curious (was RE: darwinian slip and a thought - psych-free)

2001-04-12 Thread David
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Charles M. Huffman went: I am curious about the affiliation of: Rick Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am curious about your reason for having cc'd this to TIPS instead of simply asking Rick. --David Epstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: darwinian slip and a thought - psych-free

2001-04-11 Thread Michael Sylvester
re Judaic theology what does that have to do with the teaching of psychology? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida

Re: darwinian slip and a thought - psych-free

2001-04-11 Thread Paul Brandon
At 11:21 AM -0400 4/11/01, Michael Sylvester wrote: re Judaic theology what does that have to do with the teaching of psychology? Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida Read the statement at the end of my post on the topic. * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *

RE: darwinian slip and a thought - psych-free

2001-04-11 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: re Judaic theology what does that have to do with the teaching of psychology? About as much as discussions of "Eurocentricity," i.e., nothing at all, actually, but it makes for interesting discussions. Rick -- Rick Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: darwinian slip and a thought - psych-free

2001-04-11 Thread Charles M. Huffman
I am curious about the affiliation of: Rick Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you. + Charles M. Huffman, Ph.D. Chair, Psychology Dept. Cumberland College, Box 7990 Williamsburg, KY 40769 +

Re: Darwinian slip and a thought - psych-light

2001-04-07 Thread Linda Woolf
"Pollak, Edward" wrote: Other scholars (including the Rambam (Maimonides) have argued that many of the mitzvot were included to keep the People from adopting customs of the Canaanites. Thus, if boiling meat in milk was a pagan custom or part of a pagan ritual it would be forbidden.

Re: Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-04-07 Thread Paul Brandon
At 8:22 PM -0400 4/6/01, Pollak, Edward wrote: Linda wrote While a number of the Mizvot seem to have no logic behind them, the prohibition against the above is speculated as follows - It would be too cruel for the mother to endure having their young killed in front of them (something else you

Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-04-06 Thread Pollak, Edward
Linda wrote While a number of the Mizvot seem to have no logic behind them, the prohibition against the above is speculated as follows - It would be too cruel for the mother to endure having their young killed in front of them (something else you are not to do) and then to have them play a

Re: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-04-04 Thread Jim Guinee
From: "Rick Adams" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: darwinian slip and a thought In some cases, for the sake of brevity (and because I agree with you or concede your point), I have snipped... Not too long ago there was a "consensus" in our culture that women were wea

Re: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-29 Thread Michael Sylvester
On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, jim clark wrote: Hi On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote: 2) Do you know of anyone who teaches science as completely accurate and fool-proof. If so, they obviously know little about what they are teaching. I certainly don't wish to be identified as

Re: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-29 Thread jim clark
Hi On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Michael Sylvester wrote: On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, jim clark wrote: I certainly don't wish to be identified as someone who "obviously know little about what they are teaching," but I think we need to be very cautious here about not undermining the rightful validity of

RE: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-29 Thread Rick Adams
Michael Sylvester wrote: But Science is unable to understand musical compositions,artistic creations and other affairs of the heart and internal sensibilities. This emphasis on scientic approaches is quintessentially Eurocentric and fails to account for the other ways of knowing.

Re: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-28 Thread Jim Guinee
From: "Rick Adams" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: darwinian slip and a thought Jim wrote: THat's a really good point, but don't you think sexism and racism are in a different category, mostly because there seems to be a consensus in our culture that sexist and racist

Re: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-27 Thread Jim Guinee
From: "Rick Adams" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: darwinian slip and a thought Jim wrote: Although, the reflexive response of "why this is not good science" immediately steers the discussion in a negative direction. Do you apply that same criteria to discus

Re: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-27 Thread Mike Scoles
Jim Guinee wrote: On the other hand, it seems that non-religious scientists are free to ignore, even trample over religious beliefs, even to the point where they begin to teach science as something completely accurate and fool-proof. There are two confused points here, but I have questions

Re: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-27 Thread Paul Brandon
At 8:56 AM -0600 3/27/01, Jim Guinee wrote: Maybe you're right -- maybe there are just some things that just can't be integrated into the classroom. At least, in _the same_ classroom at the sec ondary school level. On the other hand, it seems that non-religious scientists are free to ignore,

Re: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-27 Thread Jim Guinee
Jim Guinee wrote: On the other hand, it seems that non-religious scientists are free to ignore, even trample over religious beliefs, even to the point where they begin to teach science as something completely accurate and fool-proof. There are two confused points here, but I have

Re: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-27 Thread jim clark
Hi On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote: 2) Do you know of anyone who teaches science as completely accurate and fool-proof. If so, they obviously know little about what they are teaching. I certainly don't wish to be identified as someone who "obviously know little about what they are

RE: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-27 Thread Rick Adams
Jim wrote: THat's a really good point, but don't you think sexism and racism are in a different category, mostly because there seems to be a consensus in our culture that sexist and racist ideologies are harmful? Not too long ago there was a "consensus" in our culture that

RE: Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-26 Thread Dennis Goff
I have been thinking about Stephen's suggestion and Jim's response. At the college level, I think that we certainly should allow, perhaps encourage, students to consider the arguments offered on behalf of "creation science." At a minimum it would be a good lesson in critical thinking. This

Re: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-26 Thread Jim Guinee
Ah, yes. Evolution is the evil work of the devil. Was that intentional? And while we're on the topic, a thought, although I expect (with trepidation) I'm going to hear from Jim Clark about it. We're rightly outraged by the attempt by the religious right to censor Darwin. But we have no

RE: darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-26 Thread Rick Adams
Jim wrote: Although, the reflexive response of "why this is not good science" immediately steers the discussion in a negative direction. Do you apply that same criteria to discussions of "why sexism is wrong" or "why is racism not a good practice?" When we come to topics such

Re: Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-24 Thread Paul Brandon
At 5:15 PM -0500 3/23/01, Stephen Black wrote: On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote: Good news. The Arkansas house voted down the anti-evilution bill this morning. Ah, yes. Evolution is the evil work of the devil. Was that intentional? And

Re: Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-24 Thread Paul Brandon
And another thought (not particularly original) If we are going to present creation myths, why this one? Shouldn't we give some time to ALL of them, or at least those subscribed to by a portion of the North American population? This emphasises the point that the proper place for the study

Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-23 Thread Stephen Black
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Mike Scoles wrote: Good news. The Arkansas house voted down the anti-evilution bill this morning. Ah, yes. Evolution is the evil work of the devil. Was that intentional? And while we're on the topic, a thought, although I

Re: Darwinian slip and a thought

2001-03-23 Thread jim clark
Hi On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Stephen Black wrote: And while we're on the topic, a thought, although I expect (with trepidation) I'm going to hear from Jim Clark about it. We're rightly outraged by the attempt by the religious right to censor Darwin. But we have no problem with censoring