“Who is that masked man?”

Who was that masked man?

Stephen Gaukroger’s new biography of Descartes is a major accomplishment. Gaukroger offers the reader an overview of Descartes’ life and works, with healthy doses of intellectual background thrown in for good measure. It should have a major impact on Cartesian studies, both within the history of philosophy and within the history of science. As Gaukroger’s full title makes clear, this is suppose...

Who Was That Masked Man?

Each year more than 1,400 children die as motor vehicle passengers, and an additional 280,000 are injured. Despite these horrifying figures, parents are still allowing their children to ride unrestrained. More disturbing is the fact that of children who are buckled up, roughly half are restrained incorrectly—increasing the risk of serious or fatal injuries. Tragically, most of these injuries co...

Who Is This Man?

Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief – but Who Is Who in the Capitalist Economy

The thesis of this paper is that a free-market capitalist economy is biased against supplying basic needs of poor consumers and also biased against creating inventing and using green technology. We begin by identifying the patterns of perverse logic in the system of market supply and in the process of technological advance under capitalism. The first pivotal problem is that economic decision ma...

Who Is a Bilingual?

The question of who is and who is not a bilingual is more difficult to answer than it first appears. Bilingualism was long regarded as the equal mastery of two languages, a definition that still prevails in certain glossaries of linguistics. However, today's complex world requires a more exact definition and analysis of the competencies that community members require to interact with speakers o...