This is a podcast conducted by Jesica Glover as a stand alone episode in “My Child Can’t Read: A Heartland Crisis”. The podcast was as recorded on 5-12-26 and was produced on behalf of the Phillips Fundamental Learning Center. The above video is the raw interview. The interview was edited and released as a
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Gary David, PhD, is an epistemologist, educator, and former professional jazz musician who applies General Semantics and Epistemics to human awareness, learning, and emotional processes. Background & Mentorship J. Samuel Bois: Apprenticed and studied with epistemologist J. Samuel Bois from 1964 to 1978, later editing his textbook The Art of Awareness: A Handbook on Epistemics
Two very different minds. Silvan Tomkins (1911-1991) is considered by many to be the Einstein of emotional science. His theory of emotion defines a core set of indivisible neurobiological elements – “affects” -whose innate and learning conscripted behaviors aggregate to explain the entire universe of human emotion. John Steinbeck (1902-1968) also viewed humans through a
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Leaning Disabilities: Definition Debate (full) with Gemini Index of other dAilogues What is the meaning of the term “learning disabilities” shared by the scientists, advocacy groups, and legislation authors? The term “learning disabilities” (LD) is complex and its meaning can vary slightly depending on the perspective of scientists, advocacy groups, and legislation authors. However,
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Acquired Learning Disabilities (full) with Gemini Index of other dAilogues Just as learning “X” can be disabled by innate neurobiology that is not able to meet the “X’s learning challenges, learning can be disabled by previous learning that is insufficient to “X”s learning challenges or that undermines learning through “X”s learning challenges. We need to establish
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This dailogue explores how the affect shame, the neurobiological precursor to the emotion of shame, seems to work. Background: I am grateful to have been mentored into learning about shame by my dear friend, the epistemological philosopher and affect therapist, Gary David PhD. Gary is a proponent and practitioner of the work of the late
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This is an oldy, but still one of my favorites. I often used the clip below during my talks to illustrate the role of feedback in learning. Around that same time, an episode of House did a story on the use of the mirror box so I clipped them together. Watch for at least a
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This was a journal note from 2003: I am increasingly drawn to the analogy (or, possibly, correspondence) between the realm of affects and the realm of physics. Particularly, “Affects are modulations in the density of biophysical locations and that the ‘spaces’ surrounding the effects of affect are warped (shaped) in a way analogous to Einsteinian
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Its hard for kids who “fall behind” in school NOT to take one of 4 paths: 1 – they have a recognized talent that provides opportunities to ascend that are less dependent on learning in school. 2 – someone in their world recognizes their danger and mentors them into catching back up. 3 – they