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“How Does the World Lend Itself to Our Knowing?”
By Stephen L. Talbott
Challenging the longstanding dualistic concept that we live in two worlds — the “subjective” world of appearances and a world of “real things” seemingly hidden behind the terms of our experience, the author describes how our cognition places us in the world, not a mere representation of it.
“Learning and the Experience of Meaning”
By Jon McAlice
Teaching encounter-based science imparts more than knowledge; it also sparks wonder, respect, and a sense of connection to the natural world.
“Shadows and the Sun”
By Henrike Holdrege
Through a series of observations, we explore and compare the forms of shadow phenomena created by the sun.
“Enchanted Universe?”
By Craig Holdrege
Craig reviews the late anthropologist Marshall Sahlin’s final book, which contrasts the unrecognized biases and assumptions that inform a modern, university-educated person’s view of what is real with the experience of reality found in ancient and indigenous cultures.
“From Mechanism to Organism”
By Elaine Khosrova
A new text for educators by author Michael Holdrege brings a fresh and dynamic approach to teaching human biology to adolescents.
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