Category: Announcements

Brief endorsement

by Dominik Lukeš ·

Obama has the smarts, the plans and, yes, the charisma to capably lead and transform a nation that aches for a new direction. Editorials & Opinion | Obama for the Democrats | Seattle Times Newspaper My voice, particularly on this blog, with no readership is of no consequence. I have no vote in American elections…

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Analogies and blends - new category old ideas

by Dominik Lukeš ·

I thought, I might add another category for the new year. analogies. This springs from two separate and seemingly conflicting tendencies in my intellectual life. One is to expose potentially harmful and disparate analogies and the other is to create new analogies to illuminate similarities otherwise unnoticed. I use these strategies in teaching, popular writing…

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New category: Feminism

by Dominik Lukeš ·

I realized that I needed another category dealing with issues related to the position of women in society and cognition. I decided to call it feminism in protest against the frequent dilution of the concept by labeling it 'gender studies' or 'women's lib'. Now, I very much agree that to understand the way our brains…

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New home

by Dominik Lukeš ·

My Week in Thought has found a new home right here.

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CADAAD - Conference on Discourse Analysis

by Dominik Lukeš ·

I am coorganizing a conference Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) to be held at the University of East Anglia on June 29-30, 2006. The first call for papers goes out today. More on http://discourse.uea.ac.uk .

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Anthropology.net | Beyond bones & stones

by Dominik Lukeš ·

Anthropology.net | Beyond bones & stones Anthropology is defined as the study of humankind and their origins throughout different places and times. The study focuses in detail on cultural, biological, linguistic, and archaeological research. Anthropology.net's mission statement is to expand understanding and appreciation of humanity by way of creating a cohesive online community of individuals…

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