“How
does
one
measure
Height?”
Sciences,
humanities, &
trees of life
RACHEL CARR
3rd YEAR
BIOLOGY/PHILOSOPHY
“[Science] contains a great deal of
argument, usually much more
rigorous, and almost always at a
higher conceptual level, than
literary persons’ arguments…”
— C. P. Snow
“How does one measure height?”
—Richard Rorty
ACADEMIA
PHYSICS
Biochemistry Geology Astronomy
ENVI. SCI. BIOLOGY
CHEMISTRY
Neuroscience
Whales
SCIENCE
MATH
Economics African
History
Elzinga European
Comparative IR Asian
American
Politics
American GREATER
HUMANITIES
English
French
Spanish Anthropology
Latin
Tibetan SWAG
Languages
Judaism Art History
Religion Art
Hinduism
Studio
Philosophy LESSER Sociology
HUMANITIES
Silenus’
flowers
Silenus
Marble
Roman, 2nd century BC
Silene latifolia
Musée du Louvre,
Paris Norden’s Flora
C.C. Lindman, 1905
S. latifolia
Regent’s Park,
London
Silene
In the wild
S. vulgaris
Bois de Vincennes,
Paris
The taylor lab
Lorne Wolfe and Doug Taylor, Switzerland
Page from Dawin’s noteboooks, c. July 1837
showing the first-known sketch by Charles Darwin of an
evolutionary tree
Biology DMP
A tree of Silene genes
Ingvärsson, P.K. and D.R. TAYLOR . 2002. “Genealogical evidence for
epidemics of selfish genes.” Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences. 99: 11265-11269.
Trees of
knowledge
Trees of life
On the C.o.d.
Philosophy PHIL 245 Philosophy of Science, Paul Humphreys
PHIL 233 Minds, Brains, Computers, Paul Humphreys
PHIL 242 Symbolic Logic, Paul Humphreys
PHIL 541 Advanced Logic, James Cargile
PHIL 547 Philosophy of Mathematics, James Cargile
Religious Studies RELG 265 Theology, Ethics, and Medicine, James Childress
RELJ 347 Science and Judaism, Peter Ochs
History HIUS 271 American Environmental History, Alex Checkovich
HIUS 340 Development of American Science, Karen Parshall
HIEU 332 Scientific Revolution, Karen Parshall
HIEU 380 Origins of Contemporary Thought, Alan Megill
English | Science, Techonlogy, and Society (STS) | Environmental Thought and Practice (ETP)
Majors programs
Interdisciplinary Programs
Political & Social Thought (PST)
Environmental Thought & Practice
Distinguished Majors Programs (DMP)
Elsewhere at UVA
Lectures
Hoos Speaking | hoosspeaking@gmail.com
Libraries
Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library
Rare Books School | Alderman Library, 1st Floor
A few members of the
Cool beared guys Club
aas
A few wise words
The truce we witness today was not reached by setting in harmony with one
another the two kinds of outlook, but rather by a resolve to ignore each other, little
short of contempt…
With regret, nay with despair, many find that they have to shut themselves off
alternatively from the one and from the other kind of outlook. This procudes the
grotesque phenomenon of scientifically trained, highly competent minds with an
unbelievably childlike—undeveloped or atrophied—philosophical outlook.
—Erwin Schrodinger, Nature and the Greeks, 1951
Don’t be the grotesque phenomenon!
ACADEMIA
PHYSICS
Biochemistr Geolog Astronomy
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CHEMISTRY
Neuroscienc
Whale SCIENCE e
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MAT
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Economics Africa
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History
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Comparati I As
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Politic
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Englis
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Spanis Anthropology
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Latin
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Languages
Judais Art
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Religion Art
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Philosophy LESSER Sociology
HUMANITIES
therefore I evolved
Email: rec3e@virginia.edu