There have been two major models of the mind's relation to its environment in Western though, both of which employ the term 'representation', but in quite different ways. The newer one, dominant today
Schutte (emeritus, history, U. of Virginia) examined 978 petitions to the pope asking for release from monastic vows during a 125-year period, from 1668 to 1793. This investigation brings forth a rich
Contains 13 essays presenting a variety of feminist perspectives on a range of Hume's writings. Contributors, including scholars of philosophy, political science, theology, and English, address Hume's
Between 1618 and 1750, sixteen people—nine women and seven men—were brought to the attention of the ecclesiastical authorities in Venice because they were reporting visions, revelations, and special p
Charged by the Venetian Inquisition with the conscious and cynical feigning of holiness, Cecelia Ferrazzi (1609-1684) requested and obtained the unprecedented opportunity to defend herself through a p
Going beyond the hype of recent fMRI "findings," this interdisciplinary collection examines such questions as: Do women and men have significantly different brains? Do women empathize, while men syste
