Ideological diversity, hostility, and discrimination in philosophy

Members of the field of philosophy have, just as other people, political convictions or, as psychologists call them, ideologies. How are different ideologies distributed and perceived in the field? Using the familiar distinction between the political left and right, we surveyed an international sample of 794 subjects in philosophy. We found that survey participants clearly leaned left (75%), while right-leaning individuals (14%) and moderates (11%) were underrepresented. Moreover, and strikingly, across the political spectrum, from very left-leaning individuals and moderates to very right-leaning individuals, participants reported experiencing ideological hostility in the field, occasionally even from those from their own side of the political spectrum. Finally, while about half of the subjects believed that discrimination against left- or right-leaning individuals in the field is not justified, a significant minority displayed an explicit willingness to discriminate against colleagues with the opposite ideology. Our findings are both surprising and important, because a commitment to tolerance and equality is widespread in philosophy, and there is reason to think that ideological similarity, hostility, and discrimination undermine reliable belief formation in many areas of the discipline

A Nonclassical Dihydrogen Adduct of S = ½ Fe(I)

We have exploited the capacity of the “(SiP^(iPr)_3)Fe(I)” scaffold to accommodate additional axial ligands and characterized the mononuclear S = 1/2 H_2 adduct complex (SiP^(iPr)_3)Fe^I(H_2). EPR and ENDOR data, in the context of X-ray structural results, revealed that this complex provides a highly unusual example of an open-shell metal complex that binds dihydrogen as a ligand. The H2 ligand at 2 K dynamically reorients within the ligand-binding pocket, tunneling among the energy minima created by strong interactions with the three Fe–P bonds

Some aspects of leader style, adaptability and effectiveness among western Massachusetts principals.

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A Proposed Dance Program For The Dunbar Junior High School, Temple, Texas

Origin of Study The author became interested in this particular problem during her first year of work. Observing how many hoys and girls that could not dance; and yet afraid to try, the author became somewhat disturbed, because it was soon realized that these boys and girls had not been given the proper training as far as dancing was concerned. After a period of months, the author returned to this situation and observed the same trouble. It could readily be seen that the opportunity of broadening themselves morally, socially, mentally, and physically had been completely overlooked. Statement of Problem The Proposed Dance Program For the Dunbar Junior High School should be set up to serve as a help to the negro youth of Temple or any youth of the nation who is faced with the same problem. dance program is concerned with the development of healthful behavior, desirable attitudes, clean sportsmanship, grace, poise, and self-control. the program is planned to take in dance activities for boys and girls throughout the nine-month term

At the Scene, On the Screen, and Beyond: Experiences and Representations of Coney Island in Early Twentieth Century Photography and Film

This thesis will examine representations of Coney Island in photography and short films from the turn o f the twentieth century and in narrative films from the 1920s. I will consider how Coney Island was represented and examine the polysémie functions ofthe. representations. The photographs and films that I have selected as case studies in this investigation are those I believe best illustrate the capacity of these media to show and recreate Coney Island experiences. Representing Coney Island saved economic, national, individual, social, cultural, and artistic ends. Situating this selection o f representations in the contexts that they were produced in and considering their formal components will demonstrate the importance and role that Coney Island representations played in its history and evolution, encompassing the impact that Coney Island and Coney Island representations in the mass media had on American culture and entertainmen