What We Are Reading Today: ‘On Myself, and Other, Less Important Subjects’

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Updated 03 March 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘On Myself, and Other, Less Important Subjects’

Author: CASPAR HARE

Caspar Hare makes an original and compelling case for “egocentric presentism,” a view about the nature of first-person experience, about what happens when we see things from our own particular point of view.

A natural thought about our first-person experience is that “all and only the things of which I am aware are present to me.” Hare, however, goes one step further and claims, counterintuitively, that the thought should instead be that “all and only the things of which I am aware are present.”

 


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Grasshoppers, Locusts, and Crickets of the World’

Updated 24 February 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Grasshoppers, Locusts, and Crickets of the World’

Authors: Martin Husemann and Oliver Hawlitchek

Grasshoppers, locusts, crickets, bush crickets, and katydids make up the order of insects known as Orthoptera. Although there are about 30,000 species of Orthoptera around the world, many people pay little attention to them and even scientists know relatively little about them.

Yet the world of grasshoppers is a fascinating and diverse one. In this richly illustrated book, leading researchers from around the world detail the many facets of these insects, including their evolution, life cycles, and mating behavior.