Harvard psychology professor Steven Pinker, whose books have won numerous prizes, will open a four-day conference on the philosophy of the mind at the University of California, Santa Barbara, with "So How Does the Mind Work?" at 5 p.m.
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Letters and Science, Philosophy
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Letters and Science, Political Science
An engaged citizenry is crucial to the success of a democratic society.
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Chicano Studies
At an age when most people would be content to reflect upon their accomplishments, 95-year-old Luis Leal, professor of Chicano Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has published another book.
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Letters and Science, Chicano Studies
The University of California has approved a proposal by UC Santa Barbara to establish the nation's first doctoral program in Chicano studies.
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Letters and Science, Religious Studies
Best known as a literary theorist and as the father of deconstruction, philosopher Jacques Derrida also has devoted much of his career to the contemplation of religion.
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Letters and Science, Religious Studies
Americans are among the most diverse people in the world, a heterogeneous mix of all the world's races, cultures, and beliefs.
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Letters and Science, History
John Majewski, an associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been awarded a $20,000 fellowship by the George A.
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Letters and Science, Physics
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Letters and Science, Black Studies
(Santa Barbara, CA) -- Akasha Gloria Hull, professor emerita of women's studies and literature at UC Santa Cruz and currently a visiting professor in the Department of Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara, will deliver the inaugural Black Feminist...
