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Explanation vs. perception: how intellectual comprehension gets it wrong

Explanation vs. perception: how intellectual comprehension gets it wrong Ibn Arabi taught through what was apparently love-poetry, and people became bitterly hostile towards him. This behavior of theirs was due to their inability to understand the projection which he was using, not to the reality of their imaginings. But their suppositions about him and his [...]

The humanities bring home the (Canadian) bacon (Nikki Wiart, Maclean’s)

By Humanities Watch|2016-09-04T23:48:10-04:00August 2nd, 2016|2016, Academia, August, Economics, education, Employment, Everything Else, News, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

The humanities bring home the bacon: a Canadian study looks at the earnings power of humanities and liberal arts graduates. From the article: [Ross Finnie, Director of Ottawa's Education Policy Research Initiative] says more research can help pinpoint the soft skills and figure out how post-secondary institutions can help develop them. “If we identify those skills, we can [...]