Gary,
Because I was in a rush, I was not careful to describe precisely what
Harrington was arguing. Sorry. She is arguing that it is science that has
created an unnecessary dichotomy between the body and the mind. That is, she
states that the conventional view has been that placebo effects are in
The problem I have with this (and of course it bears a more careful
reading) is that she talks about experiencing outside of our bodies? How is
this done? Shouldn't she say that we perceive the world _as out there_, but
that perception and conscious experience is felt, and indeed, made pos
Sorry, I sent my previous post off by accident. I hadn't finished
writing it, yet. Let me try again.
Speaking of placebos, there is a very interesting article in _Cerebrum_
(Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2000) by Anne Harrington entitled "The whiteness
of lies: Swallowing the placebo effect" (pp. 71-86).
Speaking of placebos, there is a very interesting article in _Cerebrum_ (Vol. 2, No. 1,
Winter 2000) by Anne Harrington entitled "The whiteness of lies: Swallowing the placebo
effect" (pp. 71-86). The theme of the article involves the following:
"What placebo effects challenge us to ask is: How d
"Annette Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> while I would not deny that real events arise--indeed my father
> passed away at thanksgiving, shortly before finals, I find it
> interesting at the RASH of serious events that I have experienced
> from my students tending to occur at the end of a sem
Dear Steve,
Placebo tranlslates from Latin into English as "I shall please."
Jospe (1978, pp. xii-xiii)) points out that the term described
vespers for the dead and gradually changed in its everyday use to the
current definition: "any therapeutic procedure.which is
deliberately given to h
A student comes into my office this afternoon and wants the "definition"
for placebo. I told her that I didn't even know if I could give her a
"definition" of a placebo (I would rather use examples to illustrate the
concept than to provide a definition for memorization). Then I asked her
what she
Ellis is apparently inconsistent, although he probably can live with this
imperfection. In a 1997 interview he said, "Religion is just drivel," and in
the same interview said, "certain forms of religion actually do good. I think
most religion most of the time does harm. It diverts you from be
while I would not deny that real events arise--indeed my father
passed away at thanksgiving, shortly before finals, I find it
interesting at the RASH of serious events that I have experienced
from my students tending to occur at the end of a semester.
That is not to say that the need for time off
Well, gee, I THINK my students like my CLASSES. I don't
have a problem with class attendance - I seldom have
more than a couple not there, and they often bring
friends. I think I was pointing out that it's the
TESTS they make excuses for...
Beth Benoit
University of Massachusetts Lowell
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