According to Jonathan Lear, "a trained psychoanalyst and a philosopher", "'Some of the most important things in human life are just not measurable,' he said, like happiness or genuine religious feeling." Given where the quotation marks are, I am not sure whether the examples were Jonathan Lear's or Patricia Cohen's but those are far from good examples of unmeasurables. There are whole literatures empirically examining both happiness and genuine religious feeling.
Rick Dr. Rick Froman, Chair Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/hss/faculty/rfroman.asp "Pete, it's a fool that looks for logic in the chambers of the human heart." - Ulysses Everett McGill ________________________________ From: Beth Benoit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 10:45 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Freud missing from the Psychology Department >From today's New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/weekinreview/25cohen.html?_r=1&ref=education&oref And a tip of the hat to Scott Lilienfeld... Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---
