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Number
3 (Spring, 2000)
Toward a "Final
Theory" of the Sloth? pp. 3-4 by Steve Talbott.
The search for evolutionary mechanisms easily makes us indifferent
to the organisms we originally set out to understand. What
the mechanisms leave out is the integrity, the coherent
idea, of the organism.
Notes and Reviews
What Do Experiments
Prove? pp. 11-12 by Craig Holdrege
New experiments with mice (reported in Science) show
rather dramatically how isolated, decontextualized, and
artificial the results of much research can be.
Experiential
Physics pp. 12-13 by Steve Talbott
Review of Sensible Physics Teaching, by Michael D'Aleo
and Stephen Edelglass (Chestnut Ridge, N.Y.: Parker Courtney
Press, 1999). Includes an excerpt from the book's introduction.
Feature Articles
Where Do
Organisms End? pp. 14-16 by Craig Holdrege
Ants, giraffes, and bison illustrate how inappropriate it
can be to draw rigid lines between organisms and their environment.
The Straitening
of Science pp. 17-19 by Steve Talbott
Do physical objects naturally move in straight lines unless
interfered with, as Newton suggested? If we're really talking
about the nature of things, perhaps it makes more sense
to say that they most naturally move curvilinearly. |
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