I have found the following article by Paul Bloom, " Natural Born D ualists", http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bloom04/bloom04_index.html helpful in getting students to appreciate how scientists, particularly psychologists, think about mind-brain issues. It is too bad that Bloom does not really get into emergent properties. But, I think this piece is a good converstation starter with students .
Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Peterson" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 1:33:49 PM Subject: Re: [tips] Sick body, vigilant mind I can sympathize and appreciate the link Ed. I discuss problems with naive mind-body dualism in Psych 100, and discuss the problems of reification in several of my classes. I am always interested in examples of how these foster confusions rather than clarification of people's problems. Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI 48710 989-964-4491 [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Pollak (Retired)" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 9, 2011 12:28:54 PM Subject: [tips] Sick body, vigilant mind This is PRECISELY the sort of thing that drives me nuts. Here's a perfectly fine article, the content of which is distorted by the sensationalistic title into yet another example of the simplistic, naive mind-body dualism embraced by the masses. Grrrrrrrrrrrr . http://www.brightsurf.com/news/headlines/68543/Sick_body_vigilant_mind.html Ed Edward I. Pollak , Ph.D. Professor emeritus Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/jam.htm Husband, father, grandfather, bluegrass fiddler & biopsychologist ............... in approximate order of importance --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd94b&n=T&l=tips&o=12554 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-12554-13445.e3edca0f6e68bfb76eaf26a8eb6dd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c74e&n=T&l=tips&o=12555 or send a blank email to leave-12555-13482.917fac06d4daae681dabfe964ca8c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=12557 or send a blank email to leave-12557-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
