Bowdoin College

Reductionism Redux: How Some Forms of Reduction Preserve Psychology’s Person-Level Subject Matter

Psychology’s historical alignment with the ontologies and epistemologies of natural science gave rise to the lamentations of theoretical psychologists who find therein a reductive treatment of what they regard as psychology’s legitimate subject matter—mental life, lived experienc...

The Python simulations of chemistry framework: 10 years of an open-source quantum chemistry project

Over the past decade, the Python-based Simulations of Chemistry Framework (PySCF) has developed into a widely used open-source platform for electronic-structure theory and quantum chemical method development. This article reviews the major advances since the previous overview in...

Do coupled population, economic, and land use dynamics explain household energy transitions in Malawi?

In sub-Saharan Africa, population growth coupled with weak or missing markets for clean energy means that the absolute number of people relying on woodfuels for cooking is growing. Charcoal, which has distinctly different environmental and economic implications from firewood, has...

Insights on Municipal Government Capacity and Community Resilience from Intergovernmental Grants

Securing intergovernmental grant funding during crises provides insight into the adaptive capacities of municipalities. This study explores the relationship between municipal administrative capacity and grant awards during the COVID-19 pandemic in Maine. We analyzed data on 484 m...