Paradox Dialectic And System

Author : Howard P. Kainz
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 150 pages
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Release : 2010-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780271038988

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This book undertakes a critical analysis of some central problems in Hegel scholarship. It is concerned with clarifying the theoretical underpinnings of paradox, the possible relationship of paradox to a dialectic logic, and the possibilities of systematization of dialectic and/or paradox. The author begins with a discussion of current attitudes toward paradox in mathematics, science, and logic, and then moves gradually toward a differentiation of philosophical paradox in the strict sense from literary, religious, and logic paradox. The relationship of dialect to paradox is elucidated by means of a phenomenological analysis of self-consciousness. Finally, possible approaches to the systematization of dialectic are considered. Analyzing and evaluating Hegel's dialectical-paradoxical system in particular, Dr. Kainz also addresses the question of viable alternatives to Hegel's approach. While paradox is generally considered by philosophers and logicians as something to be avoided, Kainz's study investigates the possibility that it is an important and even indispensable element of constructive thinking in philosophy as well as other disciplines. Paradox, Dialect, and System is this a contribution not only to Hegel scholarship but to philosophy itself. It will be of particular interest to this concerned with the differentiation of dialectical and nondialectical philosophical systems and with the prevalence of paradox in literature, religion, and contemporary physics.

Author : Howard P. Kainz
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0271028300

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Paradox, Dialectic, and System by Howard P. Kainz Pdf

This book undertakes a critical analysis of some central problems in Hegel scholarship. It is concerned with clarifying the theoretical underpinnings of paradox, the possible relationship of paradox to a dialectic logic, and the possibilities of systematization of dialectic and/or paradox. The author begins with a discussion of current attitudes toward paradox in mathematics, science, and logic, and then moves gradually toward a differentiation of philosophical paradox in the strict sense from literary, religious, and logic paradox. The relationship of dialect to paradox is elucidated by means of a phenomenological analysis of self-consciousness. Finally, possible approaches to the systematization of dialectic are considered. Analyzing and evaluating Hegel's dialectical-paradoxical system in particular, Dr. Kainz also addresses the question of viable alternatives to Hegel's approach. While paradox is generally considered by philosophers and logicians as something to be avoided, Kainz's study investigates the possibility that it is an important and even indispensable element of constructive thinking in philosophy as well as other disciplines. Paradox, Dialect, and System is this a contribution not only to Hegel scholarship but to philosophy itself. It will be of particular interest to this concerned with the differentiation of dialectical and nondialectical philosophical systems and with the prevalence of paradox in literature, religion, and contemporary physics.

Author : Moshe Farjoun,Wendy Smith,Ann Langley,Haridimos Tsoukas
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192562371

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Dualities, Dialectics, and Paradoxes in Organizational Life by Moshe Farjoun,Wendy Smith,Ann Langley,Haridimos Tsoukas Pdf

Contradictions permeate and propel organizational life - including tensions between reaching globally while focusing locally; competing while also cooperating; performing reliably while experimenting, taking risks, and learning; or granting autonomy while constraining freedom. These tensions give organizational members pause, but also spur them to take action; they may be necessary for preserving the social order, but are also required to transform it. Drawing on the Eighth International Symposium on Process Organization Studies, Dualities, Dialectics, and Paradoxes in Organizational Life examines how contradictions fuel emergent, dynamic systems and stimulate novelty, adaption, and transformations. It uses conceptual and empirical studies to offer insight into how process theorizing advances understanding of organizational contradictions; to shed light on how dialectics, paradoxes, and dualities fuel persistence and transformation; and to explore the convergence and divergence of dialectics, paradox, and dualities. Taken together, it offers key insights to inform persistent, contradictory dynamics in organizations and organizational studies.

Author : Ian Cooper,Bernhard F. Malkmus
Publisher : Cultural History and Literary Imagination
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Civilization, Modern
ISBN : 3034307144

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Dialectic and Paradox by Ian Cooper,Bernhard F. Malkmus Pdf

From Hegel to the present, the humanities and social sciences have revealed the volatile power of third agency. The articles in this volume trace the role of triadic figures across a broad range of discourses, revealing the roots of modernity in dialectic and paradox. Features innovative perspectives on Adorno, Agamben, Derrida, Simmel and more.

Author : Charles William Nuckolls
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Cognition and culture
ISBN : 0299151239

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The Cultural Dialectics of Knowledge and Desire by Charles William Nuckolls Pdf

Author : Marshall Scott Poole,Andrew Van de Ven
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780192584809

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The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Change and Innovation by Marshall Scott Poole,Andrew Van de Ven Pdf

Organizational change and innovation are central and enduring issues in management theory and practice. Dramatic changes in population demographics, technology, competitive survival, and social, economic, and environmental health and sustainability concerns means the need to understand how organizations repond to these shifts through change and innovation has never been greater. Why and what organizations change is generally well known; how organizations change is therefore the central focus of this Handbook. It focuses on processes of change — or the sequence of events in which organizational characteristics and activities change and develop over time — and the factors that influence these processes, with the organization as the central unit of analysis. Across the diverse and wide-ranging contributions, three central questions evolve: what is the nature of change and process?; what are the key concepts and models for understanding organization change and innovation?; and how should we study change and innovation? This Handbook presents critical evolving scholarship from leading experts across a range of disciplines, and explores its implications for future research and practice.

Author : Howard Alexander Slaatte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015009280218

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The Pertinence of the Paradox by Howard Alexander Slaatte Pdf

Author : Paul T. P. Wong,Lilian C. J. Wong
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 641 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007-02-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780387262383

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Handbook of Multicultural Perspectives on Stress and Coping by Paul T. P. Wong,Lilian C. J. Wong Pdf

The only book currently available that focuses and multicultural, cross-cultural and international perspectives of stress and coping A very comprehensive resource book on the subject matter Contains many groundbreaking ideas and findings in stress and coping research Contributors are international scholars, both well-established authors as well as younger scholars with new ideas Appeals to managers, missionaries, and other professions which require working closely with people from other cultures

Author : Wendy K. Smith,Marianne W. Lewis,Paula Jarzabkowski,Ann Langley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198754428

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The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Paradox by Wendy K. Smith,Marianne W. Lewis,Paula Jarzabkowski,Ann Langley Pdf

Organisations are rife with paradoxes, evident in persistent and interwoven tensions for example between stability and change, flexibility and control, diversity and inclusion, long term and short term, social and financial, learning and performing. This handbook investigates paradoxes across various organisational phenomena and levels of analysis.

Author : Nectarios G. Limnatis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781441171337

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The Dimensions of Hegel's Dialectic by Nectarios G. Limnatis Pdf

The Dimensions of Hegel's Dialectic examines the epistemological import of Hegelian dialectic in the widest sense. In modern philosophy, German idealism, Hegel in particular, is said to have made significant innovative steps in redefining the meaning, scope and use of dialectic. Indeed, it is dialectic that makes up the very core of Hegel's position, yet it is an area of his thought that is widely neglected by the available literature despite the increased interest in Hegel's philosophy in recent years. This book brings together an international team of expert contributors in a long-overdue discussion of Hegelian dialectic. Twelve specially commissioned essays address the task of making sense and use of Hegel's dialectic, which is fundamental not only for historical and hermeneutic reasons, but also for pragmatic ones; a satisfactory response to this challenge has the power to clarify Hegel's legacy in the current debate. The essays situate the dialectic in the context of German idealism with a clear-sighted elucidation of the problems that Hegel's dialectic is called upon to solve.

Author : John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : History
ISBN : BSB:BSB11171167

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Studies in the Hegelian Dialectic by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart Pdf

Author : Charles W. Nuckolls
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780299158934

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Culture by Charles W. Nuckolls Pdf

French historian Alexis de Tocqueville observed that the conflict between the ideals of individualism and community defines American culture. In this groundbreaking new work, anthropologist Charles Nuckolls discovers that every culture consists of such paradoxes, thus making culture a problem that cannot be solved. He does, however, find much creative tension in these unresolvable opposites. Nuckolls presents three fascinating case studies that demonstrate how values often are expressed in the organization of social roles. First he treats the Micronesian Ifaluks’ opposition between cooperation and self-gratification by examining the nature versus nurture debate. Nuckolls then shifts to the values of community and individual adventure by looking at the conflicts in the identities of public figures in Oklahoma. Finally, he investigates the cultural significance in the diagnostic system and practices of psychiatry in the United States. Nuckolls asserts that psychiatry treats genders differently, assigning dependence to women and independence to men and, in some cases, diagnoses the extreme forms of these values as disorders. Nuckolls elaborates on the theory of culture that he introduced in his previous book, The Cultural Dialectics of Knowledge and Desire, which proposed that the desire to resolve conflicts is central to cultural knowledge. In Culture: A Problem that Cannot Be Solved, Nuckolls restores the neglected social science concept of values, which addresses both knowledge and motivation. As a result, he brings together cognition and psychoanalysis, as well as sociology and psychology, in his study of cultural processes.

Author : Slavoj Zizek,John Milbank
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262265812

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The Monstrosity of Christ by Slavoj Zizek,John Milbank Pdf

A militant Marxist atheist and a “Radical Orthodox” Christian theologian square off on everything from the meaning of theology and Christ to the war machine of corporate mafia. “What matters is not so much that Žižek is endorsing a demythologized, disenchanted Christianity without transcendence, as that he is offering in the end (despite what he sometimes claims) a heterodox version of Christian belief.”—John Milbank “To put it even more bluntly, my claim is that it is Milbank who is effectively guilty of heterodoxy, ultimately of a regression to paganism: in my atheism, I am more Christian than Milbank.”—Slavoj Žižek In this corner, philosopher Slavoj Žižek, a militant atheist who represents the critical-materialist stance against religion's illusions; in the other corner, “Radical Orthodox” theologian John Milbank, an influential and provocative thinker who argues that theology is the only foundation upon which knowledge, politics, and ethics can stand. In The Monstrosity of Christ, Žižek and Milbank go head to head for three rounds, employing an impressive arsenal of moves to advance their positions and press their respective advantages. By the closing bell, they have not only proven themselves worthy adversaries, they have shown that faith and reason are not simply and intractably opposed. Žižek has long been interested in the emancipatory potential offered by Christian theology. And Milbank, seeing global capitalism as the new century's greatest ethical challenge, has pushed his own ontology in more political and materialist directions. Their debate in The Monstrosity of Christ concerns the future of religion, secularity, and political hope in light of a monsterful event—God becoming human. For the first time since Žižek's turn toward theology, we have a true debate between an atheist and a theologian about the very meaning of theology, Christ, the Church, the Holy Ghost, Universality, and the foundations of logic. The result goes far beyond the popularized atheist/theist point/counterpoint of recent books by Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, and others. Žižek begins, and Milbank answers, countering dialectics with “paradox.” The debate centers on the nature of and relation between paradox and parallax, between analogy and dialectics, between transcendent glory and liberation. Slavoj Žižek is a philosopher and cultural critic. He has published over thirty books, including Looking Awry, The Puppet and the Dwarf, and The Parallax View (these three published by the MIT Press). John Milbank is an influential Christian theologian and the author of Theology and Social Theory: Beyond Secular Reason and other books. Creston Davis, who conceived of this encounter, studied under both Žižek and Milbank.

Author : Michael Rosen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521318602

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Hegel's Dialectic and Its Criticism by Michael Rosen Pdf

Michael Rosen discusses the philosophical issues involved in historical interpretation before presenting a novel and challenging solution to the problem of Hegel's openness to criticism. Contrary to received opinion, Hegel's philosophy does not, he argues, draw upon a universal and pre-suppositionless conception of rationality.

Author : Zondervan,
Publisher : Zondervan Academic
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310830924

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God Under Fire by Zondervan, Pdf

God Never ChangesOr does he? God has been getting a makeover of late, a "reinvention" that has incited debate and troubled scholars and laypeople alike. Modern theological sectors as diverse as radical feminism and the new “open theism” movement are attacking the classical Christian view of God and vigorously promoting their own images of Divinity.God Under Fire refutes the claim that major attributes of the God of historic Christianity are false and outdated. This book responds to some increasingly popular alternate theologies and the ways in which they cast classical Christian theism in a negative light. Featuring an impressive cast of world-class biblical scholars, philosophers, and apologists, God Under Fire begins by addressing the question, “Should the God of Historic Christianity Be Replaced?” From there, it explores issues as old as time and as new as the inquest into the “openness of God.” How, for instance, does God risk, relate, emote, and change? Does he do these things, and if so, why? These and other questions are investigated with clarity, bringing serious scholarship into popular reach.Above all, this collection of essays focuses on the nature of God as presented in the Scriptures and as Christians have believed for centuries. God Under Fire builds a solid and appealing case for the God of classical Christian theism, who in recent years—as through the centuries—has been the God under fire.