Leon Kamin
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| + | “We <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Richard Lewontin]], [[Steven Rose]], and [[Leon Kamin]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> share a commitment to the prospect of the creation of a more [[Social justice |socially just]]—a [[socialism|socialist]]—society. And we recognize that a critical science is an integral part of the struggle to create that society, just as we also believe that the [[Structural functionalism |social function]] of much of today’s science is to hinder the creation of that society by acting to preserve the interests of the [[ruling class|dominant class]], gender, and race.” --preface to ''[[Not in Our Genes]]'' (1984) | ||
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| '''Leon J. Kamin''' (December 29, 1927 – December 22, 2017) was an [[American psychologist]] known for his contributions to [[learning theory]] and his critique of estimates of the [[heritability of IQ]]. He studied under [[Richard Solomon (psychologist)|Richard Solomon]] at Harvard and contributed several important ideas about conditioning, including the "[[blocking effect]]". | '''Leon J. Kamin''' (December 29, 1927 – December 22, 2017) was an [[American psychologist]] known for his contributions to [[learning theory]] and his critique of estimates of the [[heritability of IQ]]. He studied under [[Richard Solomon (psychologist)|Richard Solomon]] at Harvard and contributed several important ideas about conditioning, including the "[[blocking effect]]". | ||
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“We [Richard Lewontin, Steven Rose, and Leon Kamin] share a commitment to the prospect of the creation of a more socially just—a socialist—society. And we recognize that a critical science is an integral part of the struggle to create that society, just as we also believe that the social function of much of today’s science is to hinder the creation of that society by acting to preserve the interests of the dominant class, gender, and race.” --preface to Not in Our Genes (1984) |
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Leon J. Kamin (December 29, 1927 – December 22, 2017) was an American psychologist known for his contributions to learning theory and his critique of estimates of the heritability of IQ. He studied under Richard Solomon at Harvard and contributed several important ideas about conditioning, including the "blocking effect".
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