Throughout the centuries philosophers and poets alike have defended an essential difference—rather than a porous transition—between the human and animal. At

An examination of the difficulties in fundamentally differentiating humans from all other animals.

"An excellent interdisciplinary collage . . . of considerable interest to philosophers, psychologists, computer scientists (of a theoretical stripe), sociologis

Are animals capable of wonder? Can they be said to possess language and reason? What can animals teach us about how to live well? How can they help us to see th

In this book, Isaac Alderman uses insights from the cognitive study of death anxiety and disgust to examine the animal-human boundary in Genesis 2-3, providing