by Eleanor Rosch, University of California, Berkeley, 1978
Readings in Cognitive Science, a Perspective from Psychology and Artificial Intelligence, Allan Collins & Edward E. Smith, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Mateo, California, 1988, pp 312-322.
The following is a taxonomy of the animal kingdom. It has been attributed to an ancient Chinese encyclopedia entitled the Celestial Emporium of [...]
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Tuesday, November 23, 2004
[ It could be that more academics are liberal because that's what (generally) happens to people who devote their lives to the expansion of the mind. Thanks to Michael Roselius for passing this article along. --BL ]
November 18, 2004 | New York Times
by JOHN TIERNEY
BERKELEY, Calif. – At the birthplace of the free speech movement, campus [...]
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by Brendan Lalor
This is posted various places around the net.
I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty esdnatnrd waht I was rdgnieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer inwaht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist [...]
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Thursday, October 14, 2004
[ For more on the Prisoner's Dilemma, visit Serge Helfrich's page. Thanks to Jared Childers for forwarding the article. --BL ]
Oct. 13, 2004 | Wired
by Wendy M. Grossman
Proving that a new approach can secure victory in a classic strategy game, a team from England’s Southampton University has won the 20th-anniversary Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma competition, toppling the [...]
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by Brendan Lalor
If you want to “be all you can be” as a human being, it’s hard to imagine a more practical course of training than the study of philosophy. As Aristotle argued, philosophical activity — reflective, appreciative understanding of and speculation about the world — is conducive to the most fulfilling life. Hence, philosophy [...]
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by Brendan Lalor
I believe it was the good philosophers at Belmont University, who started the list of well-known people who were philosophy majors. The folks at at Eastern Kentucky University added significantly to the list. The list is reprinted below. I’ll take any additions you may want to submit, along with the documentation.
What Can [...]
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excerpted from the American Philosophical Association’s Philosophy:
A Brief Guide for Undergraduates
General Uses of Philosophy
Much of what is learned in philosophy can be applied in virtually any endeavor. This is both because philosophy touches on so many subjects and, especially, because many of its methods are usable in any field.
General Problem Solving. The study of philosophy [...]
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10 January 1999 | The New York Times
by EDWARD WYATT
BALTIMORE, Md. — Perhaps it is the references to the fiction of Jorge Luis Borges, the late Argentine author whose metaphysical imagery he uses to illustrate a point about price-to-earnings ratios. Or maybe it is the nods to the philosophy of William James, whose theories are [...]
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Questions of Principle
2 January 1990 | Globe and Mail [Toronto]
by Thomas Hurka
CALGARY – How should Canada educate students to compete successfully in the business world? Some provincial governments think it is by teaching them business.
The Alberta government has announced plans for an “unprecedented” expansion of business education [...]
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26 December 1997 | New York Times
by CAROL MARIE CROPPER
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – What can you do with a philosophy degree?
In an age of M.B.A.’s and computer scientists, more than 4,000 American college students graduate each year with a bachelor’s degree in the ancient discipline. Sometimes their parents and friends wonder what will happen to them.
One [...]
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