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If there can be no single definitive description of reality, nor of beauty, nor of virtue ...

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Fri, 12/07/2007 - 10:05am
What then is the business of inquiry? of education? Notes for a talk along these lines ("Empirical Inquiry: Limitations and Possibilities")  is available is available here. Thoughts triggered by the talk/notes are, of course, more than welcome. Same for a second version of this talk ("Inquiry as Emergence: Product and Contributor") aimed at a more "empirical" audience (the first was aimed at a more general audience, including those already predisposed to recognizing the value of stories).
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Brain Research: Improving Global Harmony

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 11/18/2007 - 1:31pm
Introductory Remarks
Paul Grobstein
16 November 2007
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The Brain and Social Well-Being

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Wed, 11/14/2007 - 5:23pm
The Brain as a Learner/Inquirer/Creator:
Some Implications of its Organization for Individual and Social Well Being

 

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Biodiversity - Week 8

These pages are being generated as part of a senior seminar course directed by Neal Williams at Bryn Mawr College during fall semester, 2007. This week's topic is "Biodiversity and Stability"

Reading to be discussed:

  • Ruivjen, van J., Berendse, F. (2007) Contrasting effects of diversity on the temporal stability of plant populations. Oikos 116: 1323-1330.
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Risk and Innovation

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Wed, 10/24/2007 - 11:08am

Living a Life of Risk, and Why:
Encouraging Innovation in Individuals and Communities

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24 October 2007

From prior discussions

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Japanese feminism

Submitted by sarahcollins on Fri, 10/19/2007 - 11:24pm

For my project I’ve decided to read a selection of Japanese books and manga, (popular Japanese comics), as well as essays on feminism in modern Japan. I will be attempting to define and explore what feminism means in modern Japanese literature, how it differs from American feminism, and why. I think that examining what feminism means in this culture will let me both learn about a different kind of feminism as well as see American feminism through a new lens. It will let me examine whether, as Paula

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Learning and the Brain: Workshop Introduction

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sat, 10/13/2007 - 11:23am

Brain and Education


IMSA sponsored workshop

20 October 2007
Introduction - Paul Grobstein

 

Biodiversity - Week 6

These pages are being generated as part of a senior seminar course directed by Neal Williams at Bryn Mawr College during fall semester, 2007. This week's topic is "Biodiversity hotspots and conservation"

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Bio 103, Fall 2007, Lecture/Discussion Notes

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 09/02/2007 - 3:28pm
Biology 103, Fall, 2007, Bryn Mawr College
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