Barry R Gross
Biographic Data
| ID | 5685274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barry R Gross |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barry R |
| FAMILY NAME | Gross |
| SIGNATURE | GROSS B R |
| AFFILIATIONS | York College, City University of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Flights of fancy
Books in review
Tiaa-CREF’s policy on diversity
A correspondence of academic interest
In defense of a friend
How affirmative action was redefined
Presentation address
Books in review
Presentation address
Salem in Minnesota
Honoring Sidney Hook
The case of Philippe Rushton
Can evolution be taught with confidence
F ew scientific have been attacked as persistently as that of evolution. It has been attacked on social grounds, on religious grounds, and, most recently, on grounds that purport to be scientific. I shall deal here only with the last category, consisting of allegations that evolution hasn't actually taken place, or assertions that the evidence for its occurrence is weak, unconvincing, or even nonexistent. Such contentions have frequently led to t…
The Rejection of Consequentialism
American Fiction, Jewish Writers, and Black Characters
Journal Article American Fiction, Jewish Writers, and Black Characters: The Return of “The Human Negro” in Philip Roth Get access Barry Gross Barry Gross Michigan State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 11, Issue 2, June 1984, Pages 5–22, https://doi.org/10.2307/467068 Published: 01 June 1984
Commentary
[T]oo many discussions of scientific rationality and progress have been both uninformed by, and inapplicable to, the actual course of the evolution of science. The various well known philosophical models of rationality have been shown to be inapplicable to most of those cases in the history of science where, at least intuitively, we are convinced that sensible rational choices are being made.... fW]e should nonetheless be able to demand of any mo…
Seduction of the Innocent
One of Alexander Portnoy's earliest memories is of turning from a window out of which he is watching a snowstorm and hopefully asking his mother, Do we believe in winter?' Why hopefully? Because, despite its dangers, winter is world out there-large, unrestrained-as opposed to world in here-small, confined. The two worlds are separate, however; they are distinct, and bases for are clear to him. The world in here is Jewish, world out there is genti…
Reverse Discrimination
Discrimination in Reverse
The Van Wyck Brooks-Lewis Mumford Letters
The Rejection of Consequentialism
American Fiction, Jewish Writers, and Black Characters
Journal Article American Fiction, Jewish Writers, and Black Characters: The Return of “The Human Negro” in Philip Roth Get access Barry Gross Barry Gross Michigan State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 11, Issue 2, June 1984, Pages 5–22, https://doi.org/10.2307/467068 Published: 01 June 1984
Commentary
[T]oo many discussions of scientific rationality and progress have been both uninformed by, and inapplicable to, the actual course of the evolution of science. The various well known philosophical models of rationality have been shown to be inapplicable to most of those cases in the history of science where, at least intuitively, we are convinced that sensible rational choices are being made.... fW]e should nonetheless be able to demand of any mo…
The Van Wyck Brooks-Lewis Mumford Letters
Discrimination in Reverse
Seduction of the Innocent
One of Alexander Portnoy's earliest memories is of turning from a window out of which he is watching a snowstorm and hopefully asking his mother, Do we believe in winter?' Why hopefully? Because, despite its dangers, winter is world out there-large, unrestrained-as opposed to world in here-small, confined. The two worlds are separate, however; they are distinct, and bases for are clear to him. The world in here is Jewish, world out there is genti…
Reverse Discrimination
Commentary
[T]oo many discussions of scientific rationality and progress have been both uninformed by, and inapplicable to, the actual course of the evolution of science. The various well known philosophical models of rationality have been shown to be inapplicable to most of those cases in the history of science where, at least intuitively, we are convinced that sensible rational choices are being made.... fW]e should nonetheless be able to demand of any mo…
American Fiction, Jewish Writers, and Black Characters
Journal Article American Fiction, Jewish Writers, and Black Characters: The Return of “The Human Negro” in Philip Roth Get access Barry Gross Barry Gross Michigan State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MELUS, Volume 11, Issue 2, June 1984, Pages 5–22, https://doi.org/10.2307/467068 Published: 01 June 1984
The Rejection of Consequentialism
Can evolution be taught with confidence
F ew scientific have been attacked as persistently as that of evolution. It has been attacked on social grounds, on religious grounds, and, most recently, on grounds that purport to be scientific. I shall deal here only with the last category, consisting of allegations that evolution hasn't actually taken place, or assertions that the evidence for its occurrence is weak, unconvincing, or even nonexistent. Such contentions have frequently led to t…
The case of Philippe Rushton
Honoring Sidney Hook
Presentation address
Salem in Minnesota
In defense of a friend
How affirmative action was redefined
Presentation address
Books in review
Tiaa-CREF’s policy on diversity
A correspondence of academic interest
Flights of fancy
Books in review
Political science (14 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Law (12 works) · Higher education (11 works) · Pedagogy (11 works) · Philosophy of education (11 works) · Epistemology (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Social science (4 works)