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The experimenters' regress: from skepticism to argumentation.Benoı̂t Godin & Yves Gingras - 2002 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 33 (1):133-148.details
Harry Collins' central argument about experimental practice revolves around the thesis that facts can only be generated by good instruments but good instruments can only be recognized as such if they produce facts. This is what Collins calls the experimenters' regress. For Collins, scientific controversies cannot be closed by the 'facts' themselves because there are no formal criteria independent of the outcome of the experiment that scientists can apply to decide whether an experimental apparatus works properly or not.No one seems (...) to have noticed that the debate is in fact a rehearsal of the ancient philosophical debate about skepticism. The present article suggests that the way out of radical skepticism offered by the so-called mitigated skeptics is a solution to the problem of consensus formation in science.Keywords: Argumentation; Skepticism; Sociology of science; Philosophy of science; Scientific controversies. (shrink)
Experimentation in Science in General Philosophy of Science
Science and Values in General Philosophy of Science
Sociology of Science in General Philosophy of Science
Varieties of Skepticism, Misc in Epistemology
Excarations of the Godin Project: Second Progress Report.Denise Schmandt-Besserat, T. Cuyler Young & Louis D. Levine - 1977 - Journal of the American Oriental Society 97 (1):61.details
Outline for a History of Science Measurement.Benoît Godin - 2002 - Science, Technology, and Human Values 27 (1):3-27.details
The measurement of science and technology is now fifty years old. It owes a large part of its existence to the work of the National Science Foundation and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in the 1950s and 1960s. Given the centrality of S&T statistics in science studies, it is surprising that no history of the measurement exists in the literature. This article outlines such a history. The history is cast in the light of social statistics. Like social statistics, (...) S&T indicators are produced mainly by governments but differ in a number of aspects. First, they have not been developed to control individuals. Second, they have taken shape from the start at the international level. Third, they reflect a consensus among states and their organizations. This article shows that this specificity is due to the sociopolitics that drives S&T measurement. (shrink)
Institutions et destitutions de la totalité: explorations de l'oeuvre de Christian Godin: actes du colloque des 24-25-26 septembre 2015, Clermont-Ferrand, Université Blaise Pascal, Paris, Université Paris Descartes. [REVIEW]Claude Brunier-Coulin (ed.) - 2016 - Paris: Orizons.details
Le présent ouvrage rassemble les interventions d'un colloque qui s'est tenu du 24 au 26 septembre 2015, sous l'intitulé Institutions et destitutions de la totalité. Explorations de l'oeuvre de Christian Godin. Ce colloque s'est tenu en deux endroits: une première journée le 24 septembre à la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme de Clermont-Ferrand suivie d'une journée et demi à l'Université Paris Descartes, dans les locaux de la Sorbonne les 25 et 26 septembre. Le terme "institution" laisse immédiatement penser à (...) l'établissement d'un principe à partir duquel se déploie une, économie. Ce principe, ou axiome, serait un invariant posé comme quelque chose qui inspire le respect, la crainte, la révérence d'intouchable par le fortuit. Mais "destitution" aussitôt après, semble affirmer qu'un tel principe peut apparaître transitoire. Le pluriel indique que la totalité s'institue; et se destitue selon des modalités différentes. Ceci étant, une question surgit aussitôt: comment un principe qui lègue un espace d'intelligibilité peut-il être dissous, disloqué, défait? Ce colloque tente de répondre à cette problématique."--Page 4 of cover. (shrink)
Mereology in Metaphysics
La Guerre.Christian Godin - 2006 - Temps.details
Les historiens nous permettent d'avoir une connaissance des guerres. Mais peut-on penser la guerre comme un phénomène unifié au-delà de ses multiples formes? La guerre est-elle le destin de l'humanité ou bien peut-on envisager un monde sans guerre? Comment la paix peut-elle à son tour être conçue? Telles sont les grandes questions auxquelles cet ouvrage entend répondre en convoquant les philosophes et les historiens, mais également les écrivains des traditions les plus diverses. Toutes questions qui se résument à celle-ci ; (...) qu'y a-t-il de pensable sur la guerre aujourd'hui? (shrink)
"Innovation Studies": Staking the Claim for a New Disciplinary "Tribe".Benoît Godin - 2014 - Minerva 52 (4):489-495.details
If anyone in Victoria's reign had tried to put himself outside the mystique of that society and, from outside, coldly to dissect the word gentleman, we can guess what would have happened to him. Wherever he had found confusion he would have been told 'But of course you can't understand. That is because you yourself are not a gentleman' .In recent years the phrase "innovation studies" has come to be used by a group of scholars to name what was previously (...) called science and technology studies, then science, technology and innovation studies . What is "innovation studies"? Some years ago Ian Fagerberg and Bart Vespagen produced analyses that "defined" the field by way of bibliometric data . Now, these same researchers have produced an argumentation that, in principle, gives a kind of coherence to the field. Innovation Studies: Evolution & Future Cha .. (shrink)
Nanotechnology in Applied Ethics
Y a-t-il du sens en dehors du concept? Une objection hégélienne à la totalité levinassienne.Thibaut Gress - 2016 - In Claude Brunier-Coulin (ed.), Institutions et destitutions de la totalité: explorations de l'oeuvre de Christian Godin: actes du colloque des 24-25-26 septembre 2015, Clermont-Ferrand, Université Blaise Pascal, Paris, Université Paris Descartes. Orizons.details
Le savoir total. Continu et discret : quelques remarques politico-théologiques / Pierre Lochak ; Le monde existe-t-il comme un tout? / François Loth ; Entre la relation et les conséquences : le souci de la figure de l'homme.Emmanuel Picavet - 2016 - In Claude Brunier-Coulin (ed.), Institutions et destitutions de la totalité: explorations de l'oeuvre de Christian Godin: actes du colloque des 24-25-26 septembre 2015, Clermont-Ferrand, Université Blaise Pascal, Paris, Université Paris Descartes. Orizons.details
Westerplatte or Jedwabne?: Debates on history and "collective guilt" in Poland.Wojciech Stanislawski - 2003 - Filozofija I Društvo 2003 (21):261-270.details
The author analyzes recent Polish debates on researching silenced aspects of national history and the problem of the "collective guilt". One of the major questions arising in these debates is: does the study of "white spots" from the past lead to a trauma of continuous collective self-blame? In Poland, a specialized institution, the Institute of National Memory, was founded in 1998, engaging in research, documentation and public education on events related to German and Soviet occupation during WWII and the activity (...) of political police under communism. Polish debates on the past got particularly inflamed after the discovery made by the historian J.T.Gross on the participation of Poles in the massacre of Jewish inhabitants of the town of Jedwabne in 1941. His book published in 2000 provoked a heated debate in which methodological, political and moral arguments were used on both sides. This case also occasioned a polemic between two prominent historians, identifying two basic visions of national history: the "monumental" one, recognizing only the heroic deeds that the nation takes pride in, and the "skeptical" one, which looks for silenced and shameful facts. Though both participants in the polemic opt for the third vision, the "objective" history which dispassionately seeks the truth, one of them stresses the role of the monumental history in maintaining the cohesion of the national community, while the other emphasizes that the collective acknowledgement of the nation's crimes can be a basis for national pride.. U ovom clanku autor analizira debate koje se u Poljskoj vode oko istrazivanja precutanih aspekata nacionalne istorije i problema "kolektivne krivice". Jedno od osnovnih pitanja koja se u tim debatama namecu glasi: da li se istrazivanje "belih mrlja" iz proslosti moze, ili cak mora, pretvoriti u traumu neprekidnog kolektivnog samooptuzivanja? U Poljskoj je 1998. osnovana specijalizovana ustanova, Institut nacionalnog pamcenja, koji se bavi istrazivanjem, dokumentacijom i javnom edukacijom o dogadjajima vezanim za nemacku i sovjetsku okupaciju tokom II svetskog rata i delovanje politicke policije za vreme komunizma. Poljske debate o proslosti posebno je rasplamsalo otkrice istoricara J.T. Grosa o ucescu Poljaka u istrebljenju jevrejskog stanovnistva gradica Jedvabne 1941. godine. U zaostrenoj polemici koju je Grosova knjiga, objavljena 2000. godine, izazvala u strucnoj i siroj javnosti korisceni su argumenti metodoloske, politicke i moralne prirode. Ovaj slucaj je takodje posluzio kao povod za polemiku dvojice istaknutih istoricara u kojoj su identifikovane dve osnovne vizije nacionalne istorije: "monumentalna", koja priznaje samo herojska dela kojima se nacija ponosi, i "skepticna", koja traga za precutanim cinjenicama zbog kojih se treba stideti. Iako se oba ucesnika u polemici zalazu za trecu, "objektivnu" istoriju koja ce bez strasti tragati za istinom, jedan od njih naglasava ulogu monumentalne istorije u ocuvanju kohezivnosti nacionalne zajednice, dok drugi istice da i kolektivno priznanje sopstvenih zlocina moze biti osnova za nacionalni ponos. (shrink)
Social and Cultural Memory in Philosophy of Mind
Book review.(Review of the book De reformatorische rechtsstaatsgedachte, 1999, 9051894384). [REVIEW]A. K. Koekkoek - 2002 - Philosophia Reformata: Orgaan van de Vereeniging Voor Calvinistische Wijsbegeerte 6 (2):204-206.details
Books Reviewed in this Article: Reason, Truth and History. By Hilary Putnam. Pp.xii, 222, Cambridge University Press, 1982, £15.00 , £4.95 . Fundamentals of philosophy. By David Stewart and H. Gene Blocker. Pp.xiii, 378, New York, Macmillan, 1982, £12.95. Modern Philosophy: An Introduction. By A.R. Lacey. Pp.vii, 246, London and Boston, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982, £7.95 , £3.95 . Merleau‐Ponty's Philosophy. By Samuel B. Mallin. Pp.xi, 302, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1979, £14.20. Thought and Object: Essays (...) on Intentionality. Edited by Andrew Woodfield. Pp.xvi, 316, Oxford, Clarendon Pressl Oxford University Press, 1982, £16.00. Philosophical Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy. By Tom L. Beauchamp. Pp.xv, 396, New York & London, McGraw‐Hill, 1982, £14.25. The Limits of Obligation. By James S. Fishkin. Pp.viii, 184, New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1982, £12.95. Religion and the One: Philosophies East and West. By Frederick Copleston. Pp.281, London, Search Press, 1982, £10.50. Religious Experience and Christian Faith. By F.W. Dillistone. Pp.viii, 120. London, SCM Press, 1982, £4.95. Exploring Inner Space: Scientists and Religious Experience. By David Hay. Pp.256, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1982, £2.95. Judaism and Psychoanalysis. Edited by Mortimer Ostrow. Pp.ix, 305, New York, Ktav, 1982, $20.00. Ecclesial Reflection: An Anatomy of Theological Method. By Edward Farley. Pp.xix, 380, Philadelphia, Fortress Press, 1982, $29.95. The Pastoral Nature of the Ministry. By Frank Wright. Pp.89, London, SCM Press, 1980, £2.50. Power and Authority in the Catholic Church. By Charles Dahm in collaboration with Robert Ghelardi. Pp.xviii, 334, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, 1981, £12.35. Religion in Sociological Perspective. By Bryan Wilson. Pp.vii. 187, Oxford University Press, 1982, £8.50. Myth, Religion and Society: Structuralist Essays. By M. Detienne, L. Gernet, J.‐P. Vernant and P. Vidal‐Naquet. Pp.xviii, 306, Cambridge University Press, 1981, £20.00 , £6.95 . Seven Theories of Human Society. By Tom Campbell. Pp.244, Oxford, Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press, 1981, £10.00. The Aims of Education Restated. By John White. Pp.xi, 177, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1982, £8.95 , £4.95 . Love and Meaning in Religious Education: An Incarnational Approach to Teaching Christianity. By D.J. O'Leary and T. Sallnow. Pp.147, Oxford University Press, 1982, £3.50. Servant and Son: Jesus in Parable and Gospel. By J. Ramsey Michaels. Pp.xiii, 323, Atlanta, John Knox Press, 1981, £7.80. Parables for Now. By Edmund Flood. Pp.98, London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 1981, £2.50. More Parables for Now. By Edmund Flood. Pp.102, London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 1981, £2.50. Councils and Synods: With other Documents relating to the English Church, Vol.1 , A.D. 871–1204. Edited by D. Whitelock, M. Brett and C.N. Brooke. Pp.1 xxix, xii, 1151, Oxford University Press, 1981, £65.00. The Architectural History of Canterbury Cathedral. By Francis Woodman. Pp.xviii, 282, London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1981, £35.00. The Correspondence of Erasmus, Volume VI. Translated by R.A.B. Mynors and D.F.S. Thomson, annotated by Peter G. Bietenholz. Pp.xxii, 448, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1982, £56.25. Erasme: Vie de Jean Vitrier et de John Colet. Edited by Andrd Godin. Pp.160, Angers, Editions Moreana, 1982, $7.00. Erasme, lecteur d'Origène. By André Godin. Pp.ix, 724, Geneva, Librairie Droz, 1982, no price given. Thomas More: history and providence. By Alistair Fox. Pp.xi, 271, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1982, no price given. Thomas More: Essays on the Icon. Edited by D. Grace and B. Byron. Pp.129, Melbourne, Dove Communications, 1980, no price given. The Cambridge Connection and the Elizabethan Settlement of 1559. By W.S. Hudson. Pp.x, 158, Durham , Duke University Press, 1980, $14.75. Faith by Statute: Parliament and the Settlement of Religion, 1559. By Norman L. Jones. Pp.viii, 245 , London, Royal Historical Society, 1982, £17.52. Richard Hooker and the Politics of a Christian England. By Robert K. Faulkner. Pp.x, 190, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1981, £15.75. Icon and Conquest. By Bernadette Bucher. Pp.xvii, 220, Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1981, £9.95. The Wooden Churches of Eastern Europe: An Introductory Survey. By David Buxton. Pp.viii, 405, Cambridge University Press, 1982, £42.50. American Catholics: A History of the Roman Catholic Community in the United States. By James Hennessey. Pp.xii, 397, New York, Oxford University Press, 1981, £13.50. Peter Maurin: Prophet in the Twentieth Century. By Marc H. Ellis. Pp.191, Ramsey, New Jersey and Leominster, England, Paulist Press/Fowler Wright Books, 1981, £7.45. The Newman Movement: Roman Catholics in American Higher Education, 1883–1971. By John Whitney Evans. Pp.xvi, 248, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, 1980, $14.95. Priests and People in Pre‐Famine Ireland, 1780–1845. By S.J. Connolly. Pp.338, Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1982, £17.00. The Nonconformist Conscience: Chapel and Politics, 1870–1914. By D.W. Bebbington. Pp.x, 193, London, George Allen and Unwin, 1982, £10.00. Heinrich Pesch: sein Leben und seine Lehre. By Franz H. Mueller. Pp.220, Cologne, J.P. Bachem, 1980, no price given. Beyond Survival: Reflections on the Future of Judaism. By Dow Marmur. Pp.xix, 218, London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 1982, £7.95. (shrink)
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LAGUNA, T. DE.-Introduction to the Study of Ethics. [REVIEW]A. E. T. - 1915 - Mind 24:421.details
I_– _T. M. Scanlon.T. M. Scanlon - 2000 - Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 74 (1):301-317.details
Moral Contractualism in Normative Ethics
Mr. T. W. Allen on Agar's Homerica.T. L. Agar - 1910 - Classical Quarterly 4 (01):58-.details
The T-schema is not a logical truth.R. T. Cook - 2012 - Analysis 72 (2):231-239.details
It is shown that the logical truth of instances of the T-schema is incompatible with the formal nature of logical truth. In particular, since the formality of logical truth entails that the set of logical truths is closed under substitution, the logical truth of T-schema instances entails that all sentences are logical truths.
Deflationism about Truth, Misc in Philosophy of Language
Potential for Assessing Dynamic Problem-Solving at the Beginning of Higher Education Studies.Benő Csapó & Gyöngyvér Molnár - 2017 - Frontiers in Psychology 8.details
Can't philosophers tell the difference between science and religion?: Demarcation revisited.Robert T. Pennock - 2011 - Synthese 178 (2):177-206.details
In the 2005 Kitzmiller v Dover Area School Board case, a federal district court ruled that Intelligent Design creationism was not science, but a disguised religious view and that teaching it in public schools is unconstitutional. But creationists contend that it is illegitimate to distinguish science and religion, citing philosophers Quinn and especially Laudan, who had criticized a similar ruling in the 1981 McLean v. Arkansas creation-science case on the grounds that no necessary and sufficient demarcation criterion was possible and (...) that demarcation was a dead pseudo-problem. This article discusses problems with those conclusions and their application to the quite different reasoning between these two cases. Laudan focused too narrowly on the problem of demarcation as Popper defined it. Distinguishing science from religion was and remains an important conceptual issue with significant practical import, and philosophers who say there is no difference have lost touch with reality in a profound and perverse way. The Kitzmiller case did not rely on a strict demarcation criterion, but appealed only to a "ballpark" demarcation that identifies methodological naturalism as a "ground rule" of science. MN is shown to be a distinguishing feature of science both in explicit statements from scientific organizations and in actual practice. There is good reason to think that MN is shared as a tacit assumption among philosophers who emphasize other demarcation criteria and even by Laudan himself. (shrink)
The Greatest Happiness Principle*: T. L. S. Sprigge.T. L. S. Sprigge - 1991 - Utilitas 3 (1):37-51.details
My purpose in what follows is not so much to defend the basic principle of utilitarianism as to indicate the form of it which seems most promising as a basic moral and political position. I shall take the principle of utility as offering a criterion for two different sorts of evaluation: first, the merits of acts of government, social policies, and social institutions, and secondly, the ultimate moral evaluation of the actions of individuals. I do not take it as implying (...) that the individual should live his life on the basis of constant evaluations of this sort. For there are different levels of decision making each with its appropriate criteria. For example, we each inevitably make many of our decisions from the point of view of our own personal self-fulfilment and this cannot regularly take a directly utilitarian form, nor should the utilitarian want it to do so. His claim is at most that we should sometimes review our life from the point of view of a kind of impersonal moral truth of a universalistic utilitarian character. (shrink)
Happiness in Normative Ethics
T. J. Luce : Livy: The Rise of Rome. Books 1–5 Pp. xxx + 372, 2 maps. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Paper, £8.99. ISBN: 0-19-282296-9. [REVIEW]T. Davina McClain - 2000 - The Classical Review 50 (1):304-305.details
Classics in Arts and Humanities
T.H. Green's Theory of Punishment.T. Brooks - 2003 - History of Political Thought 24 (4):685-702.details
Green agrees with Kant on the abstract character of moral law as categorical imperatives and that intentional dispositions are central to a moral justification of punishment. The central problem with Kant's account is that we are unable to know these dispositions beyond a reasonable estimate. Green offers a practical alternative, positing moral law as an ideal to be achieved, but not immediately enforceable through positive law. Moral and positive law are bridged by Green's theory of the common good through the (...) dialectic of morality. Thus, Green appears to offer an alternative that remains committed to Kantian morality whilst taking proper stock of our cognitive limitations. Unfortunately, Green fails to unravel fully Kant's dichotomy of moral and positive law that mirrors Green's solution, although Green offers a number of improvements, such as the importance of the community in establishing rights and linking the severity of punishment to the extent that a criminal act threatens the continued maintenance of a system of rights. (shrink)
History of Political Philosophy in Social and Political Philosophy
T. H. Green in 19th Century Philosophy
Regan, T., "Bloomsbury's Prophet". [REVIEW]T. Baldwin - 1988 - Mind 97:129.details
20th Century British Philosophy in European Philosophy
PENELHUM, T. - "Religion and Rationality. An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion". [REVIEW]T. Mcpherson - 1973 - Mind 82:630.details
Holbach. PH T. Baron de. 226 Hook. S. 179. 181 Horiheimer. M.. 2.T. Adorno, L. Althusser, T. Amott, P. Anderson, P. V. Annenkov, G. Babeuf, F. Bacon, B. Barry, D. Bell & I. Berlin - 1984 - In T. Ball & J. Farr (eds.), After Marx. Cambridge University Press.details
Louis Althusser in Continental Philosophy
T. Pesch, Institutiones Philosophice Naturalis secundum Principia S. Thomae Aquinatis ad usum Scholasticum. [REVIEW]T. Davidson - 1882 - Mind 7:424.details
Thomas Aquinas in Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
T'ongil kwa in'gan chungsim ŭi chŏngch'ihak: kaein minjujuŭi wa chiptan minjujuŭi ŭi kyŏrhap ŭl.T'ae-gu No - 2020 - Sŏul: Puk'o.details
T. R. Glover: The Disciple. Pp. 62. Cambridge: University Press, 1941. Cloth boards, 2 s_. 6 _d. net.T. W. Manson - 1942 - The Classical Review 56 (02):93-.details
Kim T Aeg-Yong Chonjip.T. Aeg-Yong Kim & Han Gukhak Munhon Yon Guso - 1978 - Asea Munhwasa.details
Nagel, T.-Other Minds.T. Szubka - 1997 - Philosophical Books 38:123-124.details
Explaining Consciousness? in Philosophy of Mind
Subjectivity and Consciousness in Philosophy of Mind
T'ak Sŏk-san ŭi Han'guk ŭi chŏngch'esŏng.Sŏk-san T'ak - 2016 - Sŏul-si: Ch'aek Sesang.details
Identity, Misc in Metaphysics
NUNN, T. P. -The Aim and Achievements of Scientific Method. [REVIEW]L. T. L. T. - 1908 - Mind 17:274.details
T. Case, Physical Realism. [REVIEW]T. Whittaker - 1889 - Mind 14:267.details
Realism and Anti-Realism in Metaphysics
The Ecumenical Route.Christian Godin - 1996 - Diogenes 44 (175):119-136.details
The Notion of Totality in Indian Thought.Christian Godin - 2000 - Diogenes 48 (189):58-67.details
Political Theory in Social and Political Philosophy
You don't have to believe everything you read: background knowledge permits fast and efficient validation of information.T. Richter, S. Schroeder & B. Wöhrmann - 2009 - Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 96 (3):538–58.details
In social cognition, knowledge-based validation of information is usually regarded as relying on strategic and resource-demanding processes. Research on language comprehension, in contrast, suggests that validation processes are involved in the construction of a referential representation of the communicated information. This view implies that individuals can use their knowledge to validate incoming information in a routine and efficient manner. Consistent with this idea, Experiments 1 and 2 demonstrated that individuals are able to reject false assertions efficiently when they have validity-relevant (...) beliefs. Validation processes were carried out routinely even when individuals were put under additional cognitive load during comprehension. Experiment 3 demonstrated that the rejection of false information occurs automatically and interferes with affirmative responses in a nonsemantic task. Experiment 4 also revealed complementary interference effects of true information with negative responses in a nonsemantic task. These results suggest the existence of fast and efficient validation processes that protect mental representations from being contaminated by false and inaccurate information. (shrink)
Hsin-t'i yu hsing-t'i [Mind and human nature].T. S. Mou - 1970 - In Charles Alexander Moore (ed.), Philosophy--East and West. Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press. pp. 20--1968.details
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McPHERSON, T. - "Political Obligation". [REVIEW]T. Honderich - 1970 - Mind 79:313.details
Political Obligation in Philosophy of Law
T'ujaeng hanŭn chungdo: kŭkchung ŭi chungdo kaehyŏkchuŭi, kŭ ch'ŏrhak kwa pijŏn = The fighting centre: the reform-minded centrism in the extreme centre, its philosophy and vision.T'ae-yŏn Hwang - 2020 - Sŏul-si: Nexen Media.details
T. Cloelius of Tarracina.T. P. Wiseman - 1967 - The Classical Review 17 (03):263-264.details
Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr. On Why Racism Makes no Sense.Hazel T. Biana & Jeremiah Joven B. Joaquin - 2022 - Filosofia Theoretica 11 (3):105-126.details
In this interview with W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr, we discuss the metaphysical and ethical questions of grouping and classifying people in terms of race and ethnicity. Outlaw is the author of [On Race and Philosophy] and one of the recognised pioneers of Africana Philosophy. Outlaw talks about growing up in racial segregation in Starkville, Mississippi, the Black Power movement, the notion of the Black intellectual, scholarship and teaching, and philosophizing about race. (...) We discuss the ambiguity of the concept of philosophy of race and explore the concepts of raciality, categories, human sociality, evolution, and oppression. With his philosophical, political, and sociological influences, Outlaw asserts that racism makes no sense at all because the diversity of our species is one of our greatest assets; and in terms of survival, we are all of the same species though certain group-shared differences do matter. (shrink)
Racism in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Perception T. Schirren: Aisthesis vor Platon. Eine semantisch-systematische Untersuchung zum Problem der Wahrnehmung . Pp. xxvi + 286. Stuttgart and Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1998. Cased. ISBN: 3-519-107666-. [REVIEW]T. K. Johansen - 2001 - The Classical Review 51 (02):304-.details
Pre-Socratic Philosophy, Misc in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Online Diagnostic Assessment in Support of Personalized Teaching and Learning: The eDia System.Benő Csapó & Gyöngyvér Molnár - 2019 - Frontiers in Psychology 10.details
Christian Godin, La démoralisation. La morale et la crise. Ceyzérieu, Éditions Champ Vallon , 2015, 278 p.Laurent Millischer - 2016 - Laval Théologique et Philosophique 72 (2):363-366.details
Continental Philosophy of Religion in Continental Philosophy
Christian Godin, philosophe.Claude Brunier-Coulin - 2016 - In Institutions et destitutions de la totalité: explorations de l'oeuvre de Christian Godin: actes du colloque des 24-25-26 septembre 2015, Clermont-Ferrand, Université Blaise Pascal, Paris, Université Paris Descartes. Orizons.details
It Seems Like There Aren't Any Seemings.T. Ryan Byerly - 2012 - Philosophia 40 (4):771-782.details
Abstract I argue that the two primary motivations in the literature for positing seemings as sui generis mental states are insufficient to motivate this view. Because of this, epistemological views which attempt to put seemings to work don't go far enough. It would be better to do the same work by appealing to what makes seeming talk true rather than simply appealing to seeming talk. Content Type Journal Article Pages 1-12 DOI 10.1007/s11406-012-9363-8 Authors T. Ryan Byerly, Department of Philosophy, Baylor (...) University, Waco, TX, USA Journal Philosophia Online ISSN 1574-9274 Print ISSN 0048-3893. (shrink)
Dogmatism in Epistemology
Seemings in Epistemology
Generalizing on Best Practices in Image Processing: A Model for Promoting Research Integrity: Commentary on: Avoiding Twisted Pixels: Ethical Guidelines for the Appropriate Use and Manipulation of Scientific Digital Images.Dale J. Benos & Sara H. Vollmer - 2010 - Science and Engineering Ethics 16 (4):669-673.details
Modifying images for scientific publication is now quick and easy due to changes in technology. This has created a need for new image processing guidelines and attitudes, such as those offered to the research community by Doug Cromey (Cromey 2010). We suggest that related changes in technology have simplified the task of detecting misconduct for journal editors as well as researchers, and that this simplification has caused a shift in the responsibility for reporting misconduct. We also argue that the concept (...) of best practices in image processing can serve as a general model for education in best practices in research. (shrink)
Integrity in Normative Ethics
Scientific Research Ethics in Applied Ethics
Technology Ethics in Applied Ethics
T. H. Huxley on Education.Cyril Bibby & T. H. Huxley - 1972 - British Journal of Educational Studies 20 (3):352-353.details
Philosophy of Education in Philosophy of Social Science
Refined and Crass Supernaturalism: T. L. S. Sprigge.T. L. S. Sprigge - 1992 - Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement 32:105-125.details
In the postscript to The Varieties of Religious Experience William James distinguishes two types of belief in the supernatural, conceived as an essential component in religion, crass or piecemeal supernaturalism, on the one hand, and refined supernaturalism on the other.
The T&T Clark Handbook of Analytic Theology.James Arcadi & James T. Turner (eds.) - 2021 - New York: T&T Clark/Bloomsbury.details
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Older Adults More Vulnerable To Distraction From Irrelevant Information
A study looking at brain function in young, middle-aged and older adults has identified changes in brain activity that begin gradually in middle age - and which may explain why older adults find it difficult to concentrate in busy environments and filter out irrelevant information.
The findings, by scientists at The Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest and the University of Toronto, are reported in the February 2006 issue of the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (Vol. 18, No. 2).
"It's known that older adults are more easily distracted. We think we've found a mechanism in the brain to explain this and generated new insight into when in the lifespan these brain changes begin to occur," says senior Rotman scientist and lead author Dr. Cheryl Grady.
While previous studies have used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to look at how brains function differently in young and old adults, and patients with Alzheimer's Disease, this is the first time investigators have used fMRI on normal, healthy middle-aged adults, as well as young and old adults, to understand how brains are changing in the in-between years. Investigators administered a series of memory tasks to the three age groups to assess if age-related changes in brain function are task-specific, or generalized across a number of regions during memory tasks.
The findings add to the growing body of science that implicates two regions in the frontal lobes that gradually shift into a seesaw imbalance - causing older adults to become less efficient in inhibiting distracting information. In younger adults, activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (associated with tasks that require concentration, such as reading) normally increases during the task, while activity in the medial frontal and parietal regions (associated with non-task related activity in a resting state, such as thinking about yourself, what you did last night, monitoring what's going on around you) normally decreases.
However, starting in middle age (40-60 years), Dr. Grady's team noted that this seesaw pattern begins to break down during performance of memory tasks. Activity in the medial frontal and parietal regions stays turned on while activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex decreases. The imbalance becomes more pronounced in older adults (65+), which could explain their reduced ability to ignore distracting or irrelevant information, she says.
"Our fMRI scanning reveals that middle age represents the transition between the patterns observed in youth to that found in old age. The seesaw imbalance in the two frontal lobe areas is not as significant as in older adults, but the functional changes are detectable by middle age."
Twelve young adults (20-30 years), 12 middle-aged adults (40-60 years) and 16 older adults (65-87 years) participated in a series of memory tasks. The groups all had an average of post-secondary education. The first set of memory exercises involved encoding - looking at common nouns and pictures of objects of different sizes. By pushing one of two buttons, participants could decide whether words were printed in capital letters or lower case, whether pictures presented were large or small, and whether the pictures or words corresponded to living or nonliving entities. This tested their semantic and perceptual judgement. Participants were then administered scanned recognition tests made up of words written in lowercase letters, including words to describe the pictures they had seen, to assess semantic and perceptual recall. During all the memory tasks, their brains were scanned using fMRI which constructs computerized images of brain structures and pinpoints the areas being activated during a memory task.
While investigators found that middle-aged adults performed just as accurately as younger adults on encoding and recognition tasks, brain scanning revealed that functional changes (i.e. the seesaw imbalance) are starting to appear as early as middle age, although the changes are gradual and don't translate into a noticeable change in memory performance for that age group. Scanning also revealed that functional brain changes and associated deficits in cognitive performance (i.e. lower accuracy scores particularly in recall tests) become more pronounced after the age of 65. Indeed, the altered activity level in medial frontal and parietal regions in older adults is similar to that seen in patients with Alzheimer's, although less pronounced, says Dr. Grady.
Overall, findings confirmed that age-related changes in brain function are happening across various memory tasks and progress in a linear fashion as adults age.
The study reinforces a cautionary message to aging adults, says Dr. Grady: "Older adults should try to reduce distractions in their environment and concentrate on one key attentional task at a time. It may be as easy as turning down the radio when reading, or staying off the cell phone when driving a car."
Because most of the participants in the study were fairly well educated, the finding of brain changes without accompanying behavioural changes in the middle-aged group may reflect what previous scientific studies have termed the "protective effect" on behaviour.
"Higher education levels may allow for some redundancy of brain function or compensation that leads to preserved performance in middle-aged adults, at least on some tests, despite altered brain activity," says Dr. Grady.
The study was supported by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Grady's research team included Dr. Randy McIntosh, Dr. Gordon Winocur, Mellanie Springer and Donaya Hongwanishkul.
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WHERE THE CAVES ARE - The Caving Regions => Mendip => Cheddar Caving Club => Topic started by: Sumpy on October 09, 2007, 01:02:27 pm
Title: Chelm's Coombe Caving Club
Post by: Sumpy on October 09, 2007, 01:02:27 pm
I was looking at the caves in the tower testing station up Tutters Hill, Cheddar which are currently inaccessible and found that Box's cave, Chelm's Coombe cave and Reynold's Rift were all dug by the Chelm's Coombe Caving Club around 1972 -74. Now if I'm not mistaken Chelm's Coombe quarry (Tower testing station) is in Cheddar and has been for a very long time! If there was a Chelm's Coombe Caving Club that means we (ChCC) are not the first caving club in Cheddar as we mention in the "Who Are We" section of the website. I can only find one reference on google and that is on an old Belfry Bulletin by the BEC. Does anyone else know anything about the Chelm's Coombe Caving Club?
Title: Re: Chelm's Coombe Caving Club
Post by: paul on October 10, 2007, 12:25:23 pm
Was it this?
From Belfry Bulletin No 316, February 1974
"We have received the following from the Chelm's Coombe Caving Club - a branch of the National Tower Testing Station Sports and Social Club.
On the 6th of December, 1973, members of the Chelm's Coombe Caving Club broke through into an open cave passage in their dig 'Reynolds's Rift' at the National Tower Testing Station, Cheddar.
We have so far discovered two hundred feet of passage with a vertical range of fifty feet. A hundred feet of this is stream passage.
No visits are allowed at the present time, while clearance work is done, while a report is prepared for the National Tower Testing Station. Digging will be continued by club members.
The situation as far as access is concerned will be in the full report which will follow when clearance is completed.
J. Aylott,
Secretary, C.C.C.C.
Actually I was looking at Belfry Bulletin No 318, I dint notice the 316 below lol. But that pretty much sums up who they where anyway.
Post by: Burt on November 01, 2007, 10:33:30 am
I heard a rumor this year that the quarry was up for sale. I had a sniff round there with my old man (he used to work on tower & crane testing for the CEGB) but all we could glean was that an Irishman owned it currently, and wanted in the region of £300k for it.
do you know any other rumours?
Post by: Hughie on November 01, 2007, 11:12:18 am
I believe a planning application was recently turned down (posh house or two, I think.).
Post by: graham on November 01, 2007, 11:18:04 am
Quote from: Hughie on November 01, 2007, 11:12:18 am
Turned Down :o
Didn't they give enough of a bung? :doubt:
Post by: Sumpy on November 01, 2007, 07:52:29 pm
The sign on the entrance (which is very over grow) says it belongs to AC Tech. Googeling them just tells you they are acoustic engineers and gives you the quarry address and tel no. I used to know a chap who lived up Tutors hill who was the gates key holder (unofficial caretaker) but he says the locks have been changed and now cant get in. Looking at the locks two weeks ago they have not been opened for a very long time!
Post by: Misty on November 02, 2007, 09:06:17 pm
I'm really interested in the historical aspect of the Chelm's Combe Caving Club, Does anyone know who J. Aylott is? Sad that this cave is denied access.


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"I think this is very significant for the history of Honda"
Max Verstappen's victory in the Mexican Grand Prix marked his ninth of the season, the tenth for Red Bull Racing and Honda. Honda chief Masashi Yamamoto is more than satisfied with the course of the season.
Important victory for Honda
Verstappen's victory in Mexico is extra special for Honda. After all, it's the place where Honda recorded their first victory in Formula 1 back in 1965. "I am happy that Honda has been able to win here and I think it is of great significance to the history of Honda F1, " Yamamoto told AS-web. At the end of this season Honda will leave Formula 1, but the Japanese engine supplier can do so with their heads held high. Honda could win both championships this season.
Verstappen takes Senna's record away with victory in Mexico
The start of the race was crucial in Mexico. "The start was everything today," said Yamamoto. "Verstappen was able to brake late to take the lead. If I had been Bottas I would have left Hamilton in front. We had a very good pace and Max was able to pull away from Hamilton. It was a great day."
Mercedes' rear suspension
Since the Russian Grand Prix, Mercedes' rear suspension has been a hot topic of conversation. With the new suspension, the Mercedes car sinks down a bit at high speed which results in less drag on the straight. However, no official protest was lodged. "We also don't know what exactly the benefits and risks are," Yamamoto said.
Mercedes saw chances against Red Bull: 'We could have defended'
According to the Honda chief, finding new innovations is also part of the sport. "I think Red Bull and Mercedes are competing at the ultimate level of the current regulations. Where do you take your gains and where do you take your losses. Even though it remains a difficult battle, Red Bull won on their own this time."
Mercedes: "We have outperformed Red Bull on a circuit where they were stronger"
Marko: 'That's a completely different league for Verstappen'
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New York City thrashers Generation Kill have revealed the artwork & track listing for We're All Gonna Die, the band's second studio album to be released in North America on November 26th.
Produced by Zeuss (Hatebreed, Agnostic Front, Municipal Waste), fellow Generation Kill band members include Rob Moschetti (ex-Pro-Pain / M.O.D.) on bass & backing vocals, dual lead guitarists Jason Trenzcer (ex-Mutilation) & Jason Velez, and James DeMaria (ex- Merauder) on drums.
Did you know? The Generation Kill band name comes from the title of the 2004 book (also an HBO mini-series) written by Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright.
See "Prophets of War" performed live at Graspop Metal Meeting this past June right HERE.


Coinbase has blocked the Wikileaks store from its platform without prior notice, alleging a breach of the service conditions according to FinCEN rules, whose objective is to investigate financial crimes and possible money laundering.
The Wikileaks Shop is a portal where you can buy merchandise, such as shirts, bags, etc. To pay for them you can use credit card for currencies like the dollar or the euro, or use Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash. The portal probably used Coinbase to convert those cryptocurrencies into dollars, which they could also be doing with donations. The United States would have relied on this to accuse the money laundering platform as a reason to close its account and put even more impediments.
Wikileaks will continue to accept payments in cryptocurrencies, but will not continue to do so through Coinbase. All this has angered both the followers of the leakage platform and Wikileaks itself, which has called for a boycott of Coinbase.
This is not the first prohibition that the platform faces, since in 2010 PayPal, Visa and MasterCard blocked the donations to the platform. This caused that Wikileaks made the change to Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which suffered a significant increase in its value. This time, however, the price of Bitcoin will not be affected, since Wikileaks will opt for another alternative to change dollars for cryptocurrencies, since there are many of them through the network.
Remember that, thanks to Julian Assange and Wikileaks we have been able to know a lot of information about the United States government, as well as the army and the agencies of the country. That is why Assange has been subjected to totally unfair isolation in the Ecuadorian embassy in London for years. In addition to cutting off the Internet repeatedly, now and for the second time, they have closed a way of financing Wikileaks.


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VINYL LIST
Austin Music Awards reveals 2019 awards show lineup
By Ashley Morris
"Keep Austin Weird" is the local trademark of this city. Austin locals take pride in being different, and its music scene is no exception. But what makes Austin's music atmosphere different from all the others? In the press release announcing the 2019 Austin Music Awards, co-founder of SXSW, The Austin Chronicle Louis Black said:
"What has always truly and uniquely defined the Austin music scene is the work those in it put in. More than critics, industry honchos, scene makers, or even music fans, so many musicians work so hard in this extraordinary community to impress the audience they regard as the most important — other musicians," acknowledging the special drive and creative energy that makes Austin's music scene incredible.
We are generating new content for On Vinyl's online magazine, Vinyl List, by reshaping our blog in a new format and continuing our work in putting a spotlight on local music in Austin, Texas.
Local Music for Local Business.
Copyright © 2018 On Vinyl Media Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
All photos were taken by Renee Dominguez.


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The JOE Friday Pub Quiz
Pierce Brosnan to play Dr. Fate alongside The Rock in Black Adam
His name's Fate, Dr. Fate
In an exclusive with the Hollywood Reporter, it has been announced that Pierce Brosnan will feature in the upcoming Black Adam movie, featuring Dwayne Johnson as the protagonist. He will play the role of antihero, Dr. Fate and it will be his first DC project.
Jumanji 4 starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart looks set to arrive sooner than we thought
Brosnan, 67, has already featured as one of the most iconic action heroes ever, playing James Bond in four 007 films. Now, he is making the leap over to the world of superheroes in this spin-off to New Line Cinema and DC's last film, Shazam! The film is due to start production in Atlanta in April.
While that film opted for a comedic, tongue in cheek take on the superhero, Black Adam looks to be darker in tone given the source material, and Dwayne Johnson is believed to pushing for an even grittier overall movie experience.
Brosnan will play Kent Nelson, aka 'Dr. Fate', a powerful sorcerer and part of the 'Justice Society' - the precursor to the Justice League. He is one of the oldest characters in the DC universe and falls into similar antihero territory as Black Adam.
While the plot of the film has been kept pretty quiet so far, the cast has steadily been announced: Noah Centineo will play Atom Smasher, Quintessa Swindell as Cyclone; Aldis Hodge will play Hawkman and Marwan Kenzari has also been cast in a mystery role. Alongside Brosnan, these actors will make up the Justice Society in its first feature debut.
Ensemble films have, obviously, been hugely popular over the last decade or so. The success of the Marvel movies and Avengers franchise, specifically, was enormous and while the Snyder cut of the Justice League recently dropped, DC are still yet to hit the same levels of success.
Black Adam will likely be the next big film in fleshing out the DCEU, as not only is the character of Adam arch-rivals with Shazam, but the pair have also crossed paths with Superman throughout the comics and cartoons. How big a role Pierce Brosnan's, Dr. Fate, will play remains to be seen but they're clearly building towards another big mash-up.
The film will be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra and is currently being written by Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, though the script has changed hands already. Its initial premiere was slated for December this year, but with Covid delays across the movie industry, many are expecting it to be pushed back to Summer 2022.
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Revised Guidelines for Supporting Uses in Industrial Developments
The Government carefully calibrates industrial land policies to meet Singapore's economic objectives. A key guiding principle is that industrial activities, such as manufacturing and warehousing, should take place on industrial land that has been specifically set aside for such uses.
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), together with the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) and the economic agencies, has reviewed the allowable supporting uses in industrial developments1, and will make the following changes to better meet the needs of industrial users.
Industrial canteens
Under previous guidelines, staff canteens within industrial developments were restricted to serving staff working within the same building. To expand the range of food options within industrial estates, URA will now allow such canteens to serve not only the workers of the same building but also external customers. These canteens which serve primarily workers in the industrial estate will now be termed as "industrial canteens".
New industrial canteens will be:
Capped at a size of 700 sqm or 5% of the total proposed Gross Floor Area (GFA) per development, whichever is lower;
Levied Industrial "D" rates when computing Development Charge/Differential Premium; and
Approved on Temporary Permission (TP) for up to 3 years.
Showrooms can be allowed in industrial developments under the existing guidelines. They are meant for the display2 of two categories of products primarily:
Products that are not typically transacted or exchanged over the counter (e.g. cars); and
Products that are predominantly delivered and installed off-site (e.g. floor tiles).
Under the revised guidelines, URA will only consider showroom proposals as part of a Change of Use application, after the building has obtained the Temporary Occupation Permit (TOP) and when the potential occupier or business operator for the spaces is known. If supported, showrooms will be approved on TP and levied Commercial "A" rates as is currently the case.
Selected commercial uses
URA will now allow selected commercial uses (i.e. clinic, banking hall/ATM, minimart and fitness centre/gym) in outlying industrial estates which are located far from existing commercial nodes, as these are basic amenities which serve the needs of industrial workers. Appendix 2 shows the outlying industrial estates where such selected commercial uses can be allowed.
These commercial uses will be capped at a size of 200 sqm or 10% of the total proposed GFA per development, whichever is lower. They have to be located on the first storey of the building. If supported, the uses will be approved on TP for up to three years and levied Commercial "A" rates.
Childcare centres are important amenities at workplaces as they provide childcare support for working parents. Some childcare centres are located in industrial developments to serve parents working in the industrial estates. Under the revised guidelines, all childcare centres within industrial developments will be levied Civic & Community Institution (C&CI) "E" rates.
1 All supporting uses must be kept within the 40% ancillary component of industrial developments. The 60% predominant component is safeguarded for core industrial uses such as manufacturing and warehousing. Appendix 1 provides an overview of the uses allowed in industrial developments.
2 Incidental sale of small items or "cash-and-carry" may be considered provided the main activity of the showroom is for the display of the 2 categories of products listed in Para 5.
3 Development applications submitted before the effective date of 24 November 2014 resulting in an Advice or Refusal of Written Permission (RWP) will be evaluated based on the revised guidelines upon resubmission after the Advice or RWP.
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Art+Culture, Artist in Residence March 1, 2013 March 1, 2017
Memorable Faces
Anna Magruder paints in her Hawthorne Boulevard studio. / Photo by Aubrie LeGault
'What is she thinking?' asks Anna Magruder. She singles out a young woman with hunched shoulders and fingers tented protectively over her lap. An anxious expression remains frozen on the subject's face. The mother next to her contrasts the daughter— she is tall, slender and poised as the pair sits awkwardly side by side. Two red rock spires cast human silhouettes in the backdrop.
As with all of her works, the painter didn't know the answer to that question when she started the piece, titled "Distance." The characters' stories revealed themselves as the paintings did, allowing Magruder to catch a glimpse into the minds of her whimsical and expressive subjects.
Since switching directions—from her hectic fourteen- year career in graphic design to a more passionate one in oil painting—Magruder, 43, has gained a better understanding of her own creativity.
While growing up in Texas, she experimented with an array of styles and forms of painting. The artist, however, shelved her brushes in college, favoring what she felt would make a better career. She earned a degree in graphic design from University of Northern Texas.
Magruder's work with different design houses took her from Texas to Colorado and then—impulsively— to Oregon in 2001. Four years later, she started her own business, Keen Creative. This graphic design venture liberated her to explore other artistic avenues.
"This was nice because, if a client needed an illustrator, I could casually mention that I knew of one," she jokes, referring to her own artistic skills.
The same year, she rediscovered painting and realized how much she missed it. "I think I was so busy that I just burned out," Magruder says. "It just wasn't for me anymore."
In a risky move, she closed shop on her business in 2009, with the hope of making painting her full-time career. "I moved into a place where I felt I was meant to be, and the doors opened," she says, speaking figuratively. "It was quite serendipitous."
Magruder dabbled in both realism and surrealism painting, though neither suited her perfectly.
"Here, anything goes," she says of Portland's creative atmosphere. "If there's a concept you want to explore, it's welcome."
More than welcome, Magruder realized that exploration was encouraged as she started attending a regular artist social, eventually organizing her own art club.
She was emboldened to paint between the black and white lines of genres, and explored a whimsical gray area of exaggerated features, eccentric skin tones and fixing animal heads atop human bodies. "I want a person to look at my characters and wonder what they are thinking or where they are in that moment," says Magruder.
She accomplishes this by bringing the focus back to the face. "I abstract the face to emphasize emotion," she says. "It's all about the face."
In fact, Magruder's canary-yellow studio along Portland's eccentric Hawthorne Boulevard is filled with objects and faces that pique her interest. Walls are lined with cabinets, bookshelves and tables piled with collections of sepia-toned photo albums and 1950s and '60s yearbooks.
Magruder's finished paintings hang on her studio walls like a private gallery—a medley of rich, deep shades. Wild, unruly hair, bold-colored winged glasses, lizards as necklaces—with many of the pieces bringing the focus back to the face. "I'm just obsessed," she says, laughing.
Yet, she has come to understand her fixation might have more to do with a difficulty remembering faces.
"I have a very slight problem with facial recognition, called prosopagnosia," admits Magruder. Clearly, Magruder has discovered a way to work through the difficulty. Emphasizing features and developing her characters are ways of making her pieces more real— more memorable.
The painter turns her attention back to her piece "Distance," which is hanging over her computer.
"Look at the background." She points to the protruding red rock monuments that mirror the mother and daughter. She traces the fraction of space between the two columns, and then shows how the void is replicated in the characters.
"There's this space between them that goes deeper than this physical distance," she divulges. "The daughter feels that she doesn't live up to her mother."
Much like the spirit of exploration Magruder first encountered in Portland, the faces and emotions behind the characters of her paintings are, themselves, an intense journey.
For more on Anna and to buy prints: annamagruder.com
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Game Cults
Covering video game culture new and old.
How did Princess Zelda get her name?
I can't believe I even have to say this, but Princess Zelda is a main character in The Legend Of Zelda game series. If you aren't familiar with who she is or what this game is all about. You need to fire up the ol' Amazon Prime machine and order yourself a whole bucket worth of those games! Zelda is usually the typical damsel in distress, in the games you control the main character Link.
Like most great stories, there is always an excellent baddie. In this game series it's Ganon that Link has to defeat to come to Princess Zelda's rescue.
Where did the name Zelda come from?
For the rest of us normal folk that know all about these life changing games, if you were curious about how Princess Zelda got her name, let's dig into it a bit.
Zelda was created by Shigeru Miyamoto and introduced to the game series in 1986. He has stated that Zelda was named after Zelda Fitzgerald. She was the wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald who was a famous writer. Often writing about Jazz.
He once said of his wife Zelda that she was "the first American Flapper". This term not known by many in today's age, but this was someone who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and openly disagreed with what was considered appropriate behavior.
"Zelda Fitzgerald was a famous and beautiful woman from all accounts, and I liked the sound of her name. So I took the liberty of using her name for the very first Zelda title." Shigeru Miyamoto (Zelda Co-Creator)
Robin Williams named his daughter after Zelda
Robin Williams loved playing the Zelda game series so much that he named his daughter after Princess Zelda. When his wife was pregnant, he brought home a large TV and the Nintendo system along with a game called "The Legend Of Zelda". Robin and his wife loved the name so much that they used it for their new baby girl.
Robin and his daughter Zelda were both featured in a commercial in 2011 for the Nintendo 3DS. The cool thing is how much Zelda Williams actually looks like the video game version of Princess Zelda. Here, take a look for yourself…
Robin & Zelda Williams Nintendo 3DS Commercial
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Get together for OXI Day
Dear friends, come to Kennedy's pub
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at 13:30 on Sunday 6th November to mark the occasion of OXI Day 1940.
Please book with the link below. Ticket includes choice of food from two main dishes and five salads. Greek live music by our beloved couple Sophia and Santiago. Please book by Tuesday 1st November.
https://hellenic-members.org/product-category/oxi-day-event/
Dear students and/or parents/guardians,
We welcome you to the new school year 2022-23 which marks the 20th anniversary of our school. Our students got excellent marks in both, the Leaving Certificate as well as in the Ellinomathia exams. We take this opportunity to thank and congratulate their teachers and most importantly themselves and their parents/guardians.
Please see below the year plan. We made it taking into account last year's timetable and including this year's up to date changes as we know them. Please proceed with your registration (if you haven't done so yet) in order to see if we have to add other classes or to change the timetable. The programme will get finalised the first week 5-10 September after you meet your teacher and the classes will start with their final timetable on 12th September.
Class Junior Infants Saturday 3:00pm – 5:00pm Ms. Maria Tsioumani (21-22 Preschool 3-5 Ms. Eleni Bakali)
Class Senior Infants Saturday 10:00am – 12:00pm Ms. Maria Tsioumani (21-22 Preschool 10-12 Ms. Eleni Bakali)
Class A Saturday 12:30pm – 2:30pm Ms. Maria Tsioumani (21-22 Preschool12:30-2:30 Ms. Eleni Bakali)
Class B1 Thursday 6:15 pm – 7:15pm (on-line) & Saturday 10:00am. – 11:00am (hybrid) Ms. Evi Filea (21-22 A1 Ms. Xanthi Bakogianni)
Class C1-ONLINE Tuesday 5:00 pm – 6:00pm & Thursday 5:00pm – 6:00pm Ms. Evi Filea (21-22 B1 & B2 Ms. Xanthi Bakogianni)
Class C2 Tuesday 5:00pm-6:00pm (online) & Saturday 3:15pm- 4:15pm (in-class) Ms. Vasiliki Lampridou (21-22 B1 & B2 Ms. Xanthi Bakogianni)
Class D1 Thursday 7:30pm-8:30pm (online) &Saturday 11:15am – 12:15pm (in-class) Ms. Evi Filea (21-22 C1 & C2 Ms. Xanthi Bakogianni)
Class D2-ONLINE Tuesday 4:15pm – 5:15μ.μ & Thursday 4:15pm – 5:15pm Ms. Eleftheria Skafida (21-22 C1 & C2 Ms. Xanthi Bakogianni)
Class E1 Thursday 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (on-line) & Saturday 1:45 pm – 2:45pm (in-class hybrid) Ms. Vasiliki Lambridou (21-22 D' Ms. Xanthi Bakogianni)
Class E2 – ONLINE Monday 5:00pm – 6:00pm & Wednesday 5:00pm – 6:00pm Ms. Eleftheria Skafida (21-22 E1 Ms. Eleftheria Skafida)
Class F Thursday Saturday 3:00 pm – 5:00pm (in-class hybrid) Ms. Vasiliki Lambridou
Class EL1 – ONLINE Monday 6:15pm – 7:15pm & Wednesday 6:15pm – 7:15pm Ms. Eleftheria Skafida (21-22 E2 Ms. Eleftheria Skafida)
Class EL-C1(Ελληνομάθεια Γ1) Monday 4:30pm-5:30pm and Wednesday 5-6 Ms. Vasiliki Lambridou (21-22 EL1′ Ms. Eleftheria Skafida)
Class LC (Leaving cert) Saturday 11:00am- 1:00pm Ms. Elisavet Leoutsakou
Class EN2- ONLINE Monday and Wednesday 5:50pm – 6:35pm Ms. Kiki Kreatsoula (21-22 Ms. Kiki Kreatsoula)
Class EN4A- ONLINE Monday and Wednesday 6:45pm – 7:45 pm Ms. Kiki Kreatsoula (21-22 Ms. Kiki Kreatsoula)
Class EN4B- ONLINE Tuesday and Thursday 7:00pm-8:00pm Ms. Kiki Kreatsoula (21-22 Ms. Kiki Kreatsoula)
ADULTS' CLASSES
Class AD1 Thursday 6:30pm – 8:30pm Mr. Paddy Sammon
Class AD2 Tuesday 6:00pm – 8:00pm Mr. Paddy Sammon (21-22 AD1)
Class AD3 Friday 6:30pm – 8:30pm Mr. Paddy Sammon (21-22 AD2)
Class AD4 Tuesday 6:30pm – 8:30pm Ms. Evi Filea (21-22 AD3)
Class AD5Wednesday 6:30pm – 8:30pm Ms. Vassiliki Lampribou (21-22 AD4)
Class AD6 Thursday 6:30pm – 8:30pm Ms. Vassiliki Lampribou (21-22 AD5)
Enrollment links
Young students
Greek School Subscription – Hellenic Community of Ireland (hellenic-members.org)
Adult Greek Classes – Hellenic Community of Ireland (hellenic-members.org)
The Liberties Festival
The Hellenic Community of Ireland is honoured to take part to one of the oldest festivals in Ireland, The Liberties Festival:
https://thelibertiesfestival.com/
The Liberties Festival is one of Ireland's oldest festivals. From modest beginnings in 1970 it has grown to become a highlight of the summer in Dublin with a series of family-friendly, sporting and community events, and an exciting multi-cultural and arts programme.
thelibertiesfestival.com
On Saturday 3/9/2022 teachers of our Greek School will present Greek language and mythology to children of all ages.
Paddy Sammon will tell how Brendan Behan's boyhood song about Michael Collins, 'The Laughing Boy', took on a new life in Greece, where it is still sung to the music of Greece's greatest composepr, Mikis Theodorakis.
Liberties based talented artist Konstantina Karagianni, will help you paint Greek themes. Join us from 3-4pm at ID8 Studio.
On Sunday 4/9/2022 between 2 and 3 pm at St Audoen's Park, members of the Hellenic Community of Ireland Dancing group will ask people of any age to join them in traditional Greek dancing.
Greek bites will be provided by Yeeros and Filo pastry to enrich the Greek experience at iD8 studio 11-13 Thomas street between 14:00 and 15:00 hours on Sunday 4th September.
Come and join one of the oldest Communities in Ireland.
From Homer to Joyce
Η Ελληνική Κοινότητα Ιρλανδίας, με αφορμή την παγκόσμια μέρα Ελληνικής γλώσσας εγκαινίασε την σειρά ανάγνωσης του Οδυσσέα του James Joyce και την διδασκαλία της Ελληνικής Γλώσσας με τα Ελληνικά που έμαθε ο Τζόις. H εκδήλωση πραγματοποιήθηκε στις 9 Φεβρουαρίου στο Sweny's Pharmacy.
Greek Christmas carols
Mary Jones sings Greek Christmas carols. The recording is an extract from the online Christmas event of the Greek School of Ireland on 19th December 2021. Mary is an adult student.
On-line performance "Stories of Having to Leave our Country"
The Applied Theatre Company Ψ invites you at 15.00 hours (Irish time) on Sunday December 19th to tell and narrate your own story, as well as follow the stories of your compatriots, through the Internet zoom platform, on the subject of "Stories of Having to Leave our Country" for the Hellenic Community of Ireland.
With the help of the co-ordinator, those of the participants who wish to can tell their story related to the reasons behind their decision to leave Greece. The co-ordinator transfers the material narrated by the participants to the actors of the group through whom the (re)production begins.
We believe that this networked meeting will constitute a new and interesting artistic experience for many of you.
The ZOOM link is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83737196631
A tribute to Mikis Theodorakis
Dear students and parents / guardians,
As we are approaching the end of what has been a challenging school year, we would like to extend our wishes for a pleasant summer. We would like to thank you for your support during the year and we wish all our students, especially those of the leaving certificate best of luck in their results and goals.
Please note that the Greek Ellinomatheia Certification exams, to be held in October 2021, enrolment is open till 28th June 2021.
We would also like to advise that due to the specific Covid restrictions and various student needs and requirements, the lessons from the new school year 2021-2022 will be carried out in a hybrid manner. This means that students will attend online and when conditions allow restrictions to be eased, a certain number of students may physically attend in class. All students are going to be able to retain online attendance.
You can enrol following via the specific website Hellenic Community of Ireland – Membership section (hellenic-members.org)
We invite you to enroll as soon as possible, until 25th July. This will help us to finalise the timetable and order the needed educational material. A draft timetable is available upon request
The classes will commence the week Monday 6th September 2021.
The contribution for the school year 2021-2022 is:
1 underage student €290.00 one-off or 10 monthly instalments €30.00
2 underage students €490.00 one-off or 10 monthly instalments €50.00
Adult student €350.00 one-off or 10 monthly instalments €36.00
Educational material is not included in the pricing above.
Private lessons can be arranged.
Greek examinations May 2021
Dear candidates
The uncertain evolution of the pandemic the redefinition of our initial planning and postponement of the May 2021 examinations.
The new examination period is set in October 2021, from 4 to 7/10/2021.
The October 2021 exam dates are as follows:
Α1 (για παιδιά 8-12 ετών)
Στοιχειώδης Γνώση
Δευτέρα 04 Οκτωβρίου 2021 (πρωί)
Α1 (για εφήβους και ενηλίκους)
Γ2
Άριστη Γνώση
Δευτέρα 04 Οκτωβρίου 2021 (μεσημέρι)
A2 & Α2 για επαγγελματικούς σκοπούς
Βασική Γνώση
Τρίτη 05 Οκτωβρίου 2021 (πρωί)
Πολύ Καλή Γνώση
Τρίτη 05 Οκτωβρίου 2021 (μεσημέρι)
Β1
Μέτρια Γνώση
Τετάρτη 06 Οκτωβρίου 2021 (πρωί)
Καλή Γνώση
Πέμπτη 07 Οκτωβρίου 2021 (πρωί)
Από 1 έως 28 Ιουνίου 2021
The above dates will be posted on the website:
http://www.greek-language.gr/certification/node/15.html.
Any candidate who wishes, can request a refund of the exams.
Welcome to the 5th Greek Business and Arts Festival, organised by the Hellenic Community of Ireland, which will be taking place online, under the Covid regulations. The Festival will present a wide range of activities connected in every conceivable way with Greece, Cyprus and Ireland. It will be held, using live interviews and videos, on the weekend of 10th & 11th April, from 19:30 to 21:00 each evening, on the website and FaceBook page of the Community.
A very special treat is the participation of Ms Tina Koumarianos as presenter of the Festival.
How to watch it: https://hellenic-members.org https://www.facebook.com/HCI.
What will it include?
Live interviews with participants.
Short video presentations of their activities.
Greek music.
Continue reading "5th Greek Business & Arts Festival" →


The wide variety of banking services available nowadays forces us to learn useful vocabulary about banking operations and savings accounts, such as how to take out a loan and how to ask about the terms and conditions of the financial services offered.
There are many definitions of a bank: in general, we can define banks as financial institutions whose basic purpose is to receive deposits and grant loans. More precisely, banks hold clients' money for safe-keeping in the form of deposits on which they pay a certain amount of interest.
This is an over-simplified explanation of what a bank does, but the most important thing when you arrive in Italy is what and how to ask for money for your needs here.
These easy dialogs will help you.
You must be aged at least 18 and provide proof of identity, e.g. a passport, and your address in Italy. Before choosing a bank, it's wise to compare the fees charged for international money transfers and other services, which can be high.
B: Buongiorno, come posso aiutarla, cosa posso fare per lei? = Good morning, how can I help you, what can I do for you?
B: Che tipo di conto vorrebbe aprire? = Which kind would you like to open?
C: Ho bisogno di un conto corrente = I need a checking account.
Come si apre un conto corrente? = How do I open a checking account?
B: Per favore riempia questo modulo e alleghi i documenti d'identità. = Please fill this form with your identity papers enclosed.
B: Le attivo il conto immediatamente = I will activate your account right away.
B: Vorrebbe anche aprire un libretto di risparmio? =Would you also like to open a savings account?
C: Va bene = Yes please.
B: Buongiorno, cosa posso fare per lei? = Good morning , what can I do for you?
C: Ho bisogno di ordinare degli assegni, come posso fare? = I need to order checks. How do I do that?
B : Può farlo subito , se vuole = You can do that right now, if you want to.
Ho bisogno solo di farle riempire questa richiesta = I only need you to fill out this application.
C : Che cosa devo fare dopo? = What do I do next?
B: Lei li riceverà per posta tra circa una settimana = You will receive your checks in the mail in about a week.
B: Quanti soldi vuole prelevare? = How much money would you like to withdraw?
Qual'è il cambio oggi? = What is the exchange rate today?
B: Qual'è il suo indirizzo e numero di telefono qui in città ?= What is your address and phone number in town?
Ha un documento? = Have you any identification?
Non ho portato il passaporto, ma ho la patente, Va bene quella? = I haven't got my passport, but I have my driving license. Will that be all right?
B: Buongiorno, posso aiutarla? = Good morning, may I help you?
B: Da dove vuole trasferirli? = Where would you like to transfer money from?
C: Li prenda dal mio libretto di risparmio = Take it from my savings account.
B: Dove vuole che li trasferisca ? = Where would you like the money transferred?
C: Li voglio trasferiti sul mio conto corrente = I want it transferred into my checking account.
B:Quanto vorrebbe trasferire? = How much would you like to transfer?
C: Vorrei trasferire E.250 = I would like to transfer 250 Euros.
Ho bisogno anche di cancellare uno dei miei conti = I need to cancel one of my accounts.
B: C'è qualche problema? = Is there a problem with it?
C : No, è che non ne ho più bisogno, ho bisogno solo di uno = No, I don't need it anymore, I only need one.
C: Qual'è il problema? = What's the problem?
S: La macchina mi dice che la sua carta non è stata accettata = The machine says your card was declined.
Ne ha forse un'altra? = Do you perhaps have another card?
C: No, ho solo quella = No, I only have that one.
S: Può pagare in contanti? = Maybe you can just pay in cash?
C: No, non ho portato abbastanza contanti con me oggi, ritorno domani allora = No, I haven't got enough cash with me today, so I'll come tomorrow with cash.
S: Va bene, ci vediamo domani, arrivederci = Alright, see you tomorrow, goodbye.


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Mob goes on rampage as girl died in accident
| Published: Saturday, July 28, 2007, 1:35 [IST]
Panchkula, July 27 (UNI) An irate crowd set on fire police vehicles in Panchkula town tonight after a teenaged girl was killed in a road accident.
The incident occurred after Ram Ratti (15), a resident of nearby Railly village was run over by a Scorpio jeep near sector 12 this evening. The girl kept lying on the road unattended for over two hours and died on the spot.
When a police gypsy came after two hours, an irate crowd of local residence set it on fire. Another police vehicle that came on the spot later was also burnt by the crowd. The mob also damaged a fire brigade vehicle.
Police later brought the situation under control with great difficulty and rounded up about ten people.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced an assistance of Rs one lakh for the victim's family.
Story first published: Saturday, July 28, 2007, 1:35 [IST]
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We finish off our look at the top nine accounting tips for independent window cleaning companies with a look at the personal side of business financial planning. Feel free to look back over Part 1 and Part 2 for information about taxes, cost analysis, and more.
This may not sound like an accounting tip, but it has a lot to do with how your money is processed. As you'll see in the next tip, you need to keep your personal money and business money separate. The best way to do this is to get an LLC for your business so that all the money coming in can be registered to it. You can file for business credit cards, hire employees, and get special discounts on supplies if you can prove you're a company and not an independent contractor. Invest the time and money necessary to establish a legal name for your business.
You need to pay yourself a salary just like someone else would in a regular job. Even though all the money coming from your business is technically yours, you can't spend it all on yourself. Take out what you need for bills, food, and a little fun money, but store all of that into a second bank account. Register the business account under the business name to make it easier for you to calculate your taxes every year. If you get in the bit of doing this, you won't confuse your trips to the store with trips for the business that can ultimately be deducted from your taxes.
It takes time to become successful in this industry, just like it does in any other industry. You can still turn a profit in your first year in business, but don't expect to make hundreds of thousands of dollars from the start. You can certainly do that over time, but that will be after you have developed a name for yourself in your community. Save money before going into this business to avoid going into debt, or make sure someone else in the house is earning enough to pay the bills. You'll be on your feet soon enough, but you don't want to fall hard before that happens.


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Nine Moati (27 July 1937, in Paris – 1 May 2021, in Paris) was a French novelist, with Tunisian-Jewish origins. Nine Moati is the sister of the French film director Serge Moati.

Her greatest book success was the novel Les Belles de Tunis which was published in 1983.

She has also created film scripts like:
  Deux femmes à Paris (2000)
  Mon enfant, ma mère (1981)

References

External links & internet documents
 Oral history interview with Nine Moati Caries,  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum oral history collection, Oral History | Accession Number: 2018.549.1 | RG Number: RG-50.030.1003, September 2018, Interview with Nine Moati by United States Holocaust Memorial Museum oral history collection (Interviewer Peggy Frankston), interview is in French
  « Les belles de Tunis-sont-en-deuil »,  Memorial evocation containing biographical references and citations of Nine Moaiti  in « Paysages: paysages et livres – Landschaften und Bücher – Landscapes and Books », 24. Mai 2021 (in French)

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1937 births
2021 deaths
Writers from Tunis
Tunisian Jews
Tunisian emigrants to France
French people of Tunisian-Jewish descent
20th-century French novelists
21st-century French novelists

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Personality Tests – Research Science Explained
By Kevin Jubbal, M.D.
Research, Self-improvement
Are you an INFP or an ESTJ? What about your Minnesota Multiphasic results, or how did you do on your Rorschach test? The Big Five? There are dozens of personality tests and assessments with varying degrees of utility. Which tests are backed by science, and which tests are more entertaining than helpful? Let's find out.
A Brief History of Personality Tests
While personality assessments and tests have blown up in the past century, they originated for a simple purpose – help with personnel selection in the armed forces. More specifically, the developers of these tests hoped that by studying personality and potential mental health issues, one would be better able to determine which soldiers were better or worse suited to fly military aircraft.
Since then, dozens of personality assessments have emerged, each with a different theory on personality and how to best describe it. Our understanding of personality and models to describe and approximate it are purely human inventions, not concrete sciences. Each system has its own language and ideology, theories and philosophies in determining which traits are determinative and how to go about assessing them. How should we categorize traits? Are they binary or plotted along a bell curve?
While seemingly based in science, few have truly followed any resemblance of the scientific method. In fact, most assessments were built on the creators' subjective feelings about personality, rather than rigorous scientific protocols. For that reason, most personality tests tell us less about the individuals who take them and more about the individuals who devised them.
For example, Hermann Rorschach was the Swiss psychiatrist who turned a parlor game into the iconic inkblot test. Starke Hathaway was a Midwestern psychologist who found it important to ask questions about religious beliefs, sex life, and bathroom habits in his Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, or MMPI for short. If you've gotten to your psych rotation in medical school, you've likely heard of the MMPI-2. And of course, there's Isabel Myers and Katharine Briggs, the mother-daughter housewife duo who studied Carl Jung's texts and were inspired to create a personality test despite having zero background, training, or credentials in anything psych related.
The Most Popular Personality Tests
Myers and Briggs are credited for creating the all too famous Myers Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI for short. According to CPP, the publisher of the MBTI, it "measures four pairs of opposing preferences, which are inborn and value-neutral, to form a person's four-letter type." The assessment discerns between "Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I)," "Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)," "Thinking (T) or Feeling (F)," and Judging (J) or Perceiving (P)," resulting in 16 different personality types, like ENFP or ISTJ.
A few decades after the birth of the MBTI, in 1961 at Brooks Air Force Base, a group of scientists began developing what would become the Big 5 Personality Traits, or the 5-Factor Model. Rather than relying on their intuition to select criteria for their test, they compiled every word that could be considered a personality trait and created simple questions about them. For example, on a scale of 1 to 5, would you say you get upset easily? Do you follow a schedule? Based on these answers, the statisticians grouped traits that seemed to cluster together, such as talkative and sociable, into five basic categories: Extraversion, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, and Openness to experience.
Chances are that you've heard of Myers Briggs, but maybe you weren't aware of the Big 5 or its more recent derivative, the HEXACO test. Why is that? Some suggest it's because of the thousands of people who have invested time and money in becoming MBTI-certified trainers and coaches. Others say it's because the test focuses only on the positive and therefore it seduces test takers with an image of their own ideal self. I argue that the biggest reason for its success is the neatly organized and binary manner of the test. There are four categories, each with a binary option. It's easy to comprehend, easy to explain, and you're able to readily identify with one of 16 tribes. As humans, we love our tribes. Other personality tests, on the other hand, are not binary and are more of a continuum, which is less entertaining, less easily understood, and less sexy.
What Does the Science Have to Say?
But unfortunately for the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, people and their personalities are not binary, but are much more on a continuum. You're not a pure introvert or a pure extrovert, but usually somewhere in the middle. The insights of the MBTI are comparable to taro cards or palm reading – being generic enough such that when you read your description, you can certainly identify with parts of it, but it's not a truly accurate and comprehensive depiction of who you are.
Scientific Validity & Reliability
When scientists look at such personality tests and assessments, two primary elements come to mind – validity and reliability.
Validity is a measure of how well a test measures what it claims to measure. Within validity, there are different types, such as content validity, criterion-related validity, construct validity, and face validity.
Reliability is a measure of whether the test reliably indicates accurate results, meaning you would get the same results if you took the test more than once.
Unfortunately for the MBTI, it receives piss poor scores on both fronts. In one study, researchers found that 50 percent of people received different results the second time they took the test, even just five weeks later. Other studies have found similar results ranging from 24-61% of people receiving different results when taking the test multiple times.
Additional Problems with the MBTI
The MBTI misses the mark in a few other ways, including one key element of personality – emotional stability versus reactivity, meaning the tendency to stay calm and collected under stress or pressure. This is one of the most important predictors of individual and group patterns of thought, feeling, and action.
The judging-perceiving scale reflects whether the test taker is more of a planner or the spontaneous type, but it overlooks the industriousness and achievement drive that accompany these characteristics. Together, they form a personality trait called conscientiousness.
Lastly, in the binary system of the MBTI, traits are mutually exclusive. For example, under this model, thinking and feeling are on opposite ends of a single spectrum, meaning that if you are drawn to ideas and data, you cannot also have a preference for people and emotions. But research has demonstrated the exact opposite, that people with stronger thinking and reasoning skills usually also demonstrate better emotional intelligence, being able to recognize, understand, and manage emotions.
Good News for The Big Five
While it's a sad story for MBTI, there's good news for the Big Five. The test was shaped by an empirical process and while not perfect, most studies since have demonstrated more acceptable levels of validity and reproducibility.
So far, studies have demonstrated considerable power in predicting job performance and team effectiveness. Some researchers have even mapped the big five to relevant brain regions. And while the Big Five model is far from perfect, there's growing support for a HEXACO model of personality, which is essentially the Big Five with an addition of a sixth trait: honesty-humility.
So… Should I Use Personality Tests?
Despite the Big Five being far superior to Myers Briggs from a scientific validity and reproducibility standpoint, I don't think it will catch on, at least for lay people. It's just more catchy and easier to say you're an INTP than saying you're 56% on openness and 35% on neuroticism.
People sometimes expect personality tests to tell them some hidden secrets to their character. But the truth is that a personality test can only tell you what you tell it. Accuracy with the test is entirely based on how honest and self-reflective you are with your answers. If I told the test that I'm a super patient and one to readily forgive, it would sure make me feel good, but I would just be lying to myself.
But I'd argue there's still utility to personality tests, even if they're all far from perfect. And sure, entertainment should be one of the top reasons. Let's be real, including your Myers Briggs on your online dating profile makes for a good conversation starter.
The real utility is in that it facilitates the process of introspection and reflection. Taking a personality assessment helps someone consider some of their strengths and weaknesses, and begin having difficult conversations. The most insightful realizations I've had in my own behavior, in my own ways of possible growth, wasn't from seeing the results of a personality test, but from speaking with close friends and family about areas of improvement. A personality assessment isn't a prerequisite, but it can help you get started.
For those who are newer to self-reflection, personality tests can help you consider possible blindspots. While Gretchen Rubin's Four Tendencies is far from a perfect model, it helps one consider what external and internal factors motivate them to behave in certain ways. I even made a video applying her model to student life, helping you determine how to understand your personality tendency and use a variety of strategies and hacks to force yourself into being a better student based on that tendency. Is it a scientifically valid and reproducible model? The data is lacking, and I wouldn't put my money on it, but hundreds of comments from students who successfully implemented and improved their performance is good enough for me.
Other critics are quick to state that your personality is fixed and resistance is futile. It's a waste of effort. Why even try to change or improve yourself? Speaking from personal experience, I'd say you have far greater power over your own personality than you'd expect. It's just that most people fail to make any significant changes because they don't put in the proper effort in changing their systems. In fact, a recent meta-analysis demonstrated that approximately 40% of a person's personality is due to genetic influence, while 60% can be attributed to environmental effects.
Kevin Jubbal, M.D.
Dr. Kevin Jubbal graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles magna cum laude with a B.S. in Neuroscience and went on to earn his M.D. from the University of California, San Diego as the sole recipient of the top merit scholarship for all 4 years. He matched into Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center. He has authored more than 60 publications, abstracts, and presentations in the field of plastic surgery.Dr. Jubbal is now a physician entrepreneur, and his passion for medical education and patient care led him to found the Blue LINC Healthcare Incubator and Med School Insiders. Through these and other projects, he seeks to empower future generations of physicians, redefine medical education, and improve patient care through interdisciplinary collaboration.
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How the Arts Revolutionized Medicine
Pranay Narang	November 24, 2020
Are you an innovator interested in shaping the field of medicine? Here's a brief insight into how the road to modern medicine was paved by artists.


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