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Is Empathy Gendered And If So, Why? An Approach From Feminist Psychological Anthropology, Claudia Strauss
Is Empathy Gendered And If So, Why? An Approach From Feminist Psychological Anthropology, Claudia Strauss
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Difference feminists have argued that women have special virtues. One such virtue would seem to be empathy, which has three main components: imaginative projection, awareness of the other's emotions, and concern. Empathy is closely related to identification. Psychological research and the author's own study of women's and men's talk about poverty and welfare use in the United States demonstrate women's greater empathic concern. However, some cross-cultural research shows greater sex differences in empathy in the United States than elsewhere. This combination of findings (women tend to demonstrate greater empathic concern, but this typical difference varies cross-culturally) requires a complex biocultural …
Newton, Maclaurin, And The Authority Of Mathematics, Judith V. Grabiner
Newton, Maclaurin, And The Authority Of Mathematics, Judith V. Grabiner
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Sir Isaac Newton revolutionized physics and astronomy in his Principia. How did he do it? Would his method work on any area of inquiry, not only in science, but also about society and religion? We look at how some Newtonians, most notably Colin Maclaurin, combined sophisticated mathematical modeling and empirical data in what has come to be called the "Newtonian Style." We argue that this style was responsible not only for Maclaurin’s scientific success but for his ability to solve problems ranging from taxation to insurance to theology. We show how Maclaurin’s work strengthened the prestige of Newtonianism and …
Review: Pamela O. Long, Openness, Secrecy, Authorship: Technical Arts And The Culture Of Knowledge From Antiquity To The Renaissance (Baltimore And London, 2001), Andre Wakefield
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Reviewed work: Pamela O. Long. Openness, Secrecy, Authorship: Technical Arts and the Culture of Knowledge from Antiquity to the Renaissance. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. Pp. xii+364. $55.
Comment: The California Fires, Andre Wakefield
Comment: The California Fires, Andre Wakefield
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Insights on the effect of wildfires on the Southern California community of Claremont.
Qui Est Numero Un? Classements Americains Et Universities Allemandes, Andre Wakefield
Qui Est Numero Un? Classements Americains Et Universities Allemandes, Andre Wakefield
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
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