April 24, 2024
Preview articles in this issue with pieces by J. Scott Turner, Nathalie Gontier, Amelia Lewis, James A. Shapiro, and others.
April 24, 2024
Scott Turner, a member of the group of scientists called The Third Way of Evolution and coordinator for this feature, introduces readers to our look at the state of evolutionary science. Turner explai......
April 24, 2024
Life may exist in a physical world, writes Scott Turner, but it is also marked by attributes not to be found in that world, such as intentionality, purposefulness, design, and intelligence. The Darwin......
April 24, 2024
Nathalie Gontier takes us on a romp through the predominant schools of evolutionary thought: Darwinism, the Modern Synthesis, Micro-, Meso-, and Macroevolution, Ecology, and Reticulate Evolution. Toda......
April 24, 2024
Zoologist Amelia Lewis argues for greater recognition of non-human animal sentience, cognition, and goal-directedness in evolutionary thought. Within the context of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis......
April 24, 2024
Biologist James A. Shapiro believes the discovery of different biological means by which organisms can alter their genomes, along with the process of interspecific hybridization, demands a reassessmen......
April 24, 2024
Between the Modern Synthesis—which says that evolution is driven by accidental genetic changes—and its heterodox challenges—which argue for various forms of agency and non-random pro......
April 24, 2024
Sociologist Jukka Savolainen contrasts the media’s vicious treatment of country singers Jason Aldean and Oliver Anthony to the far more benign, or even laudatory, treatment of lawbreaking hip-ho......
April 24, 2024
Alan G. Futerman and Walter E. Block conclude that the flood of statements from college presidents calling for peace in the Middle East will, in fact, make peace less likely.
April 24, 2024
John Staddon reviews Jonathan Rauch’s The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth and concludes that Rauch’s admirable effort falls short in its attempt to reconcile defere......
April 24, 2024
Will Bunch’s After the Ivory Tower Falls: How College Broke the American Dream and Blew up Our Politics—And How to Fix It “will appeal to journalists, activists, ‘nev......
April 24, 2024
A review of psychologist Jean M. Twenge’s magnum opus Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, and Silents—and What They Mean for America’s Future, which de......
April 24, 2024
A discussion of the place of the novel in liberal arts education, a question sparked by the recent publication of Joseph Epstein’s The Novel, Who Needs It? Novels are important, says E......
