Tag Archives: pragmatism

Work in Progress: Between Biological Reductionism and the Social Construction of Addiction

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Randolph Nesse about the evolutionary origins of addiction – Nesse is perhaps the leading expert on the evolutionary basis of disease and immunity, and in 1997 he wrote an influential article on … Continue reading →

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On Moving Beyond “Context”

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

Perhaps it is because I teach in a medical school, rather than a traditional academic history department, but over the past two years I have become increasingly interested in thinking about how historical scholarship can directly contribute to solving current problems. … Continue reading →

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