A brief review of the rise and fall of Christendom in Western Europe that illustrates the inevitable entanglement of politics, culture, and philosophy with questions about the relationship of religion to science.
Read MoreJoseph Henrich takes the theories of Richard E, Nisbett and combines them with new research in anthropology, psychology, economics and evolutionary biology to explain how culture in the Middle Ages shaped the Western mind, laying the foundations for the world as we know it today. His views complement those of Nisbett.
Read MoreHuman evolution in East Africa was driven by geological forces. Ancient Greece developed democracy because of its mountainous terrain. Voting behaviour in the United States today follows the bed of an ancient sea. Professor...
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A description of what motivated me to develop a 12-part course for u3a, covering our common reality, the shaping of the modern world, and issues facing the modern world.
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There are differences between how people in Eastern and Western cultures perceive the world, and consequently how they think. These differences are reflected in religions of Eastern and Western origin.
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