University of Michigan
History
This essay explores how the Enlightenment preoccupation with nature and reason, and the concomitant desire to restructure civil and political society according to these principles, served simultaneously to write certain speculations... more
This article explores how French psychologists understood the state of their field during the first quarter of the twentieth century, and whether they thought it was in crisis. The article begins with the Russian-born psychologist... more
- by John Carson
On February 16, 2001, Richard C. Atkinson, president of the University of California, announced that he was proposing to abolish the SAT/ACT requirement for applicants seeking admission to any school in the university system.
- by John Carson
Like his contemporary Herbert Spencer, the nineteenth-century French philosopher/psychologist/academic entrepreneur Victor Cousin has not fared well at the hands of modern historians. When compared to the works of such acclaimed giants as... more
- by John Carson
In November 2000, Americans witnessed an extraordinary political spectacle. As is well known, this was not the quick and virtually mechanical process of voting, tabulating, and announcing winners to which the American public had become... more
- by John Carson
¿ Qué puede aportar un historiador y académico de los estudios sociales al proyecto de la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo Económicos (OCDE)“Definición y Selección de Competencias: Fundamentos Teóricos y Conceptuales”(Proyecto... more
- by John Carson
... other, more traditional scientific controversies, in which the argument diminishes as new discoveries are ... the condition of slavery is both just and beneficial."17 Although Aristotle's reference to ... it... more
This article suggests a possible approach to analyzing the global history of intelligence testing in light of some recent work in the history of science and science studies. In particular, it uses work in metrology and subaltern studies... more