Redefining Reality - The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science

Hawking, Stephen. A Brief History of Time. New York: Bantam Books,
1988. A popular account of the development of physics in the 20 th century
from one of the most iconic physicists of the period.
Hernnstein, Richard, and Charles Murray.
. New York: Free Press, 1994. An argument
that innate differences in races make erasing the achievement gap between
groups impossible, a fact that should change the direction of our social policies.
Hughes, James.
. Cambridge, MA: Westview Press,
2004. Traditional democratic theory developed during the Enlightenment is
based on a particular view of the nature of humans. Modern technology is
changing what it means to be a human, and our political organizations must
likewise change.
Huxley, Aldous. . New York:
Perennial Library, 1990. An account of hallucinogenic experiences and
chemically altered human consciousness.
Kant, Immanuel. “Of the Different Human Races.” In
. Albany, NY: State University
of New York Press, 2013. A philosopher’s take on anthropology. Kant
distinguishes between different races on the basis of observable properties.
These are not innate properties, because all humans share a common essence
and dignity, but the effects of climate alter the capacities of individuals.
Kohlberg, Lawrence.
. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1981. An argument
that ethical predisposition in individuals is acquired over time and develops
in well-delineated stages. Not all people become fully developed moral
agents, but all people proceed along the same developmental path.
Kramer, Edna. Princeton:
Princeton University Press, 1970. In-depth biographies and technical details
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