Sentences with phrase «constructive interest in the past»

But a constructive interest in the past («rational reconstruction,» as Richard Rorty calls it) adds something to the sober exercise of setting the record straight and may even, on occasion, alert the historian to patterns and pieces in the record that she had overlooked.

Not exact matches

Here are some highlights from particularly interesting non-anonymous comments (a perk aimed at fostering constructive discourse), along with thoughts sent to me by two prominent analysts of the intersection of science and human affairs, Brad Allenby, the professor of engineering and ethics at Arizona State University and co-author of one of my favorite books of 2011, «The Techno - Human Condition,» and Steve Fuller, a professor of sociology at the University of Warwick in Britain and author of «Humanity 2.0: The Past, Present and Future of What it Means to be Human,» which I look forward to reading over the holidays.

Employee Fired Due to Hiring of Past Sexual Abuser The recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Colistro vs Tbaytel and the City of Thunder Bay provides an interesting review of the issues of constructive dismissal, sexual harassment and damages for the breach of the obligation of good faith, albeit in a very unusual -LSB-...]