tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post8373816067475806154..comments2023-10-10T08:02:18.073-04:00Comments on Rationally Speaking: Lena's PicksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-78958297255222834402011-06-25T05:55:32.402-04:002011-06-25T05:55:32.402-04:00The excellent legal blog "Jack of Kent" ...The excellent legal blog "Jack of Kent" also has some pertinent remarks about the "College of the Humanities" for those interested.Cavall de Querhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687910584661433398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-1537169118604814222011-06-23T17:02:23.344-04:002011-06-23T17:02:23.344-04:00Nice picks. I am a fan of R. Goldstein too. Than...Nice picks. I am a fan of R. Goldstein too. Thanks.Aaron Shurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837439765332783167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-10905534888000709662011-06-22T23:26:41.532-04:002011-06-22T23:26:41.532-04:00Speaking of philosophy news, I was wondering if so...Speaking of philosophy news, I was wondering if someone could take a look at <a href="http://altopelirrojo.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/is-al-gore-guilty-of-quote-mining/" rel="nofollow">this post</a> examining Al Gore's use of a Theodor Adorno quote and provide a little more expertise than I am able to muster.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15005476.post-74411752280763291042011-06-22T13:32:01.009-04:002011-06-22T13:32:01.009-04:00Perhaps the review oversimplifies Sasha Baron-Cohe...Perhaps the review oversimplifies Sasha Baron-Cohen's work, but I can't really buy into this account of empathy.<br /><br />In particular, it appears to me that Asperger's is characterized primarily by a deficiency in perception and/or in simulation of the minds of others, where it is difficult for an individual to actually know what others feel and why.<br /><br />In contrast, psychopaths often appear quite capable of intuitively understanding and predicting the behavior of others (at least enough to pass as normal in a wide variety of situations), but they don't have the standard sort of emotional response to those observations as most people do.<br /><br />There are people with Asperger's who strike me as quite empathic, if that barrier can be circumvented (i.e. if they are in a situation where it is particularly easy to understand the emotions of others and their causes). I'm not sure what's gained by conflating the two conditions as cases of "Zero Empathy", since the similarities appear to be relatively superficial.Sean (quantheory)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00094694851707164734noreply@blogger.com