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Author : John Llewelyn
Publisher : Humanity Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989-05-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1573923583
Author : Norman Swartz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : First philosophy
ISBN : UCAL:B4240810
Swarz (philosophy, Simon Fraser U.) writes for both the lay and professional reader, using case studies and an occasional appeal to science fiction to bring the subject within grasp and point out how metaphysical theories lie just below the surface of every person's own world view. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : J. Richard Wingerter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0761831908
Observations can be with or without an observer observing. Observer observations are related to partial functioning of the mind. Observerless observations are related to full functioning of the mind, to a mind, which though it functions partially when partial functioning is necessary or appropriate, is otherwise truly meditative or silent. Observations can be observerless, that is, without observer, when one's state of mind awareness is not conscious awareness. The timeless, which is the eternal or the absolute, is only there in anyone's awareness when self is not there being consciously aware. What is absolutely or ultimately real is only there when that which is actual or living is there, rather than something merely ideal or abstract. The observations described in this book were observations out of a truly silent, meditative mind, and not observations out of one that was functioning partially.
Author : Roland Faber,Brian G. Henning,Clinton Combs
Publisher : Brill Rodopi
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9042031212
Alfred North Whitehead's interpreters usually pay less attention to his later monographs and essays.Process and Reality is taken to be the definitive center of the Whiteheadian universe and the later works, thereby, appear to many only as applications or elaborations of themes already introduced earlier. Yet, is it also possible that the dominance of this perspective has obscured or even distorted further creative developments of Whitehead's thought? This volume offers a sort of Copernican revolution in Whitehead interpretation, methodologically and conceptually inviting its contributors to observe Whitehead's work from the perspective of his later works. The aim of this preferencing is meant not to invalidate earlier approaches to Whitehead's thought nor is the inference that the later works are more authoritative. Yet, just as the first space-based images of our planet forever changed humanity's understanding of its place in the universe, shifting the alleged center of, or even decentering of the view on, Whitehead's “philosophy of organism” to the later works, we might discover previously obscured ideas or new vistas of thought relevant not only to our current philosophical landscape, but also to the pressing issues of our fragile and endangered world. This volume invites its contributors and readers to consider whether one thereby also moves beyond metaphysics?
Author : Roger Trigg
Publisher : Templeton Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 159947512X
Does science have all the answers? Can it even deal with abstract reasoning beyond the world we experience? How can we ensure that the physical world is sufficiently ordered to be intelligible to humans? How can mathematics, a product of human minds, unlock the secrets of the physical universe? Should all such questions be considered inadmissible if science cannot settle them? Metaphysics has traditionally been understood as reasoning beyond the reach of science, sometimes even claiming realities beyond its grasp. Because of this, metaphysics is often contemptuously dismissed by scientists and philosophers who wish to remain within the bounds of what can be scientifically proven. Yet scientists at the frontiers of physics unwittingly engage in metaphysics, as they are now happy to contemplate whole universes that are, in principle, beyond human reach. Roger Trigg challenges those who deny that science needs philosophical assumptions. Trigg claims that the foundations of science themselves have to lie beyond science. It takes reasoning apart from experience to discover what is not yet known and this metaphysical reasoning to imagine realities beyond what can be accessed. “In Beyond Matter, Roger Trigg advances a powerful, persuasive, fair-minded argument that the sciences require a philosophical, metaphysical foundation. This is a brilliant book for newcomers to the philosophy of science and experts alike.” —Charles Taliaferro, professor of philosophy, St. Olaf College
Author : Linda A. Bell
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791486016
Presenting essays rich with her own personal experiences, philosopher Linda A. Bell examines not only her own life but also problems arising from ways that living affects thinking. She reflects on her own experience in order to challenge a variety of provocative claims, including: that affirmative action harms those it is designed to help; that suicide, while perhaps acceptable for some with fatal diseases, is otherwise a manifestation of mental illness; that women are to blame for male violence toward them if they don't leave the relationships; that a low profile is the best path to success for women in academe; that women are treated fairly in academe, perhaps even better than men; and that "political correctness" is a recent and aberrant move away from respect for freedom of speech. Although drawing from experience as she creates and critiques theory, Bell argues against the view that it is the bedrock of theory.
Author : Tyler Tritten
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781614511557
This book provides the English-speaking world with a comprehensive account of the still largely unknown work of Schelling’s philosophy of mythology and revelation. Its achievement, however, is not archival but philosophical, elucidating the relation between Schelling and onto-theology. It explains how Schelling dealt with the problem of nihilism and onto-theology well before Nietzsche and Heidegger, arguing that Schelling surpasses onto-theology or the philosophy of presence a century prior to Heidegger. Overall, the author provocatively suggests that Heidegger is perhaps Schelling’s genuine heir and by comprehensively interpreting Schelling’s multifaceted late lectures he analyzes issues as diverse as the Ancient relation between thinking and Being, the Medieval debate between voluntarism and intellectualism, the overcoming of modern subjectivism and German Idealism as well as many themes in contemporary philosophy. The presentation is systematic rather than thematic, following Schelling’s ages of the world through the Past, Present and Future. The results are daring, departing from the half-century long canonical reading of the late Schelling since Walter Schulz. This book is valuable for Schelling-scholars, historians of philosophy and theologians alike.
Author : Daniel D. De Haan
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004434523
In Necessary Existence and the Doctrine of Being in Avicenna’s Metaphysics of the Healing Daniel De Haan examines the primary notions being, thing, one, and necessary and their roles in the central argument of Avicenna’s metaphysical masterpiece.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015078935361
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113558063
Author : Borden Parker Bowne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Metaphysics
ISBN : WISC:89094578200
Author : Tom Kitwood,Dawn Brooker
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780335248032
The original Dementia Reconsidered: The Person Comes First by Tom Kitwood was published by Open University Press in 1997. It was a seminal text in the field of dementia studies and is still cited and referenced as core reading on person-centred dementia care. Tom died unexpectedly, just 12 months after the book was published. This book continues to inspire many people to challenge simplistic paradigms about dementia. Since the original book was written, however, there have been many changes in our understanding of dementia. The editor of this new edition, Dawn Brooker was mentored by Tom Kitwood. She has drawn together a remarkable group of writers to provide a commentary on Kitwood’s work. This new edition reproduces the original chapters but provides extra content from subject experts to update the book to a contemporary level. Dementia Reconsidered Re-visited is an ideal main text or supplementary text for all those studying or working in nursing, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, social work, adult education, gerontology and health and social care more generally. “This important book does three things. It brings to a new generation the insight and vision of Tom Kitwood. It highlights the remarkable progress we have made in recent years. But most important of all it reminds us what still needs to be done if we are to fully respect the rights of people with dementia and their family care-givers. Kitwood inspired Alzheimer’s Society to knit together research, care, and societal change. We are now re-inspired to make sure all progress is evidenced and evaluated for its impact. We must realise the enormous opportunities the digital age offers people affected by dementia but in doing so constantly listen to and learn from their many and varied voices across nations and cultures.” Jeremy Hughes CBE, Chief Executive, Alzheimer's Society, UK
Author : Juan Valdez
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 918 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781480996984
Eurasian Philosophy and Quantum Metaphysics (Theology Reconsidered) By: Juan Valdez The science of our modern age is able to neither address nor solve our current global problems. Author Juan Valdez believes we should study humanity’s ancient wisdom and philosophy texts to develop a new intellectual paradigm that can respond and support our current needs. Eurasian Philosophy and Quantum Metaphysics (Theology Reconsidered) is an in-depth study of the origins and meanings of ancient philosophies before they were fractured into mythology and religions and attacked by modern science. Beginning with creation mythology in Eurasia through the development of philosophical thought, to the Scientific Revolution to our own modern Quantum Era, the progression – and abandonment – of ancient wisdom is carefully studied. Valdez reviews and analyzes the ancient texts themselves to understand what they truly say and not what later historians have said about them. The Indo-Aryan Vedas, the Torah, Rene Descartes’ Discourse on the Method and Principles of Philosophy, Neils Bohr’s Atomic Theory, and more, are all respectfully and critically assessed. As enlightened as we may consider ourselves, Valdez calls attention to how limited modern thought has become. By reviewing past wisdom, we can not only rediscover the roots of modern thought but place Wisdom itself at the top of intellectual pursuits. Eurasian Philosophy and Quantum Metaphysics (Theology Reconsidered) is a rich and nuanced study on how humanity has thought of itself.
Author : Carlos Muñoz-Suárez,Felipe De Brigard
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-07-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319173740
What are the grounds for the distinction between the mental and the physical? What is it the relation between ascribing mental states to an organism and understanding its behavior? Are animals and complex systems vehicles of inner evolutionary environments? Is there a difference between personal and sub-personal level processes in the brain? Answers to these and other questions were developed in Daniel Dennett’s first book, Content and Consciousness (1969), where he sketched a unified theoretical framework for views that are now considered foundational in cognitive science and philosophy of mind. Content and Consciousness Revisited is devoted to reconsider the ideas and ideals introduced in Dennett’s seminal book, by covering its fundamental concepts, hypotheses and approaches and taking into account the findings and progress which have taken place during more than four decades. This book includes original and critical contributions about the relations between science and philosophy, the personal/sub-personal level distinction, intelligence, learning, intentionality, rationality, propositional attitudes, among other issues of scientific and philosophical interest. Each chapter embraces an updated approach to several disciplines, like cognitive science, cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind and cognitive psychiatry.
Author : J. Richard Wingerter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0761821929
A careful and intense look at the writings of J. Krishnamurti results in the understanding of the important differences there are between conscious awareness and awareness which is not consciousness, perception with a perceiver and perceiverless perception, abstract truth and living truth, and most importantly between a partially functioning and a totally functioning, that is, a truly silent, meditative mind. The truly silent, meditative mind is mind that is completely silent, but not merely made silent by partial mind functioning. In Beyond Metaphysics Revisited, J. Richard Wingerter examines past philosophy, specifically metaphysics, to show that though metaphysicians asked important and highly significant questions, the answers they provided to these questions were meaningless or nonsensical because they unduly limited the mind to conscious awareness and to its partial functioning. These same limitations are present in contemporary philosophy and thus there is need not only to go beyond past metaphysical aspects of philosophy but also beyond the restrictions that are there in contemporary philosophy.