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Philosophy of mind
PHILOSOPHY OF MIND The mind seems to occupy a special place in the world. It is the seat of thought and feeling, of rationality and moral concern. Is it fundamentally different from the other things we find in the natural world? Is it possible for the mind to be investigated scientifically? Can one... Read more |
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Josiah Royce
Josiah Royce 1855-1916, American philosopher, b. California, grad. Univ. of California, 1873. After studying in Germany and at Johns Hopkins, he returned to California to teach (1878-82). From 1882 until his death he was at Harvard, becoming a professor in 1892. Among his works are The Spirit of... Read more |
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William Holmes McGuffey
William Holmes McGuffey , 1800-1873, American educator, b. near Claysville, Pa. He was graduated from Washington and Jefferson College in 1826, having meanwhile taught in rural schools, and became professor of languages at Miami Univ., Ohio. He remained at Miami until he became (1836) president of... Read more |
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Testator
TESTATOR One who makes or has made a will; one who dies leaving a will. A testator is a person who makes a valid will. A will is the document through which a deceased person disposes of his property. A person who dies without having made a will is said to have died intestate. A testator must be... Read more |
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Gerald M. Edelman
Gerald M. Edelman American neuroscientist, professor, and author Gerald M. Edelman (born 1929) won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1972 at the age of 43. He went on to achieve equal prominence for his pioneering theory of mind, referred to as "Neural Darwinism" or "Neuronal Group... Read more |
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George Herbert Mead
George Herbert Mead , 1863-1931, American philosopher and psychologist, b. South Hadley, Mass., grad. Oberlin, 1883, and Harvard, 1888, and studied in Leipzig and Berlin. He taught at the Univ. of Chicago from 1894 until his death. The work of John Dewey and of Mead may be regarded as complementary.... Read more |
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Walter Sydney Adams
Adams, Walter Sydney (b. Kessab, near Antioch, Syria, 20 December 1876; d. Pasadena, California, 11 May 1956) astrophysics. The son of Lucien Harper Adams and Nancy Dorrance Francis, missionaries in Syria, Adams was brought up in a strict, though broad-minded, environment. He received his early... Read more |
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Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison Born: December 8, 1943Melbourne, FloridaDied: July 3, 1971Paris, France American singer and songwriter Lead singer for the rock group the Doors, Jim Morrison was the poster-boy for the mind-bending, outlandish lifestyle of the 1960s in his brief but brilliant career. First creative... Read more |
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Derek Parra
Derek Parra: 1970—: Athlete When Derek Parra set a new world record in the men's 1,500-meter speedskating competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics, he also became the first Mexican-American to win a gold medal at the Salt Lake City Games. Parra was an unlikely victor in the sport of long-track... Read more |
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Richard Ford
Richard Ford 1944-, American novelist, b. Jackson, Miss.; grad. Michigan State Univ. (B.A., 1966), Univ. of California, Irvine (M.F.A., 1970). Ford's concerns are those of a moralist who displays a deeply felt sympathy toward his often struggling, sometimes down-at-the-heels characters; his prose... Read more |
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From West to East: California and the Making of the American Mind.(Review)
...From West to East: California and the Making of the American Mind - do precisely...the cult of California. Tellingly...Schwartz's From West to East is a long...historian of ... |
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From West To East: California and the Making of the American Mind.(Book Review)
FROM WEST TO EAST: California and the Making of the American Mind. By STEPHEN SCHWARTZ...the Midwest) to California in the 1950s, I...place today. From West to East traces the ... |
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West Will Move East as South Moves North.(Politics&Opinions)
...World. The California energy crisis...ramifications. California's obsessions...rolling back east. The state...been doing. California's electricity...consumers by making only the big...a pattern in American ... |
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U. Texas-Arlington prof discusses differences between East, West Europe
...change the American perspective...account that West and East Europe held...countries in the minds of the public...treat the East Europeans...capable of making up their own...Emeritus of the California ... |
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East meets West. (Industry Spotlight).(Asian Fusion chef Ken Hom)(Interview)
...in a melting pot of American culture, but ate from...kitchen. She'd be making Chinese sausage cooked...so well done. To my mind, it's still one of...began teaching at the California Culinary Academy. It...like at that time in California? A: ... |
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WEST-COAST COOL; SHIEKH SHOES CATERS TO CALIFORNIA'S URBAN MARKET WITH...
...cities in California," he said...stores in California and three...footwear making up some 75...How does a West Coast urban...differ from an East Coast one...African-Americans. In general, California is ... |
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THE CALIFORNIA DREAM NEVER DIES, BUT IT KEEPS GETTING MADE OVER WE NATIVE...
...something golden. California, they thought...imagine back East. Nighttime...arrived here when California was known as...one vision in mind - those palm...Easterners moving west. It began...wandered into California. They ... |
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California dreaming.(two books on life in California)
...From West to East: California and the Making of the American Mind - do precisely...the cult of California. Tellingly...Schwartz's From West to East is a long...historian of ... |
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Paradise Lost: California's Experience, America's Future.(Review)
...From West to East: California and the Making of the American Mind - do precisely...the cult of California. Tellingly...Schwartz's From West to East is a long...historian of ... |
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Utopia and Dissent: Art, Poetry, and Politics in California.
...of other West Coast founders...garde in California had a powerful...that many Americans joined them...like the California School of...contemporary American art." Candida...century California - virgin...movements as "an ... |
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