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| Name/Description | Type | Size | Uploaded By | Uploaded On |
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| On Hillary and Michelle | Word file | 66K | tom merle | Feb 29, 2008 |
| A provocative read for our Walk | Word file | 105K | tom merle | Feb 29, 2008 |
| The Challenge of Positive Freedom. Almost by definition in a diverse world, positive freedom, the "freedom to," is not universal, e.g., the issue of immigration and identity converges with the larger problem of the valuelessness of postmodernity. | HTML file | 32K | tom merle | Jul 7, 2007 |
| Another article in support of the interaction between genetic predispostion and the impact of environment | HTML file | 7K | tom merle | Jun 28, 2007 |
| Having two short alleles made it highly likely that people ... exposed to major stress would suffer depression. One short allele posed a moderate risk Two long alleles, gave their carriers a good chance of bouncing back under negative circumstances. | HTML file | 41K | tom merle | Jun 28, 2007 |
| Here's the Rorty~Kqed link for those who can't open .webarchive | Word file | 19K | tom merle | Jun 24, 2007 |
| Here's the audio archive I mentioned this morning. It's the interview Michael Krasny did with Richard Rorty on KQED's Forum in January 2006. Enjoy! | a .webarchive file | 212K | Matt | Jun 24, 2007 |
| An appreciation by a scientist, plus a number of reactions on a blog. | HTML file | 78K | tom merle | Jun 20, 2007 |
| Rather than a denial of truth, the postmodern temperment allows for attention to a much wider range of truths, if educators can overcome their modern preoccupation with driving out falsehoods. | HTML file | 31K | tom merle | Jun 20, 2007 |
| The best place to begin an explication of Rorty's ideas of education is with his view of what human beings are. For it is at just this point that we see the absolutely crucial role that education plays in a Rortyan community. | HTML file | 47K | tom merle | Jun 20, 2007 |
| autobiographical observations--how Prof. R has attempted, starting at a very young age, to reconcile aestheticism with social activism.. | HTML file | 50K | tom merle | Jun 15, 2007 |
| One of the best overviews | HTML file | 37K | tom merle | Jun 15, 2007 |
| Rorty opining in 1999 | HTML file | 24K | tom merle | Jun 10, 2007 |
| For those who can't plow through Will Wilkerson's entire essay in Policy Analysis--In Pursuit of Happiness Research Is It Reliable? What Does It Imply for Policy?--which I posted on April 12th, here are my ~take-away~ paragraphs from the article. | rich text file | 15K | tom merle | Apr 22, 2007 |
| HTML file | 18K | tom merle | Apr 21, 2007 | |
| strategy on happiness (by someone in consulting/the financial world) | Adobe Acrobat file | 156K | Neha | Apr 16, 2007 |
| Much too long I know. You might start on page 22, which deals with the dimension of status (not really taxation) | Adobe Acrobat file | 901K | tom merle | Apr 12, 2007 |
| The authors take issue with the validity of much of the happiness research on which such recommendations are based. The argue that happiness research offers no basis for such propositions. | Word file | 52K | tom merle | Apr 9, 2007 |
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