Word: pinker
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Celebrity academics like Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker, Tisch Professor of History Niall Ferguson, and Cogan University Professor of the Humanities Stephen J. Greenblatt say that Harvard’s vibrant intellectual atmosphere drew them here...
...professors add, the elaborate courtship certainly helped. Harvard enlisted its biggest names in its campaign to bring Pinker, Ferguson, and Greenblatt to campus...
...requirement. Everyone agrees that ethics are a vital part of any education, but there is disagreement about where they belong in the new curriculum. “The committee seemed to drift to a least-common-denominator approach,” writes Johnstone Family Professor Psychology Steven Pinker in an e-mail. The Generdal Education Committee was unable to agree on the right requirement, so they settled for no requirement at all.VERITASUntil the late 19th century, according to Professor of History James T. Kloppenberg, seniors in the College capped their education with a year-long course in moral philosophy taught...
Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker: “The Possibility of Altruism,” Thomas Nagel “Created from Animals,” James Rachels “The Expanding Circle,” Peter Singer “The Moral Animal,” Robert Wright “Passions Within Reason,” Robert Frank “Crimes and Misdemeanors,” Woody Allen “Enemies: A Love Story,” Isaac Bashevis Singer “The Legacy of Raizel Kaidish” (in the collection...
...Steven Pinker and Jane Goodall love gooey treats. According to research assistant Fiery A. Cushman ’03, “Marshmallows are bar-none their favorite things on earth.” Pinker and Goodall live in Harvard’s Cognitive Evolution Laboratory along with about 25 other monkeys named after prominent scientists and researchers. The monkeys—both endangered cotton-top tamarins and common marmosets—live a peaceful co-existence under the direction of Professor of Psychology Marc D. Hauser. Hauser, who founded the lab on the tenth floor of William James Hall...