Word: behaviorism
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...addition to teaching Philosophy 8, one of her department’s most popular classes, Simmons is the instructor for Philosophy 122, “British Empirism.” She said that she is also interested in philosophy related to the Mind, Brain and Behavior track...
...more of a reaction here in Washington, D.C. But while people were frustrated and irritated, it was no different than any other day. Perhaps it was because I don't work "on the Hill," or because my coworkers at a health policy think tank are so accustomed to this behavior from the Bush Administration. Bush's stem cell policy, however, is unacceptable. It is not only stifling funds for research that could save lives, but it does not even effectively address the moral questions that embryonic stem cells raise...
...from acting against Dagmush was that the clan were being shielded by Hamas' rivals, the Fatah militia loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas. But now that Hamas has chased off Fatah from Gaza, the Dagmush are vulnerable. They are also loathed by Gaza's other powerful clans for their thuggish behavior and kidnappings - the Dagmush's "Army of Islam' is also said to have joined in the capture of Shalit, but then to have sold him on to two other militant groups. Hamas fighters are supposedly in position on the rooftops near the Dagmush's sprawling compound in Gaza City, ready...
...have a great love for the Pakistani people. Has that love changed? -Adrienne Garr, Buffalo, NYNot at all. I look at the world in a very simple way. For me the nationality and the religion is really a secondary matter. For me, it is all a matter of human behavior and how people behave. The people who I truly love in Pakistan are the most noble, powerful and deep people that I have ever met in my life. At times like that you encounter the worst human behavior possible, so you are also going to be very sensitive...
...shouldn't have been, but it was. Science thrives on order: tidy laboratories and plenty of graph paper. Catastrophe dwells in chaos. No matter how much we learn, scientifically, about the behavior of flames or the criminal mind or the dynamics of war, chaos still has its dominion. We fill the gap between science and chaos, between the known risks and the unknowable dangers, with bravery...