CONSIDERING THE PAST:
A HISTORY OF HUMANITY
Big Bang, Biology, Early Religion
Asian Civilizations, 6th to 16th centuries
Europeans to the 17th Century
18th and 19th Centuries
A Few First Thoughts — short and simple Philosophers — includes Gary Gutting, Susan Haack, Socrates, Wittgenstein and others Philosophical Issues — includes atheism & agnositicsm, accident, subjectivity and abstractions, antinomies Science — neuroscience, biology, computers versus imagination; math and numbers; space and time Misc/People — includes Arnold Toynbee, Alice Walker, Putin, Ernest Hemingway Morality — includes Moral Relativism and Sam Harris Politics — morality and modern government, freedom, Aristotle, Hobbes, US Constitution Books — most recent: Trusting Doubt, by Valerie Tarico (published 2010) RECENT 18 Jun – Sequence and the Singapore Summit 29 Mar – Mathematics 13 Mar – Responses to Elizabeth Bruenig's Nordic Socialism 1 Mar – Political Parties and Change 21 Feb – Two obituaries: Billy Graham, Günter Blobel 6 Feb – National Wealth Comparisons in Dollars 11 Jan – More about Cosmos basics 4 Jan – Chicken-and-egg, Black Holes and Galaxies, Dark Energy and Time 25 Dec – Faith better than Doubt? 18 Dec – Nine things you think you know about Jesus that are probably wrong, by Valerie Tarico 21 Sep – Korean War versus Vietnam COMMENTARY