currently reading: ‘Wandering Significance: An Essay on Conceptual Behavior’ by Mark Wilson
July 3, 2007
“The main consideration that drives the entire argument of the book is the thesis that the often quirky behaviors of ordinary descriptive predicates derive, not merely from controllable human inattention or carelessness, but from a basic unwillingness of the physical universe to sit still while we frame its descriptive picture. Like a photographer dealing with a rambunctious child, we must resort to odd and roundabout strategies if we hope to capture even a glimpse of our flighty universe upon our linguistic film.” (p. 11)
Wire Mothers: Harry Harlow and the Science of Love
is a new “nonfiction graphic novel” by Jim Ottaviani and Dylan Marconis that relates the story of Harlow’s famous psychology experiments. The scheduled publication date is July 2 (tomorrow) so it may be available by the time you are reading this.
