Larry Mcgrath
Biographic Data
| ID | 3832447 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry Mcgrath |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcgrath |
| SIGNATURE | MCGRATH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Confronting the brain in the classroom
During the influx of neurological research into France from across Europe that took place rapidly in the late 19th century, the philosophy course in lycées (the French equivalent of high schools) was mobilized by education reformers as a means of promulgating the emergent brain sciences and simultaneously steering their cultural resonance. I contend that these linked prongs of philosophy’s public mission under the Third Republic reconciled contra…
Bergson Comes to America
This article documents Henri Bergson's visit to America in 1913. It is based on original research carried out and at the archives of the Sorbonne and universities at which the French philosopher spoke. The conceptual stakes of Bergson's visit turned on the dualisms in his thought. I first highlight the centrality of the problem of dualism in Bergson's early works. I then examine how Americans treated the problem in three contexts: Bergson's close…
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Continental Divide
Bergson Comes to America
This article documents Henri Bergson's visit to America in 1913. It is based on original research carried out and at the archives of the Sorbonne and universities at which the French philosopher spoke. The conceptual stakes of Bergson's visit turned on the dualisms in his thought. I first highlight the centrality of the problem of dualism in Bergson's early works. I then examine how Americans treated the problem in three contexts: Bergson's close…
Confronting the brain in the classroom
During the influx of neurological research into France from across Europe that took place rapidly in the late 19th century, the philosophy course in lycées (the French equivalent of high schools) was mobilized by education reformers as a means of promulgating the emergent brain sciences and simultaneously steering their cultural resonance. I contend that these linked prongs of philosophy’s public mission under the Third Republic reconciled contra…
Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy, Science, and History (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Centrality (1 work) · Continental philosophy (1 work) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (1 work) · Dualism (1 work)