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Author : William Ernest Hocking
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1957
Category : Death
ISBN : UCAL:B4394152
Author : William Ernest Hocking
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1100141378
Author : Peter Hulsroj
Publisher : Springer
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319190938
This book deals with the very real possibility of earthly immortality and the human and societal implications of such immortality, including whether it is desirable. It looks at what makes immortality appear so attractive and at the possibility that we would be better served with longer lives and the freedom to terminate our lives at the time when life has given us all the joy, inspiration and personal development it possibly could. What If We Don’t Die? - Presents major moral dilemmas associated with human immortality, something which seems imminent due to rapidly progressing biomedical research. - Touches on big questions: is it acceptable that the immortal generation will be the last? How much life do you want? What is the purpose of life if life never ends? - Will trigger your imagination by putting a new spin on free will, current concepts of time and eternity, the possibility of multiple universes and multiple yous. What If We Don’t Die? draws extensively on philosophical and religious thought on the purpose of life and introduces novel perspectives on existence, personality and immortality based, for instance, on quantum mechanics and multiverse theory.
Author : William Ernest Hocking
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:814443647
Author : Carl B. Becker
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1993-09-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0791414760
Reviews accounts of demon-possession, memories of past lives, ghostly apparitions, and out-of-body experiences collected from Europe, Asia, and the Americas over the past century; and examines the tension between religious and scientific perspectives on the phenomena, the medical evidence, and the taboo on studying such subjects in the social sciences. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : John Martin Fischer
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-19
Category : Death
ISBN : 0190921145
"There are seven chapters, addressing philosophical issues pertaining to death, the badness of death, time and death, ideas on immortality, near death experiences, and extending life through medical technology. The book is shorter, and less elaborate, than Kagan's Death. And it goes into more depth about a selection of central issues related to death and immortality than May's book. It gives an original take on various basic puzzles pertaining to death, and integrates a discussion of these philosophical issues with an analysis of near-death experiences, as well as an exploration of contemporary efforts to extend life by heroic medical means"--
Author : Stuart Brown,Diane Collinson,Robert Wilkinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134927951
This Biographical Dictionary provides detailed accounts of the lives, works, influence and reception of thinkers from all the major philosophical schools and traditions of the twentieth-century. This unique volume covers the lives and careers of thinkers from all areas of philosophy - from analytic philosophy to Zen and from formal logic to aesthetics. All the major figures of philosophy, such as Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Russell are examined and analysed. The scope of the work is not merely restricted to the major figures in western philosophy but also covers in depth a significant number of thinkers from the near and far east and from the non-European Hispanic-language communities. The Biographical Dictionary also includes a number of general entries dealing with important schools of philosophy, such as the Vienna Circle, or currents of thought, such as vitalism. These allow the reader to set the individual biographies in the context of the philosophical history of the period. With entries written by over 100 leading philosophy scholars, the Biographical Dictionary is the most comprehensive survey of twentieth-century thinkers to date. Structure The book is structured alphabetically by philosopher. Each entry is identically structured for ease of access and covers: * nationality * dates and places of birth and death * philosophical style or school * areas of interest * higher education * significant influences * main appointments * main publications * secondary literature * account of intellectual development and main ideas * critical reception and impact At the end of the book a glossary gives accounts of the schools, movements and traditions to which these philosophers belonged, and thorough indexes enable the reader to access the information in several ways: * by nationality * by major areas of contribution to philosophy e.g. aesthetics * by major influences on the thinker concerned e.g. Plato, Kant, Wittgenstein
Author : John R. Shook
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 2000 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-05-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781847144706
The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers includes both academic and non-academic philosophers, and a large number of female and minority thinkers whose work has been neglected. It includes those intellectuals involved in the development of psychology, pedagogy, sociology, anthropology, education, theology, political science, and several other fields, before these disciplines came to be considered distinct from philosophy in the late nineteenth century. Each entry contains a short biography of the writer, an exposition and analysis of his or her doctrines and ideas, a bibliography of writings, and suggestions for further reading. While all the major post-Civil War philosophers are present, the most valuable feature of this dictionary is its coverage of a huge range of less well-known writers, including hundreds of presently obscure thinkers. In many cases, the Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers offers the first scholarly treatment of the life and work of certain writers. This book will be an indispensable reference work for scholars working on almost any aspect of modern American thought.
Author : John R. Shook
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1105 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781472570550
For scholars working on almost any aspect of American thought, The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia to Philosophers in America presents an indispensable reference work. Selecting over 700 figures from the Dictionary of Early American Philosophers and the Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, this condensed edition includes key contributors to philosophical thought. From 1600 to the present day, entries cover psychology, pedagogy, sociology, anthropology, education, theology and political science, before these disciplines came to be considered distinct from philosophy. Clear and accessible, each entry contains a short biography of the writer, an exposition and analysis of his or her doctrines and ideas, a bibliography of writings and suggestions for further reading. Featuring a new preface by the editor and a comprehensive introduction, The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia to Philosophers in America includes 30 new entries on twenty-first century thinkers including Martha Nussbaum and Patricia Churchland. With in-depth overviews of Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Noah Porter, Frederick Rauch, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson, this is an invaluable one-stop research volume to understanding leading figures in American thought and the development of American intellectual history.
Author : Mike Sayama
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1985-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438418766
The key to self-development, says Mike Sayama, is the experience of Samadhi, a state of relaxed concentration in which the individual neither freezes out of fear nor clings due to desire. Simply stated, samadhi is the free flow of vital energy within the body and between the body and the universe. Moving effortlessly across traditions and techniques, Sayama discovers that sages throughout history—Greek philosophers, German mystics, Indian seers, and our own Albert Einstein among others—have taught that this experience of transcendental oneness lies at the heart of full self-realization. The first part of the book studies self-realization in Zen Buddhism. The author pinpoints its essence in Buddha's enlightenment. The development of Zen is then traced, continuing down to living masters who in very recent times have transplanted their lineages from Japan to the United States. Sayama notes that we must choose as masters those to whom the authentic teaching has been transmitted through generations, and he examines in loving detail the sometimes strange and astonishing behaviors of those whose very presence communicates the state of samadhi. The second part of the book presents Zen therapy, a way of self-development emphasizing the cultivation of samadhi through psychophysical training. Sayama compares the effects of Rolfing, Feldenkrais, and Zen therapy on the human body and mind. He includes easy-to-follow directions for creating the inner state he describes. He tells vivid stories of extraordinary cases treated from the point of view that the best therapy is nothing less than the removal of all dualism. Four main practices are presented: zazen (meditation), hara development, circulation of the vital energy, and communication.
Author : Adam Gollner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781439109434
An exploration of one of the most universal human obsessions charts the rise of longevity science from its alchemical beginnings to modern-day genetic interventions and enters the world of those whose lives are shaped by a belief in immortality.
Author : Herbert Wallace Schneider
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 8120824547
The present work treats of several aspects of American philosophy in their historical perspective. The author has interpreted philosophically the revolutionary changes that recent years have brought in the domain of education, church, politics, natural sciences etc. The reader will find herein that American Philosophy is the outgrowth of impacts of new life and new directions imported by waves of immigration. More conspicuous are the recent intellectual imports from Cambridge, Paris and Vienna. The philosophical analysis that grew up in Cambridge under the leadership of Whitehead, russel and Moore, the sophisticated, modernized versions of Catholic scholasticism from Paris and the the schools of value theory, existentialism, phenomenology, logical positivism, psychoanalysis, and socialism from Vienna--these are now pervasive forces in American culture. The author has ventured to predict that the types of philosophical thought described in this volume are being radically revised, reviewed and reconstructed because of these new importations that a decidedly new chapter in American philosophy is being written. The author has tried well to expound what American history teaches or what American philosophy stands for.
Author : Martin L. Kutscher
Publisher : Ardent Media
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Death
ISBN : 0842272739
Author : Joel J. Vernick,National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Children and death
ISBN : UOM:39015034626302
1494 references to books and articles from the fields of medicine, psychology, psychiatry, religion, and general literature. Dates of publications cover a span of over a century. Entries arranged alphabetically by primary authors. Includes journal abbreviation list. Index of authors and subjects.
Author : Michael Cholbi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781783483853
A collection of seminal articles investigating whether death is bad for us – and if so, whether immortality would be good for us.