Fred Newman
Biographic Data
| ID | 5969230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fred Newman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fred |
| FAMILY NAME | Newman |
| SIGNATURE | NEWMAN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | City College of New York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1965 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
On the Growth of the Tribune's Power before the Decemvirate
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Robert Wilson and Fred Newman A Dialogue on Politics and Therapy, Stillness and Vaudeville
Against Againstism
This comment on Parker's `Against Postmodernism: Psychology in Cultural Context' (Parker, 1998) contextualizes Parker's `againstism' (critical) stance. Parker characterizes postmodernism as theoretical play that has gone too far. Having exhausted its progressive potential, it's become a breeding ground for reactionary ideas now threatening psychology and a radical political agenda. Parker, recognizing that what he fears postmodernism has spawned …
Surely Castillo Is Left-But Is It Right or Wrong
If Otto Rene Castillo is our poetic political visionary, Vygotsky is our scientific methodologist. Lev Vygotsky, a brilliant Russian/Soviet Jew, lived only 37 years (1898-1935) before dying of tuberculosis. His research, much of it on human learning and development, was suppressed by Stalinist censorship and it was not until the I970s and '8os that most of the world began to appreciate this genius from Gomel. Lois Holzman, formerly the director o…
Two Analyses of Prediction* , 1
Explanation Sketches
According to Hempel, historians do not offer full-blown explanations. Rather, they typically present explanation-sketches which need filling out. On his account, ... Such a sketch consists of a more or less vague indication of the laws and initial conditions considered as relevant, and it needs ‘filling out’ in order to turn into a full fledged explanation. This filling out requires further empirical research for which the sketch suggests the dir…
Explanation Sketches
According to Hempel, historians do not offer full-blown explanations. Rather, they typically present explanation-sketches which need filling out. On his account, ... Such a sketch consists of a more or less vague indication of the laws and initial conditions considered as relevant, and it needs ‘filling out’ in order to turn into a full fledged explanation. This filling out requires further empirical research for which the sketch suggests the dir…
Explanation Sketches
According to Hempel, historians do not offer full-blown explanations. Rather, they typically present explanation-sketches which need filling out. On his account, ... Such a sketch consists of a more or less vague indication of the laws and initial conditions considered as relevant, and it needs ‘filling out’ in order to turn into a full fledged explanation. This filling out requires further empirical research for which the sketch suggests the dir…
Two Analyses of Prediction* , 1
Surely Castillo Is Left-But Is It Right or Wrong
If Otto Rene Castillo is our poetic political visionary, Vygotsky is our scientific methodologist. Lev Vygotsky, a brilliant Russian/Soviet Jew, lived only 37 years (1898-1935) before dying of tuberculosis. His research, much of it on human learning and development, was suppressed by Stalinist censorship and it was not until the I970s and '8os that most of the world began to appreciate this genius from Gomel. Lois Holzman, formerly the director o…
Against Againstism
This comment on Parker's `Against Postmodernism: Psychology in Cultural Context' (Parker, 1998) contextualizes Parker's `againstism' (critical) stance. Parker characterizes postmodernism as theoretical play that has gone too far. Having exhausted its progressive potential, it's become a breeding ground for reactionary ideas now threatening psychology and a radical political agenda. Parker, recognizing that what he fears postmodernism has spawned …
Robert Wilson and Fred Newman A Dialogue on Politics and Therapy, Stillness and Vaudeville
On the Growth of the Tribune's Power before the Decemvirate
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)