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The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force by Jeffrey M. Schwartz
The Cambridge Companion to Quine (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) by Roger F. Gibson Jr
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
Three Case Histories by Sigmund Freud
Eassys in Science and Philosophy by Alfred North Whitehead
Experimental Psychology: Its Scope and Method: Volume I History and Method. by Jean Piaget
Walden and Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
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Chris
posted by cmtusa at 9:19 pm (EST) on Apr 17, 2009
posted by BettcherForrest at 10:59 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2008
He seems familiar, but you'll have to enlighten me as to who the old gent is (WCW?). He looks like my old shop teacher, circa 1974.
posted by Makifat at 11:07 am (EST) on Mar 12, 2008
posted by aufbau1928 at 2:06 pm (EST) on Dec 11, 2007
Thanks for the indirect reminder.
posted by codyed at 2:23 am (EST) on Jul 31, 2007
I think you may enjoy several of the past discussions on the message board. There have been several dealing with the limitations of political labels. True enough, "liberal" and "conservative" are plenty broad. But at some point, further breakdown ends in semantic nit picking. In between those two poles, however, there is much to discuss.
And you may find you aren't as atypical as you think. It is a pretty diverse group (one member is a minister who likes Bruce Willis movies, another writes lesbian porn, for a few examples). You may not even be the only punk fan. I myself listen mostly to classic jazz (bob, hard bob, bebop, etc.). You could argue that music from the 1950s and '60s is conservative just because it is old. On the other hand, you wouldn't think that a genre dominated by drug addicts, philanderers, and petty crooks (Art Pepper comes to mind immediately) would appeal to a right-winger. There you have it. Good thing it's a big umbrella.
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