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...Lachs explores concrete problems in contemporary society concerning possession, progress, and indiscriminate experimentation. Behind these lies a preoccupation with the future—both its promise and its openness—that blinds us to the joys of the present and draws our attention from the very real...

...The moment Francis Bacon started his experimental wager, torture became linked to the test. Everything was put to the test, torturing the body, flaying the certitudes of knowledge. In Institution and Interpretation, Samuel Weber organizes an aspect of his reflections on psychoanalysis...

...Lachs takes up the question of whether we should or should not use drugs, especially with respect to its effect on consciousness. He is critical of those who recommend drug use without due attention to likely consequences, especially to the extent that drug use and experimentation aim to escape...

...This chapter offers a modest engagement with the issue of “training” in relation to psychological experimentation as a way of understanding how experimental psychologists grapple with issues of subjectivity and objectivity. A basic goal of the experimental method in cognitive psychology is to keep...

...This chapter examines the dominant metaphors for “creation” found in the origin myths of Native Americans that reveal surprisingly “pragmatic” themes of social cooperation and experimentation. It first discusses the classic creative tropes of Western civilization and explores why philosophy could...