Dynamic Structure Of Reality

Author : Nelson R. Orringer
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0252092066

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Dynamic Structure of Reality by Nelson R. Orringer Pdf

Dynamic Structure of Reality makes available in English some of the most mature thought of the modern Spanish philosopher Xavier Zubiri. He first presented this material as a set of 1968 public lectures in Madrid. They were collected, edited, and published in 1989 as Estructura dinámica de la realidad. In 1962 Zubiri had published Sobre la esencia (On essence), a work of metaphysics that was praised by critics with one qualification: its treatment of reality was too static. The 1968 course was devised as a response to those critics. Dynamic Structure of Reality retraces the road Hegel traveled concerning the creation of a self and how that self is realized by an interplay between spirit and nature. Like his great predecessor José Ortega y Gasset, and like his great Jewish contemporary Emmanuel Levinas, Zubiri takes religion in all seriousness and locates its questions within the questions of modern philosophy. In harmony with science, he advances a new idea of becoming. Reality, not being, becomes. As reality’s traits are revealed, in different degrees, reality resembles God, the universal self-giver. Zubiri systematically touches on many disciplines to show the varieties of self-giving--throughout the universe--of structural dynamism.

Author : Steven Kaufman
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781504343763

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Unified Reality Theory by Steven Kaufman Pdf

“Unified Reality Theory demonstrates that the source of reality is a universal consciousness, and that we are in no way separable from that source, and so in no way truly separable from each other or any other aspect of reality. I recommend this book to anyone interested in understanding the nature of reality and their place in it.” —Deepak Chopra Unified Reality Theory describes how all reality evolves from an absolute existence. It also demonstrates that this absolute existence must have consciousness as an attribute that’s intrinsic to its being. Thus, Unified Reality Theory shows that consciousness, rather than being a product of the evolution of physical reality, is itself the source of what we experience as physical reality, and that physical reality is itself but one aspect of an evolving universal consciousness. Unified Reality Theory shows that, most fundamentally, this absolute consciousness-existence evolves into reality by means of a single process: self-relation. That is, consciousness-existence becomes reality by forming relationships with itself, analogous in a very limited way to what happens to a rubber band that’s twisted upon itself, i.e., it remains whole while differentiating into other forms. Thus, Unified Reality Theory demonstrates that reality is a state of existential self-relation. The idea that the universe consists of existence which has formed relationships with itself isn’t new; Taoists have understood this idea for at least a couple of thousand years. What’s new here is the presentation of this idea in the form of a detailed and defined structural model that correlates with the behavior of physical reality as described by science in general and physics in particular. Ultimately, Unified Reality Theory uses science and logic to make the case that God exists, as a pervasive and absolute consciousness that transcends the realities of space and time, and that we, as well as everything else, are that!

Author : Paul Tillich
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Christianity
ISBN : 0226803376

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Systematic theology by Paul Tillich Pdf

Addresses the overall issue of meaning and meaningless from a mid-twentieth century perspective. Focuses on God as the "ground of being," Christology, and life in the spirit

Author : Paul L. Nunez
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780199914647

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Brain, Mind, and the Structure of Reality by Paul L. Nunez Pdf

Does the brain create the mind, or is some external entity involved? This book synthesizes ideas borrowed from philosophy, religion, and science. Topics range widely from brain imagining of thought processes to quantum mechanics and the essential role of information in brains and physical systems.

Author : Quentin Lauer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1983-06-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438410180

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Hegel's Concept of God by Quentin Lauer Pdf

"If one takes a panoramic view of Hegel's entire philosophical endeavor—the endeavor to come to grips with and to be committed to reality in the concrete—one is struck by one inescapable idea: The Hegelian enterprise is an extraordinarily unified and grandiose attempt to elaborate one concept, which Hegel sees as the root of all intelligibility—the concept of God, whatever that term is going to turn out to mean... "...The question with which we are faced ... is neither whether Hegel is correct in what he says nor whether his interpreters are justified in what they say of him. Rather the question is one of finding out just what Hegel does say and of determining what impact that can have on our own thinking... "...Why, then, the 'Concept of God'? The answer is to be found in the culmination of the entire Hegelian system, 'The Philosophy of Absolute Spirit.' Only in the light of 'absolute Spirit' is anything Hegel says intelligible ... in Hegel's view, 'absolute Spirit' is in fact to be identified with God and that, therefore, only if Hegel's 'Concept of God' is intelligible, will anything Hegel says be intelligible." — from the Introduction

Author : Bernard J. F. Lonergan,Robert M. Doran
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 080203439X

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Collected Works of Bernard Lonergan: Collection by Bernard J. F. Lonergan,Robert M. Doran Pdf

Collection contains short works that span Lonergan's work from 1943 to 1965. The papers deal with scientific, mathematical, theological, and philosophical questions, including discussions of such topics as the proper foundation of metaphysics, the form of inference, the nature of love and marriage, and the role of the university in the modern world.

Author : J. Matthew Ashley,Kevin F. Burke, S.J.,Rodolfo Cardenal, S.J.
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781608335084

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A Grammar of Justice by J. Matthew Ashley,Kevin F. Burke, S.J.,Rodolfo Cardenal, S.J. Pdf

Author : JOSEPH BRENNER
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-05-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402083754

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Logic in Reality by JOSEPH BRENNER Pdf

This book is both dif?cult and rewarding, affording a new perspective on logic and reality, basically seen in terms of change and stability, being and becoming. Most importantly it exemplifies a mode of doing philosophy of science that seems a welcome departure from the traditional focus on purely analytic arguments. The author approaches ontology, metaphysics, and logic as having offered a number of ways of constructing the description of reality, and aims at deepening their relationships in a new way. Going beyond the mere abstract and formal aspects of logical analysis, he offers a new architecture of logic that sees it as applied not only to the “reasoning processes” belonging to the first disciplinary group – ontology – but also directly concerned with en- ties, events, and phenomena studied by the second one – metaphysics. It is the task of the book to elaborate such a constructive logic, both by offering a lo- cal view of the structure of the reality in general and by proffering a wealth of models able to encompass its implications for science. In turning from the merely formal to the constructive account of logic Brenner overcomes the limitation of logic to linguistic concepts so that it can be not only a logic “of” reality but also “in” that reality which is constitutively characterized by a number of fundamental dualities (observer and observed, self and not-self, internal and external, etc.

Author : Abdoullaev, Azamat
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781599049670

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Reality, Universal Ontology and Knowledge Systems: Toward the Intelligent World by Abdoullaev, Azamat Pdf

"This book provides cutting-edge research on reality, its nature and fundamental structure, represented both by human minds and intelligent machines.--striving to describe a world model and ontology; organized human knowledge; powerful reasoning systems; and secure communication interoperability between human beings and computing reasoning systems promising the profound revolution in human values and ways of life"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Steven E. Kaufman
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9798765245613

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The Nature of Reality by Steven E. Kaufman Pdf

What is The Nature of Reality? Contrary to what almost all human beings presently believe, we do not live in a physical Universe because, as The Nature of Reality explains, physical reality is just an appearance that is being created by our minds and then superimposed by projection upon the non-physical reality that is both actually there and what we really are. The problem that arises as a result of believing physical reality to be the reality that is actually there is that that mistaken belief causes physical reality to function like a misperceived reflection to continuously obscure one’s own reality from their awareness, thereby effectively trapping one’s awareness in what is nothing more than a mind-generated experiential dream that is neither the reality that is actually there nor the reality that one really is. The Nature of Reality was written to provide you with the opportunity to free yourself from that experiential dream and from the suffering being trapped in that dream produces by using fundamental scientific facts to demonstrate that physical reality is not the reality that is actually there where it appears to be so you can rid your mind of the false belief in physical reality that it is inadvertently using to convert physical reality into a delusion that continuously hides from your awareness the non-physical reality you really are. Whether you know it or not, your awareness is presently trapping itself in a mind-generated experiential dream as a function of what is nothing more than a mistaken belief. The question is: Are you ready to loosen your grip on that belief so you can begin to wake up and become aware of the reality you really are?

Author : Graeme Harper,Jeri Kroll
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137609571

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Creative Writing by Graeme Harper,Jeri Kroll Pdf

This stimulating edited collection focuses on the practice of revision across all creative writing genres, providing a guide to the modes and methods of drafting, revising and editing. Offering an overview of how creative writing is generated and improved, the chapters address questions of how creative writers revise, why editing is such a crucial part of the creative process and how understanding the theories underpinning revision can enhance writers' projects. Innovative and thought-provoking, this book is ideal for undergraduate and postgraduate students of creative writing, along with all creative writers looking to hone and polish their craft.

Author : Luis Arturo Martínez Vásquez,Randall Carrera Umaña,Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781666925623

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The Liberating Philosophy of Ignacio Ellacuría by Luis Arturo Martínez Vásquez,Randall Carrera Umaña,Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda Pdf

The Liberating Philosophy of Ignacio Ellacuría: Historical Reality, Humanism, and Praxis is the first systematic work on the philosophy of Ignacio Ellacuría to be published in English so far. The Spaniard-Salvadorian philosopher—murdered in Salvador in 1989 by the military—maintains that philosophy is a permanent task grounded in metaphysics as first philosophy, as developed within a historical reality and a preferential option for the poor. As explored by this collection edited by Luis Arturo Martínez Vásquez, Randall Carrera Umaña, and Luis Rubén Díaz Cepeda, Ellacuría's theory is a critical and practical proposal immersed in the colonial history of Central America, but its explanatory and normative power extends to oppressed people all around the world. The contributors to this volume, coming from Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Salvador, and Costa Rica, analyze Ellacuría's philosophy of liberation in conjunction with radical realism and strength, describing it as "a philosophy created by people concerned with the problems and history of our land—such as our colonial past, systemic poverty and dependency—and… responding to these concerns can offer alternatives for a true liberation of all the dominated peoples of the world."

Author : Jerzy Gołosz
Publisher : Wydawnictwo UJ
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9788323373070

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In Defence of a Dynamic View of Reality by Jerzy Gołosz Pdf

This collection of papers defends a dynamic view of reality which is founded on the assumption of the objective existence of the flow of time. The vindication makes use of a metaphysical theory of the flow of time developed by the author which is based on the notion of dynamic existence. “The topics covered in the book are presented in an exhaustive and complete way. The defended position is presented in many aspects — ontological, methodological and scientific (physical). (…) It will certainly be a valuable contribution to the ongoing discussions on the passage of time, the problem of time asymmetry, and the relationship between the ontology of time and modern physics.” From the review by Prof. Tomasz Bigaj

Author : Joseph Harp Britton
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567311962

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Abraham Heschel and the Phenomenon of Piety by Joseph Harp Britton Pdf

Piety is often regarded with a pejorative bias: a "pious" person is thought to be overly religious, supercilious even. Yet historically the concept of piety has played an important role in Christian theology and practice. For Abraham Heschel, piety describes the contours of a life compatible with God's presence. While much has been made of Heschel's concept of pathos, relatively little attention has been given to the pivotal role of piety in his thought, with the result that the larger methodological implications of his work for both Jewish and Christian theology have been overlooked. Grounding Heschel's work in Husserl, Dilthey, Schiller and Heidegger, the book explores his phenomenological method of "penetrating the consciousness of the pious person in order to perceive the divine reality behind it." The book goes on to consider the significance of Heschel's methodology in view of the theocentric ethics of Gustafson and Hauerwas and the post-modern context reflected in the works of Levinas, Vattimo, Marion and the Radical Orthodoxy movement.

Author : Denis Dutton,Michael Krausz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400982307

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The Concept of Creativity in Science and Art by Denis Dutton,Michael Krausz Pdf

This third volume of American University Publications in Philos ophy continues the tradition of presenting books in the series shaping current frontiers and new directions in phi. osophical reflection. In a period emerging from the neglect of creativity by positivism, Professors Dutton and Krausz and their eminent colleagues included in the collection challenge modern philosophy to explore the concept of creativity in both scientific inquiry and artistic production. In view of the fact that Professor Krausz served at one time as Visiting Professor of Philosophy at The American University we are especially pleased to include this volume in the series. HAROLD A. DURFEE, for the editors of American University Publications in Philosophy EDITORS' PREFACE While the literature on the psychology of creativity is substantial, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the subject by philos ophers in recent years. This fact is no doubt owed in 'part to the legacy of positivism, whose tenets have included a sharp distinction between what Hans Reichenbach called the context of discovery and the context of justification. Philosophy in this view must address itself to the logic of justifying hypotheses; little of philo sophical importance can be said about the more creative business of discovering them. That, positivism has held, is no more than a merely psychological question: since there is no logic of discovery or creation, there can be no philosophical reconstruction of it.