[tips] Sotomayor/Eurocentric consensus

2009-06-01 Thread Pollak, Edward
Michael Sylvester wrote (in the context of the Sotomayor nomination) The framework of Eurocentric cognitive imperialism is the idea that objectivity excludes emotional factors when in reality emotion and experience are in the mix whenever evaluative judgenent is required. Just curious as to how

Re: [tips] Sotomayor/Eurocentric consensus

2009-06-01 Thread michael sylvester
The Eurocentric consensus also assumes some form of assurance of certainty and continuity from the past to the present to he future.Sotomayor's current or past expressed virws on certain issues are viewed as predictors of her future judgment and decision making .Psychology is an imperfect

[tips] Sotomayor/Eurocentric consensus

2009-05-31 Thread michael sylvester
If there are examples of Eurocentric Cognitive Imperialism,Eurocentric agenda,and the Eurocentric consensus-which I periodically accuse tipsters of subscribing to,then the attacks on Supreme court justice designee Sonia Sotomayor are excellent examples.Sotomayor pointed out that her