bohm@lictor.acsu.buffalo.edu (Eric J. Bohm) (12/05/90)
Hello, due to the lack of an obviously relevant newsgroup I am posting this message to these two philosophy groups. I have a friend at the University of Albany (without Net access) who will be graduating this year with a BA in philosophy. He is looking to find some good grad schools to apply to, but has found very little useful information on which schools have good depts, and what those depts are good at. Essentially, he has been easily able to find the names of some of the very best schools, and some of the worst, but finding out how schools rank at the upper end, without being at the very top (or having big names), has been nigh upon impossible. His interests are Logic and Language, and computer related disciplines. He has a 3.7 GPA and 90% Analytic score on the GRE. Thus, he might have trouble getting in as a supported grad in the top schools, but should be able to get in as a supported grad in the very good schools. Any information on such schools, or even the name of a good solid reference text (of recent publication) that could be used to determine such schools, would be most appreciated. please send such information to whichever one of the addresses below that works for you: bohm@acsu.buffalo.edu uunet!acsu.buffalo.edu!bohm@uunet.UU.NET acsu.buffalo.edu!bohm uunet!acsu.buffalo.edu!bohm bohm@sunybcs.bitnet jb1850@uacsc2.albany.edu jb1850@albny1vx.bitnet Thank you. -- Gothmog AKA Eric Bohm [ It can be shown that a neat .sig file can be created and that there exists ] [ a valid address for this user. (the proof is left as an exercise for the ] [ student) ]
johnr@hpcljer.HP.COM (John Rodriguez) (12/17/90)
Sorry if this request is inappropriate for this notes group. I was listening to a National Public Radio interview with an author whose name I heard as Joel Adelman. This author was introduced as one who could write eloquently about both the neural level and the abstract thought level of the brain; and illustrate the connections when appropriate. After looking in a 'Current Titles' book of Authors at a bookstore I found there was no Joel Adelman listed. Did anyone hear this broadcast or have an idea of who the author might be.
greenba@gambia.crd.ge.com (ben a green) (12/18/90)
In article <105460001@hpcljer.HP.COM> johnr@hpcljer.HP.COM (John Rodriguez) writes:
I was listening to a National Public Radio interview with an author
whose name I heard as Joel Adelman. This author was introduced as
one who could write eloquently about both the neural level and the
abstract thought level of the brain; and illustrate the connections
when appropriate.
After looking in a 'Current Titles' book of Authors at a bookstore
I found there was no Joel Adelman listed. Did anyone hear this broadcast
or have an idea of who the author might be.
Make that Gerald Edelman. Eloquent, yes; clear, no, IMHO.
--
Ben A. Green, Jr.
greenba@crd.ge.com
Speaking only for myself, of course.smoliar@vaxa.isi.edu (Stephen Smoliar) (12/24/90)
In article <GREENBA.90Dec18100900@gambia.crd.ge.com> greenba@gambia.crd.ge.com (ben a green) writes: >In article <105460001@hpcljer.HP.COM> johnr@hpcljer.HP.COM (John Rodriguez) >writes: > > I was listening to a National Public Radio interview with an author > whose name I heard as Joel Adelman. This author was introduced as > one who could write eloquently about both the neural level and the > abstract thought level of the brain; and illustrate the connections > when appropriate. > > After looking in a 'Current Titles' book of Authors at a bookstore > I found there was no Joel Adelman listed. Did anyone hear this broadcast > or have an idea of who the author might be. > >Make that Gerald Edelman. Eloquent, yes; clear, no, IMHO. The titles of the books in question are probably NEURAL DARWINISM and THE REMEMBERED PRESENT. I certainly agree that these books are not for the casual reader; but I would say they are clear enough, provided you realize that you are probably going to have to read them more than once. The reader in search of a more casual introduction to Edelman's approach would probably be best off with Israel Rosenfield's THE INVENTION OF MEMORY. Also, the November 22 issue of THE NEW YORK REVIEW had an excellent article by Oliver Sacks (always a clear writer) in which Sacks draws upon Edelman's approach to interpret some of his own case histories. ========================================================================= USPS: Stephen Smoliar 5000 Centinela Avenue #129 Los Angeles, California 90066 Internet: smoliar@vaxa.isi.edu "It's only words . . . unless they're true."--David Mamet