The stuff below re the primary task of art caught my eye (& imagination) - no doubt going over old ground. The thought that occurred & appealed to me was -...
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Tom Dolack
tomdolack
Aug 15, 2007 7:21 pm
... Subject: CFP From: "Ian Roberts" <robertsi@...> To: <LITSCI-L@...> Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:11:30 -0500 The Literature and Science...
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William Benzon
bbenzon
Sep 18, 2007 11:57 am
... From: Robert Karl Stonjek <stonjek@...> Reply-To: <evolutionary-psychology@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:41:31 -0000 To:...
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Mike Tintner
andarot
Sep 19, 2007 10:09 am
"In recent years literary research has come to focus more and more on visual forms," Sounds v. interesting. Can anyone give examples of this?...
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Stephen Berer
smberer
Sep 20, 2007 3:20 am
Dang, I know I should keep my big mouth shut, but as a writer of poetry, this just sounds like so much hogwash in a bucket. Sorry guys. It may have important...
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William Benzon
bbenzon
Sep 20, 2007 5:11 pm
It is well known that Steven Pinker is skeptical that the arts are biologically adaptive. His best known statement on this matter is in *How the Mind Works*...
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Mike Tintner
andarot
Sep 22, 2007 3:53 pm
I note an upcoming ASC Conference http://asc.nhc.rtp.nc.us/?page_id=2%0a which looks interesting, with the usual Pinker, Dennett guys plus Joseph Carroll. ...
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Joseph Carroll
clelburn1949
Nov 24, 2007 9:49 pm
I'm forwarding an appeal from an editor of a new series on science and literature at Palgrave. She is asking interested scholars to write letters supporting a...
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Mike Tintner
andarot
Nov 25, 2007 1:19 pm
I'd like to check out an impression of mine. The Dieners, I think, claimed that something like 60% plus of people are "happy". And this, it seems to me, is...
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Stephen Berer
smberer
Nov 26, 2007 3:57 am
Hi all. Hadn't heard any chatter here about this book: Proust was a Neuroscientist, by Jonah Lehrer. Wonder what any of you think. Here's the review from...
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Brett Cooke
lbcooke4
Nov 26, 2007 5:31 am
I am very interested to hear about Lehrer's book--and am grateful to Stephen Berer for pointing it out. For some time now I have been pursuing a hypothesis...
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Brett Cooke
lbcooke4
Nov 26, 2007 5:31 am
I am very interested to hear about Lehrer's book--and am grateful to Stephen Berer for pointing it out. For some time now I have been pursuing a hypothesis...
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Jeff P. Turpin
jpturpin1
Nov 26, 2007 4:06 pm
Mike--Not sure this helps, but I am teaching a course next semester called "Tainted Love," in which I claim that writers tend to write more about bad love than...
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Joseph Carroll
clelburn1949
Nov 26, 2007 7:12 pm
Here is an uncorrected copy (next-to-last draft) of a Natalie Angier column that appeared recently in the New York Times Science section--on Ellen...
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Brett Cooke
lbcooke4
Nov 26, 2007 9:20 pm
Jeff: Didn't Tolstoy capture the issue with the first line of "Anna Karenina"?: "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."...
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Joseph Carroll
clelburn1949
Nov 26, 2007 9:37 pm
The piece on Dissanayake is coming out tomorrow in the NY Times. Joseph Carroll English Department University of Missouri---St.Louis St. Louis, MO 63121 314...
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Jason A. Ronstadt
jasonronstadt
Nov 26, 2007 9:52 pm
Thank you for the recommendation. I enjoyed "Inventing English." The question posed earlier is a fascinating one. Perhaps it has something to do with what...
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Jeff P. Turpin
jpturpin1
Nov 28, 2007 3:23 am
Brett, Jason, et al--The Anna Karenina link is a good one. Following Joe Carroll and E. O. Wilson's functionalist claims for literature, I suppose it makes...
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Mike Tintner
andarot
Nov 28, 2007 11:34 am
Jeff:I suppose it makes sense that tragic plots and tainted loves attract our attention. Who feels they have to practice for the good things in life? If...
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Jeff P. Turpin
jpturpin1
Nov 28, 2007 10:07 pm
Mike-- Well, let's see, I've been a novelist and short story writer for 32 years, a working archeologist for 29 years, and an English student/professor for...
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William Benzon
bbenzon
Jun 9, 2008 8:49 pm
The Valve is hosting a group reading of *Adam Bede.* All are invited to participate. Here's the schedule: ...
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Mike Tintner
andarot
Jun 10, 2008 11:12 am
BiopoeticsHi Guys, I haven't been following things lately, so I was interested, following Bill's link to the Valve, to see a couple of informative threads, one...
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Jeff P. Turpin
jpturpin1
Jun 11, 2008 4:35 pm
Mike--I'm not sure how others feel about this, but I attended half a dozen conferences last year in both literature and science, and in all cases I encountered...
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Mike Tintner
andarot
Jun 12, 2008 12:23 pm
Jeff:But I suspect egalitarian and universal artistry is a compound contradiction in terms. If art is a (multi-function) tool, we will always want to select...
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Jeff P. Turpin
jpturpin1
Jun 12, 2008 3:00 pm
Mike--I'm sort of thinking through this as I go along, too. The teacher in me wants to think that all of my students can be very good writers and thinkers if...
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Maya Lessov
mayalessov
Jun 13, 2008 7:06 am
Hi, all. I'm not a professor or in academics but if I may say something: I don't think we should be afraid of qualifying people or tendencies - or talents -...
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Mike Tintner
andarot
Jun 13, 2008 11:15 am
Jef:The artist and employer in me sees very different capacities in my peers and employees, many of which they seem to be unable to augment in a substantive...
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Jeff P. Turpin
jpturpin1
Jun 13, 2008 1:51 pm
Maya--Thanks. I certainly couldn't have said it better. JT Jeff P. Turpin ... From: Maya Lessov To: biopoet@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 2:06...
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Stephen Berer
smberer
Jun 16, 2008 3:24 am
... Please unpack this a bit for me. You were talking about the astounding economic expansion taking place right now, and suddenly jumped to the above....
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Mike Tintner
andarot
Jun 16, 2008 11:58 am
Stephen/mt ; By 2020, the fiction of "talent" will be dead, and a v. dirty word. Like ... Please unpack this a bit for me The printed book helped break the...
