Experience And Nature

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39076005290593

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Experience and Nature by John Dewey Pdf

This is an enlarged, revised edition of the Paul Carus lecturers which John Dewey delivered in 1925. It covers Dewey's basic formulation of the problem of knowledge, with both a full discussion of theories and resolutions propounded by other systems, and a detailing of Dewey's own concepts upon the relationship of the external world, the minds, and knowledge. Starting with a thorough examination of philosophical method, Dewey examines the interrelationship of experience and nature, and upon the basis of empirical naturalism analyzes experience, the formulation of law, the role of language and social factors in knowledge, the nature of mind, and the final interrelation of mind and matter. Dewey, as in his other mature philosophy, attempts to replace the traditional separation of nature and experience with the idea of continuity, using the traditional separation of nature and experience with the idea of continuity, using the concept of language as the bridge. Dewey's treatment of central problems in philosophy and philosophy of science is profound, yet extremely easy to follow. His range of subject matter is very wide, from the anthropology of Malinowski to gravity, evolution, and the role of art, and his insights are clear and valuable. Scientists, philosophers of science, philosophers, and students of American history of thought will all find this one of the most profitable works by a great 20th-century thinker.

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0343257734

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Experience and Nature by John Dewey Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Rachel Kaplan,Stephen Kaplan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1989-07-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521349397

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The Experience of Nature by Rachel Kaplan,Stephen Kaplan Pdf

Author : Thomas M. Alexander
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780791494448

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John Dewey's Theory of Art, Experience, and Nature by Thomas M. Alexander Pdf

Thomas Alexander shows that the primary, guiding concern of Dewey's philosophy is his theory of aesthetic experience. He directly challenges those critics, most notably Stephen Pepper and Benedetto Croce, who argued that this area is the least consistent part of Dewey's thought. The author demonstrates that the fundamental concept in Dewey's system is that of "experience" and that paradigmatic treatment of experience is to be found in Dewey's analysis of aesthetics and art. The confusions resulting from the neglect of this orientation have led to prolonged misunderstandings, eventual neglect, and unwarranted popularity for ideas at odds with the genuine thrust of Dewey's philosophical concerns. By exposing the underlying aesthetic foundations of Dewey's philosophy, Alexander aims to rectify many of these errors, generating a fruitful new interest in Dewey.

Author : Bryan Bannon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783485222

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Nature and Experience by Bryan Bannon Pdf

This volume presents essays assessing the contributions phenomenology has to make to environmental studies.

Author : Jesse J. Prinz
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781846145728

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Beyond Human Nature by Jesse J. Prinz Pdf

In this provocative, revelatory tour de force, Jesse Prinz reveals how the cultures we live in - not biology - determine how we think and feel. He examines all aspects of our behaviour, looking at everything from our intellects and emotions, to love and sex, morality and even madness. This book seeks to go beyond traditional debates of nature and nurture. He is not interested in finding universal laws but, rather, in understanding, explaining and celebrating our differences. Why do people raised in Western countries tend to see the trees before the forest, while people from East Asia see the forest before the trees? Why, in South East Asia, is there a common form of mental illness, unheard of in the West, in which people go into a trancelike state after being startled? Compared to Northerners, why are people in the American South more than twice as likely to kill someone over an argument? And, above all, just how malleable are we? Prinz shows that the vast diversity of our behaviour is not engrained. He picks up where biological explanations leave off. He tells us the human story.

Author : Susan G. Davis
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520919532

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Spectacular Nature by Susan G. Davis Pdf

This is the story of Sea World, a theme park where the wonders of nature are performed, marketed, and sold. With its trademark star, Shamu the killer whale—as well as performing dolphins, pettable sting rays, and reproductions of pristine natural worlds—the park represents a careful coordination of shows, dioramas, rides, and concessions built around the theme of ocean life. Susan Davis analyzes the Sea World experience and the forces that produce it: the theme park industry; Southern California tourism; the privatization of urban space; and the increasing integration of advertising, entertainment, and education. The result is an engaging exploration of the role played by images of nature and animals in contemporary commercial culture, and a precise account of how Sea World and its parent corporation, Anheuser-Busch, succeed. Davis argues that Sea World builds its vision of nature around customers' worries and concerns about the environment, family relations, and education. While Davis shows the many ways that Sea World monitors its audience and manipulates animals and landscapes to manufacture pleasure, she also explains the contradictions facing the enterprise in its campaign for a positive public identity. Shifting popular attitudes, animal rights activists, and environmental laws all pose practical and public relations challenges to the theme park. Davis confronts the park's vast operations with impressive insight and originality, revealing Sea World as both an industrial product and a phenomenon typical of contemporary American culture. Spectacular Nature opens an intriguing field of inquiry: the role of commercial entertainment in shaping public understandings of the environment and environmental problems.

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781416587279

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Experience & Education by John Dewey Pdf

Experience and Education is the best concise statement on education ever published by John Dewey, the man acknowledged to be the pre-eminent educational theorist of the twentieth century. Written more than two decades after Democracy and Education (Dewey's most comprehensive statement of his position in educational philosophy), this book demonstrates how Dewey reformulated his ideas as a result of his intervening experience with the progressive schools and in the light of the criticisms his theories had received. Analyzing both "traditional" and "progressive" education, Dr. Dewey here insists that neither the old nor the new education is adequate and that each is miseducative because neither of them applies the principles of a carefully developed philosophy of experience. Many pages of this volume illustrate Dr. Dewey's ideas for a philosophy of experience and its relation to education. He particularly urges that all teachers and educators looking for a new movement in education should think in terms of the deeped and larger issues of education rather than in terms of some divisive "ism" about education, even such an "ism" as "progressivism." His philosophy, here expressed in its most essential, most readable form, predicates an American educational system that respects all sources of experience, on that offers a true learning situation that is both historical and social, both orderly and dynamic.

Author : M. Amos Clifford
Publisher : Red Wheel
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781633412262

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Your Guide to Forest Bathing (Expanded Edition) by M. Amos Clifford Pdf

The bestselling guide to forest bathing with a new section of hands-on forest bathing practices and space for journal entries and reflections. Simply being present in the natural world, with all of our senses fully alive, can have a remarkably healing effect. It can also awaken in us our latent but profound connection with all living things. This is “forest bathing,” a practice inspired by the Japanese tradition of shinrin-yoku. It is a gentle, meditative approach to being with nature and an antidote to our nature-starved lives that can heal our relationship with the more-than-human world. In Your Guide to Forest Bathing, you'll discover a path that you can use to begin a practice of your own that includes specific activities presented by Amos Clifford, one of the world’s most experienced forest bathing experts. Whether you’re in a forest or woodland, public park, or just your own backyard, this book will be your personal guide as you explore the natural world in a way you may have never thought possible.

Author : Sebastian Slovin,Sonya Mohamed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-21
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1736393804

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Experience Nature Unplugged by Sebastian Slovin,Sonya Mohamed Pdf

You hold in your hands a beacon of light in our overly distracted digital world. Sebastian Slovin and Sonya Mohamed are co-founders of the wellness education organization Nature Unplugged. Since 2012, they have worked with thousands of clients - families, working professionals, educators and students - through workshops, coaching, and retreats, to help them cultivate wellness in the digital age. In their newest book, Experience Nature Unplugged: A Guide to Wellness in the Digital Age, they not only detail the problem - why we are so obsessed with our screens and devices - but more importantly, focus on how to find solutions that work. Breaking free from the clutches of technology overuse isn't just a nice idea; it's something that is absolutely achievable. These pages hold the same ideas, research, methods and tools that have consistently worked for Nature Unplugged clients, and they are now available to you. This book is for anyone looking to navigate today's noisy digital world with more intention. It's a step-by-step journey toward wellness and balance in the digital age.

Author : Carl von Essen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-19
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781591439660

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Ecomysticism by Carl von Essen Pdf

Explores the philosophy, science, and spirituality of nature mysticism and its Green calling • Offers a solid bridge between spiritual practice and environmental activism • Reveals how we can heal the environment by renewing our connection to it • Shows how spiritual encounters in nature are healing the Nature Deficit Disorder of our psyches and bodies Many have been struck by a majestic moment in nature--a sole illuminated flower in a shady grove, an owl swooping silently across a wooded path, or an infinitely starry sky--and found themselves in a state of expanded awareness so profound they can feel the interconnectedness of all life. These trance-like moments of clarity, unity, and wonder often incite a call to protect and preserve the earth--to support Nature as she supports us. Termed “nature mysticism,” people from all cultures have described such experiences. However, the ever-increasing urbanization of the world’s population is threatening this ancient connection as well as the earth itself. In Ecomysticism, Carl von Essen explores nature mysticism through the recorded experiences of outdoor enthusiasts as well as scientific studies in biology, psychology, and neuroscience. Citing consciousness scholar William James and a variety of well-known nature lovers such as Ansel Adams, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, von Essen shows how the spiritual transcendence from an encounter in nature--like other mystical experiences--is healing the Nature Deficit Disorder of our psyches and bodies, leading to an expansion of our worldview and a clearer understanding of our self and of our natural world. Offering a solid bridge between spiritual practice and environmental activism, von Essen’s spiritual ecology reveals how only through a renewal of humanity’s spiritual connection to nature can we effect true environmental healing.

Author : Anthony Kenny
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-12-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781405135832

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The Wittgenstein Reader by Anthony Kenny Pdf

This popular selection of Wittgenstein’s key writings has now been updated to include new material relevant to recent debates about the philosopher. Follows the evolution of Wittgenstein’s philosophical thought from the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus through to the Philosophical Investigations. Excerpts are arranged by topic and introduce readers to all the central concerns of Wittgenstein’s philosophy. Now includes a new chapter on ‘Sense, Nonsense and Philosophy’ incorporating material relevant to recent debates about Wittgenstein.

Author : John Dewey
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780486121956

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Experience and Nature by John Dewey Pdf

Analysis and evaluation of problem of knowledge, other systems, formulation of law, role of language, social factors.

Author : Matt Ridley
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780007380855

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Nature via Nurture: Genes, experience and what makes us human by Matt Ridley Pdf

Acclaimed author Matt Ridley's thrilling follow-up to his bestseller Genome. Armed with the extraordinary new discoveries about our genes, Ridley turns his attention to the nature versus nurture debate to bring the first popular account of the roots of human behaviour.

Author : Jana Lemke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Human beings
ISBN : 9088905584

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Exploring Human Nature by Jana Lemke Pdf

This work presents a reflexive mixed methods study of young adults' experiences of solo time in the wilderness and the impact on these individuals' attitudes and values in the face of global change.