Who needs a peacock’s tail when you can build this for your lady love? The bower created by a male bowerbird. David Rothenberg is a jazz musician and a professor of philosophy. He has written a number of books, several of them focused on the interface between natural sounds (like the songs of birds and […]
Darwin
Context is King
Last week I ran into two separate articles, more scientific than philosophical, that open up much larger questions for consideration. Below are some salient extracts from each. The first is an article from Newsweek by Sharon Begley: Alas, poor Darwin. By all rights, 2009 should be his year, as books, museums and scholarly conclaves celebrate […]