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The Primate Diaries

The Primate Diaries

Notes on science, politics, and history from a primate in the human zoo.

Evolution

We Contain Multitudes: Walt Whitman, Charles Darwin, and the Song of Empathy

In the struggle for existence how do we herald the better angels of our nature? Author's Note: On Tuesday I will be traveling to Manchester, England for the International Conference for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine where I'll be giving my talk entitled "A Historical Epistemology of Empathy from Darwin to De Waal." In the lead up to my journey across the pond the iCHSTM organizers offered me the opportunity to publish a shortened version of my talk on the conference blog where I have cross-posted that which follows...

July 19, 2013 — Eric Michael Johnson

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