RE: Withdrawal from antidepressants

[Shearon, Tim]

Title: Withdrawal from antidepressants

Ed- Methinks thou doest protest too much. J Seriously, though I think these are all interesting what I’d really like to say is that regardless of what’s been said by whom and where I lie in this debate (far more toward the non-reductionism end) I don’t think any of us need to be making apologies for taking a stand on issues. The title is Professor- meaning to profess something. I think you were kidding about the pedant part- what with the quotes, but we are supposed to be professors of what we teach- no apologies necessary! And I don’t think Louis, for all his inclinations, is against professors professing. I think his arguments are with the WAYS that we deliver our message rather than the messages themselves. That’s just my projection por professor propensities. J That’s awful! Tim   _________________________________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Albertson College of Idaho 2112 Cleveland Blvd. Caldwell, ID 83605   [EMAIL PROTECTED] teaching: History and systems; Intro to Neuropsychology; Child Development; Physiological Psychology; Psychology and Cinema   -----Original Message----- From: Pollak, Edward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 6:47 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: Withdrawal from antidepressants   To Chris & Peter: The problem is that the term "psychology" (i.e., knowledge of the mind or soul) is an inherently dualistic concept (sensu substance dualism). You might want to split hairs about these various definitions when discussing concepts such as consciousness, but when discussing things such as addiction, behavior disorders, and just about everything else we talk about in intro psych, I believe it's simply poor pedagogy reinforce the students' basic belief in substance dualism, whether you intend to do that or not. I never use the term "psychological" with out an attendant clarification or caveat. Granted that I (and my students) get pretty tired of this and it comes off as making me seem even more pedantic than usual. But that's a price I'm willing to pay. Heck, sometimes I think that should be in a professor's job description: "professional pedant."  (Of, course, that wouldn't apply to Louis. <G>) Ed   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Co-founder & Editor www.adcham. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/epollak/home.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]