSS feed for comments on this post.
I was surprised to find this book very academic in tone and language - it's a bit of a struggle to get through. Gould starts out by detailing various scientists and their works from the 17th and 18th The late paleontologist is in full and eloquent posthumous voice as he laments a false dichotomy that has pitted science against the humanities, including religion and ethics, since the 17th century Returning user.
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Wilson's reductionistic program of "turning as much philosophy as possible into science" is, frankly, delusional, and Gould's rebuttal too polite and esoteric, but the debate raises key questions for the soul of psychiatry. Sign up to receive offers and updates: Subscribe. Very Good. And his books. Gould wrote this book to respond to E.
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