Cathy Gere

Cathy Gere, an associate professor of the history of science at the University of California, San Diego, is currently finishing a book examining the history of the sciences of pain and pleasure.

Can Science Go Back to the Future?

Can Science Go Back to the Future? Can Science Go Back to the Future?

Trying to bring extinct species back to life is the latest symptom of ecological anxiety.

May 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Cathy Gere

How Tolerant Should We Be of Intolerance?

How Tolerant Should We Be of Intolerance? How Tolerant Should We Be of Intolerance?

It’s one of the most ticklish questions of liberal philosophy.

May 13, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Cathy Gere

Hemispheric Disturbances: On Michael Gazzaniga

Hemispheric Disturbances: On Michael Gazzaniga Hemispheric Disturbances: On Michael Gazzaniga

If our brains act according to the causal laws governing all matter, in what sense can we be said to be free?

Nov 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Cathy Gere

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