[tips] Peirce smart; Wundt nazi?

2010-10-21 Thread Christopher D. Green
Marc Carter wrote: > Too true. His paper was "The Fixation of Belief," not knowledge. I > teach that paper as "ways of coming to believe," but many texts use > "ways of coming to know." > > That's such a great paper. Those guys were *smart*. Indeed, Charles Sanders Peirce (note the spelling)

[tips] Sorry

2010-10-21 Thread peterson
Sorry, that message to Michael should have just been sent to him alone. GPeterson Gary's iPad --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5879 or send a blank ema

Re: [tips] New Psychology iPhone App

2010-10-21 Thread peterson
Michael, is the app formatted to take advantage of ipad size and video quality? Or is it just iphone app that then needs to be magnified on the ipad, usually with loss of detail? Gary GPeterson Gary's iPad On Oct 21, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Michael Britt wrote: > Tipsters, > > Over the summer I

Re: [tips] Recommendations of Textbook for a Group Processes course

2010-10-21 Thread michael sylvester
- Original Message - From: Paul C Bernhardt To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 5:58 PM Subject: [tips] Recommendations of Textbook for a Group Processes course I hoping to get the shared wisdom of TIPS on textbook options

[tips] JOB Assist Prof Psychology

2010-10-21 Thread Shapiro, Susan J
Assistant Professor of Psychology Academic-year, tenure-track position to teach courses, including online courses, to support the B.S. in Psychology and general education requirements, as needed, in general psychology, psychology of everyday life, lifespan development, personality theory and/or

[tips] Recommendations of Textbook for a Group Processes course

2010-10-21 Thread Paul C Bernhardt
I hoping to get the shared wisdom of TIPS on textbook options for a Group Processes Course. I lean towards a social psychological approach, as opposed to a counseling approach. Share early, share often . Thanks! Paul Paul C Bernhardt Frostburg State University Frostburg, MD, USA pcbernhardt[

[tips] New Psychology iPhone App

2010-10-21 Thread Michael Britt
Tipsters, Over the summer I mentioned I was working on an iphone/ipod/ipad app designed to bring the latest news in psychology to these devices. I'm happy to say that as of today the app is available in the iTunes app store. I hope you all don't mind if I say a few words about the app - an ap

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-21 Thread Michael Smith
H Jim. No, you're not mistaken, that was me. The last part of my last post was that the discussion of knowledge was actually tangential to the belief thing as a belief. Of course it was certainly nice to have the discussion about knowledge and the various points of view presented I note your emp

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-21 Thread Christopher D. Green
> *From:* Marc Carter [marc.car...@bakeru.edu] > *Sent:* Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:22 AM > *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > *Subject:* RE: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things? > > > That's certainly how I learned it. "Knowledge" is justified, true > belief.

[tips] TIPSTER OF THE WEEK

2010-10-21 Thread michael sylvester
ALLEN ESTERSON Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=5870 or send a blank email to leave

Re: [tips] Revisionist t history (Wundt vs. James)

2010-10-21 Thread michael sylvester
Thought I read about this or something similar from Christopher Green.Didn't the German philosophers like Nietsche (sp) and others had this idea of a master race. Btw,Leipzig was a hot bed of anti-semitism long before the rise of the Nazism.The German intellectual circles excluded many jews fr

[tips] TED talk on motivation

2010-10-21 Thread Beth Benoit
This was yet another delightful TED talk, this time by a former speechwriter for Al Gore. Sharp, funny and thought-provoking. It would be especially good for a motivation course or an I/O class. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/dan_pink_on_motivation.html Beth Benoit Granite State College Plym

RE: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-21 Thread Marc Carter
Too true. His paper was "The Fixation of Belief," not knowledge. I teach that paper as "ways of coming to believe," but many texts use "ways of coming to know." That's such a great paper. Those guys were *smart*. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology

Re: [tips] revisionist history

2010-10-21 Thread Christopher D. Green
Those who are convinced (by, say, recent electoral campaign events) that actually being persuasive is an important part of communication, and who are further convinced that persuasion, especially in the political sphere, often involves something rather more than a clear statement of the facts a

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-21 Thread Jim Clark
Hi James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax j.cl...@uwinnipeg.ca >>> Michael Smith 21-Oct-10 8:07 AM >>> Of course all of this discussion of knowledge has very little to do with my original context which was that the "God saved them" statement is a statement of beli

RE: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-21 Thread Bourgeois, Dr. Martin
Here's one thing that I believe (as opposed to know) contributes to the confusion: many research methods texts, when discussing C.S. Pierce's ways of fixing beliefs (e.g., authority, tenacity, etc.), refer to them as ways of knowing. From: Marc Carter [marc.car..

RE: [tips] revisionist history

2010-10-21 Thread Dennis Goff
The feeling is mostly frustration. Of course when you are frustrated for long enough... The many strong friendships with other academics serves as something of a buffer. The real effect is that I am more active politically that I might be otherwise. I do think that there are several opportu

RE: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-21 Thread Marc Carter
That's certainly how I learned it. "Knowledge" is justified, true belief. One can have true beliefs, but without justification they do not rise to the level of knowledge. One cannot "know" something that is false. So beliefs that are not amenable to empirical justification or sound deductive

Re: [tips] Why don't we hear more about such things?

2010-10-21 Thread Michael Smith
Thanks for the link Jim. I would disagree that my previous post implies that one must use 'knowledge' in a "quirky or loose way". As your link shows, there is a recognized position of irrational knowledge (irrational, of course, without any pejorative connotation). Although I'm not implying that t

[tips] Random Thought: China Diary, Ourselves

2010-10-21 Thread Louis E. Schmier
Diary, tonight, Wednesday, May 26, I'm diving deep, real deep, spiritually and emotionally deep, so deep most people can't or won't dive there with me. A few mornings ago I cut out a Buddhist saying from the "approved" English language newspaper, China Daily, of all places. Buddhism i

Re: [tips] revisionist history

2010-10-21 Thread Mike Palij
On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 21:53:26 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: >Mike Palij wrote: >> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 14:08:11 -0700, Christopher D. Green wrote: >>> Mike Palij wrote: >>> A quick search of the internet shows that there are several books that >>> allege to be historical research and to provide

Re: [tips] Freud's "narcissism of small differences"

2010-10-21 Thread Allen Esterson
The "narcissism of small differences" is a term coined by Freud (he sure knew how to invent memorable names for psychological concepts!) to describe a propensity for people to feel considerable hostility towards others whose attitudes or views differ only in minor ways from their own. The best