Describing Ourselves

Author : Garry Hagberg
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-05-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191552861

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Describing Ourselves by Garry Hagberg Pdf

The voluminous writings of Ludwig Wittgenstein contain some of the most profound reflections of recent times on the nature of the human subject and self-understanding - the human condition, philosophically speaking. Describing Ourselves mines those extensive writings for a conception of the self that stands in striking contrast to its predecessors as well as its more recent alternatives. More specifically, the book offers a detailed discussion of Wittgenstein's later writings on language and mind as they hold special significance for the understanding and clarification of the distinctive character of self-descriptive or autobiographical language. Garry L. Hagberg undertakes a ground-breaking philosophical investigation of selected autobiographical writings - among the best examples we have of human selves exploring themselves - as they cast new and special light on the critique of mind-body dualism and its undercurrents in particular and on the nature of autobiographical consciousness more generally. The chapters take up in turn the topics of self-consciousness, what Wittgenstein calls 'the inner picture', mental privacy and the picture of metaphysical seclusion, the very idea of our observation of the contents of consciousness, first-person expressive speech, reflexive or self-directed thought and competing pictures of introspection, the nuances of retrospective self-understanding, person-perception and the corollary issues of self-perception (itself an interestingly dangerous phrase), self-defining memory, and the therapeutic conception of philosophical progress as it applies to all of these issues. The cast of characters interwoven throughout this rich discussion include, in addition to Wittgenstein centrally, Augustine, Goethe, Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Iris Murdoch, Donald Davidson, and Stanley Cavell, among others. Throughout, conceptual clarifications concerning mind and language are put to work in the investigation of issues relating to self-description and in novel philosophical readings of autobiographical texts.

Author : Pam Farrel,Jean E. Jones
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736975186

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Discovering Joy in Philippians by Pam Farrel,Jean E. Jones Pdf

Share the Joy If difficult days have ever left you discouraged, this interactive 11-week journey will help you engage creatively with God’s Word and establish habits that lead to greater joy and peace. Refresh your delight in the Lord through: Daily Lessons with an introduction and key questions for each chapter to help you dive deeper into the heart of Scripture and incorporate it into your life with joy builder activities Choosing Joy Devotions and inspirational quotes to stir hope even in difficult times as you learn to trust God’s faithfulness and rest in his strength no matter what circumstance you find yourself in Creative Connections including bookmarks and coloring pages that provide an outlet to knit your heart to God and explore your faith through artistic expression “…that your joy may be full.” John 15:11 This unique discovery book includes ideas for group studies, verse-inspired artwork to color, fascinating details about the Bible, and online connections and communities so you can build up your joy and build up others! To find out more about the complete series, explore many creative resources, and connect with the authors and other readers, visit DiscoveringTheBibleSeries.com.

Author : Chris Barker,Dariusz Galasinski
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 0761963847

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Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis by Chris Barker,Dariusz Galasinski Pdf

This text shows that critical discourse analysis is able to provide the analytic context, skills and tools by which we can study how language constructs, constitutes and shapes the social world.

Author : Nicola Phoenix
Publisher : Findhorn Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781844094912

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Reclaiming Happiness by Nicola Phoenix Pdf

The universal insights of Eastern philosophy combine with practical and inspiring ways to create a new life, a new self, and a new awareness of the wonder of being in this simple but powerful book. Presenting eight common misunderstandings about the body and spirit—such as egoism, fear, attachment, and disorder—this manual shows how to divert life away from these behaviors towards happiness, peace, and harmony. Also asking subtle psychological questions, this guide helps readers find their divine nature and shows them how to embrace it and live life aligned with it in order to acknowledge the true magnificence that lies within.

Author : Marvin Minsky
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780743276641

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The Emotion Machine by Marvin Minsky Pdf

One of the world's leading thinkers on artificial intelligence and author of "The Society of Mind" explains the many ways that each mind works and shows why emotions and feelings are just different ways of thinking.

Author : British Homoeopathic Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 690 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Homeopathy
ISBN : UOM:39015062265486

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The Journal of the British Homoeopathic Society by British Homoeopathic Society Pdf

Includes list of members.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555035952

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the monthly homeopathic review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:502303740

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Annals of the British Homoeopathic Society and of the London Homoeopathic Hospital by Anonim Pdf

Author : Vera Sonja Maass
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002-06-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780826173836

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Women's Group Therapy by Vera Sonja Maass Pdf

Through the use of group therapy sessions, conducted within a cognitive-behavioural framework, the author explores the cultural, social and parentual influences on women's lives. In-depth case studies and transcripts from the sessions illustrate women's actual step-by step process in examining issues as: motherhood, divorce, self-determination, etc. The focus is on the individual woman and her situation.

Author : Paul Chamness Miller,Hidehiro Endo,John L Watzke,Miguel Mantero
Publisher : IAP
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781648027673

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Language and Society by Paul Chamness Miller,Hidehiro Endo,John L Watzke,Miguel Mantero Pdf

Language and Society is the fifth volume of the Readings in Language Studies series published by the International Society for Language Studies, Inc. Edited by Paul Chamness Miller, Hidehiro Endo, John L. Watzke, and Miguel Mantero, volume five sustains the society's mission to organize and disseminate the work of its contributing members through peer-reviewed publications. The book presents international perspectives on language and society in three thematic sections: teaching practices & pedagogy, policy, and culture. A resource for scholars and students, Language and Society represents the latest scholarship in new and emergent areas of inquiry.

Author : John Kekes
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781501721861

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Moral Wisdom and Good Lives by John Kekes Pdf

In this profound and yet accessible book, John Kekes discusses moral wisdom: a virtue essential to living a morally good and personally satisfying life. He advances a broad, nontechnical argument that considers the adversities inherent in the human condition and assists in the achievement of good lives. The possession of moral wisdom, Kekes asserts, is a matter of degree: more of it makes lives better, less makes them worse. Exactly what is moral wisdom, however, and how should it be sought? Ancient Greek and medieval Christian philosophers were centrally concerned with it. By contrast, modern Western sensibility doubts the existence of a moral order in reality; and because we doubt it, and have developed no alternatives, we have grown dubious about the traditional idea of wisdom. Kekes returns to the classical Greek sources of Western philosophy to argue for the contemporary significance of moral wisdom. He develops a proposal that is eudaimonistic—secular, anthropocentric, pluralistic, individualistic, and agonistic. He understands moral wisdom as focusing on the human effort to create many different forms of good lives. Although the approach is Aristotelian, the author concentrates on formulating and defending a contemporary moral ideal. The importance of this ideal, he shows, lies in increasing our ability to cope with life's adversities by improving our judgment. In chapters on moral imagination, self-knowledge, and moral depth, Kekes calls attention to aspects of our inner life that have been neglected because of our cultural inattention to moral wisdom. He discusses these inner processes through the tragedies of Sophocles, which can inspire us with their enduring moral significance and help us to understand the importance of moral wisdom to living a good life.

Author : Sue Robson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136478932

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Developing Thinking and Understanding in Young Children by Sue Robson Pdf

Developing Thinking and Understanding in Young Children presents a comprehensive and accessible overview of contemporary theory and research about young children’s developing thinking and understanding. Throughout this second edition, the ideas and theories presented are enlivened by transcripts of children’s activities and conversations taken from practice and contemporary research, helping readers to make links between theory, research and practice. Each chapter also includes ideas for further reading and suggested activities. Aimed at all those interested in how young children develop through their thoughts and actions, Sue Robson explores: theories of cognitive development the social, emotional and cultural contexts of children’s thinking children’s conceptual development visual thinking approaches to supporting the development of young children’s thinking and understanding latest developments in brain science and young children the central roles of play and language in young children’s developing thinking. Including a new chapter on young children’s musical thinking, expanded sections on self regulation, metacognition and creative thinking and the use of video to observe and describe young children’s thinking, this book will be an essential read for all students undertaking Early Childhood, Primary PGCE and EYPS courses. Those studying for a Foundation degree in Early Years and Childcare will also find this book to be of interest.

Author : Alexis Dianda
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780674247642

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The Varieties of Experience by Alexis Dianda Pdf

A reclamation of experience as the foremost concept in the work of William James, and a powerful argument for the continuing importance of his philosophy. How does one deploy experience without succumbing to a foundationalist epistemology or an account of the subject rooted in immediately given objects of consciousness? In the wake of the so-called linguistic turn of the twentieth century, this is a question anyone thinking philosophically about experience must ask. Alexis Dianda answers through a reading of the pragmatic tradition, culminating in a defense of the role of experience in William James’s thought. Dianda argues that by reconstructing James’s philosophical project, we can locate a model of experience that not only avoids what Wilfrid Sellars called “the myth of the given” but also enriches pragmatism broadly. First, Dianda identifies the motivations for and limitations of linguistic nominalism, insisting that critics of experience focus too narrowly on justification and epistemic practices. Then, by emphasizing how James’s concept of experience stresses the lived, affective, and nondiscursive, the argument holds that a more robust notion of experience is necessary to reflect not just how we know but how we act. The Varieties of Experience provides a novel reconstruction of the relationship between psychology, moral thought, epistemology, and religion in James’s work, demonstrating its usefulness in tackling issues such as the relevance of perception to knowledge and the possibility of moral change. Against the tide of neopragmatic philosophers such as Richard Rorty and Robert Brandom, who argue that a return to experience must entail appeals to foundationalism or representationalism, Dianda’s intervention rethinks not only the value and role of experience but also the aims and resources of pragmatic philosophy today.

Author : James Brusseau
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 073910943X

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Decadence of the French Nietzsche by James Brusseau Pdf

In Decadence of the French Nietzsche author James Brusseau describes how and why French Nietzscheanism is contorting into decadence where philosophy is dedicated to the intensification of thought and the degradation of stolid truth.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1828 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435054968573

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Chemist and Druggist by Anonim Pdf