The Thinking Muse

Author : Jeffner Allen,Iris Marion Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015013930808

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The Thinking Muse by Jeffner Allen,Iris Marion Young Pdf

"... some very serious critiques of French existential phenomenology and post-structuralism... the contributors offer some refreshingly new insights into some tried and 'true' philosophical texts and more recent works of literary theory." -- Philosophy and Literature "By bridging the gap between 'analytic' and 'continental' philosophy, the authors of The Thinking Muse: Feminism and the Modern French Philosophy largely overcome the cultural polarity between 'male thinker' and 'female muse'." -- Ethics "These engaging essays by American Feminists bring toether feminist philosophy, existential phenomenology, and recent currents in French poststructuralist thought. The editors provide an excellent introductory overview, making this an ideal book for courses in feminist theory and philosophy and modern French thought." -- Philosopher's Index "The concerns raised in this volume are substantial.... a solid addition to the canon of American feminist philosophy." -- Philosophy and Literature "... a forum for feminist appropriations of existential and post-structuralist philosophy." -- Canadian Philosophical Reviews Marking a radical shift in the traditional philosophical separation between muse (female) and thinker (male), The Thinking Muse revises the scope and methods of philosophical reflection. These engaging essays by American feminists bring together feminist philosophy, existential phenomenology, and recent currents in French poststructuralist thought.

Author : Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780823240173

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Thinking about Thinking by Adriaan Theodoor Peperzak Pdf

Thinking about Thinking examines philosophy from a variety of perspectives as a the practice realized by persons who communicate with one another while reflecting about the meaning of human life and thought. Without forgetting the logical and methodological conditions of systematic thought, the author insists on the intimate connections that tie all philosophical texts and conversations to the lives from which they emerge. As product of an individual thinker, who, thanks to individual teachers, has been familiarized with particular traditions of a particular culture, each philosophy is unique. If it is a good one, it is also revealing for many--perhaps even for all--other philosophers. At the same time, all thinking is addressed to individual interlocutors, each of whom responds to it by transforming it into a different philosophy. This fact invites us to explore the dialogical dimension of thinking, which, in turn, refers us to the communitarian and historical contexts from which solitude, as well as solidarity, competition, alliances, and friendships in thought emerge. After the collapse of modern autonomy, the question of philosophy's dependence on prephilosophical conditions is a basic question of metaphilosophy -- especially if a philosophy is always entangled with or even rooted in some belief or trust or faith.

Author : Laini Taylor
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316341707

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Muse of Nightmares by Laini Taylor Pdf

The highly anticipated, thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer, from National Book Award finalist Laini Taylor, author of the bestselling Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy. Sarai has lived and breathed nightmares since she was six years old. She believed she knew every horror, and was beyond surprise. She was wrong. In the wake of tragedy, neither Lazlo nor Sarai are who they were before. One a god, the other a ghost, they struggle to grasp the new boundaries of their selves as dark-minded Minya holds them hostage, intent on vengeance against Weep. Lazlo faces an unthinkable choice--save the woman he loves, or everyone else?--while Sarai feels more helpless than ever. But is she? Sometimes, only the direst need can teach us our own depths, and Sarai, the muse of nightmares, has not yet discovered what she's capable of. As humans and godspawn reel in the aftermath of the citadel's near fall, a new foe shatters their fragile hopes, and the mysteries of the Mesarthim are resurrected: Where did the gods come from, and why? What was done with thousands of children born in the citadel nursery? And most important of all, as forgotten doors are opened and new worlds revealed: Must heroes always slay monsters, or is it possible to save them instead? Love and hate, revenge and redemption, destruction and salvation all clash in this gorgeous sequel to the New York Times bestseller, Strange the Dreamer./DIV

Author : Vivian Sobchack
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780691213279

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The Address of the Eye by Vivian Sobchack Pdf

Cinema is a sensuous object, but in our presence it becomes also a sensing, sensual, sense-making subject. Thus argues Vivian Sobchack as she challenges basic assumptions of current film theory that reduce film to an object of vision and the spectator to a victim of a deterministic cinematic apparatus. Maintaining that these premises ignore the material and cultural-historical situations of both the spectator and the film, the author makes the radical proposal that the cinematic experience depends on two "viewers" viewing: the spectator and the film, each existing as both subject and object of vision. Drawing on existential and semiotic phenomenology, and particularly on the work of Merleau-Ponty, Sobchack shows how the film experience provides empirical insight into the reversible, dialectical, and signifying nature of that embodied vision we each live daily as both "mine" and "another's." In this attempt to account for cinematic intelligibility and signification, the author explores the possibility of human choice and expressive freedom within the bounds of history and culture.

Author : David Gelernter
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1451603746

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The Muse in the Machine by David Gelernter Pdf

A leading mind in the world of artificial intelligence answers the provocative question: “Can we introduce emotion into the computer?” Can we introduce emotion into the computer? David Gelernter, one of the leading lights in artificial intelligence today, begins The Muse in the Machine with this provocative question. In providing an answer, he not only points to a future revolution in computers, but radically changes our views of the human mind itself. Bringing together insights from computer science, cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind, and literary theory, David Gelernter presents what is sure to be a much debated view of how humans have thought, how we think today, and how computers will learn to think in the future.

Author : Erin Manning,Brian Massumi
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781452942292

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Thought in the Act by Erin Manning,Brian Massumi Pdf

“Every practice is a mode of thought, already in the act. To dance: a thinking in movement. To paint: a thinking through color. To perceive in the everyday: a thinking of the world’s varied ways of affording itself.” —from Thought in the Act Combining philosophy and aesthetics, Thought in the Act is a unique exploration of creative practice as a form of thinking. Challenging the common opposition between the conceptual and the aesthetic, Erin Manning and Brian Massumi “think through” a wide range of creative practices in the process of their making, revealing how thinking and artfulness are intimately, creatively, and inseparably intertwined. They rediscover this intertwining at the heart of everyday perception and investigate its potential for new forms of activism at the crossroads of politics and art. Emerging from active collaborations, the book analyzes the experiential work of the architects and conceptual artists Arakawa and Gins, the improvisational choreographic techniques of William Forsythe, the recent painting practice of Bracha Ettinger, as well as autistic writers’ self-descriptions of their perceptual world and the experimental event making of the SenseLab collective. Drawing from the idiosyncratic vocabularies of each creative practice, and building on the vocabulary of process philosophy, the book reactivates rather than merely describes the artistic processes it examines. The result is a thinking-with and a writing-in-collaboration-with these processes and a demonstration of how philosophy co-composes with the act in the making. Thought in the Act enacts a collaborative mode of thinking in the act at the intersection of art, philosophy, and politics.

Author : Peter Bonventre
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781684426218

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Where Have You Gone Without Me? by Peter Bonventre Pdf

"Where Have You Gone Without Me? is a wildly entertaining romp across the gritty sidewalks of New York with a streetwise newspaperman. Bonventre is a compelling storyteller. Once I started reading, I couldn't stop. It's one hell of a yarn!" -Howard Blum, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Goodnight and Dark Invasion "Let’s see: There’s a religious miracle (maybe) and a headline-grabbing murder (definitely), a psycho gangster with a bizarre dream and a long-lost love who suddenly makes the scene. And that’s not all. Where Have You Gone Without Me? is a Must Read—so what’re you waiting for?" -Maxine Paetro, co-author with James Patterson of No. 1 New York Times Best Sellers In the heart of New York City, newspaper columnist Eddie Sabella stumbles into the biggest story of his life when a statue is stolen from a church. Not just any statue, but one that was reported to have miraculously wept real tears only the day before—an event that made headlines. As Eddie pursues the story behind the theft, he begins unravelling a mystery that leads him to cross paths with a cast of unusual suspects: a respected restauranteur with a secret past, a cantankerous priest with expensive tastes, a legendary hitman, and a still-volatile Mafia soldier hungry for revenge. As Eddie rushes to track down the mastermind behind the statue’s theft, his investigation takes him deeper than he could have ever imagined into murders, mobsters, and head-spinning crimes. But nothing could have prepared him for Phyllis—Eddie’s first love who disappeared without a trace fifteen years before—an enigma in her own right who makes a startling return and upends his personal life. A mystery with non-stop twists and suspense, Where Have You Gone Without Me? is a story of lovers and losers, revenge, and second chances.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1782
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024166227

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The Muse's Pocket Companion. A Collection of Poems, Etc by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NYPL:33433070243203

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Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judith Jones
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-12-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307498250

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The Tenth Muse by Judith Jones Pdf

From the legendary editor who helped shape modern cookbook publishing-one of the food world's most admired figures-comes this evocative and inspiring memoir. Living in Paris after World War II, Jones broke free of bland American food and reveled in everyday French culinary delights. On returning to the States she published Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The rest is publishing and gastronomic history. A new world now opened up to Jones as she discovered, with her husband Evan, the delights of American food, publishing some of the premier culinary luminaries of the twentieth century: from Julia Child, James Beard, and M.F.K. Fisher to Claudia Roden, Edna Lewis, and Lidia Bastianich. Here also are fifty of Jones's favorite recipes collected over a lifetime of cooking-each with its own story and special tips. The Tenth Muse is an absolutely charming memoir by a woman who was present at the creation of the American food revolution and played a pivotal role in shaping it.

Author : Robert Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1360 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : UOM:39015038668334

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Universal Dictionary of the English Language: Ine-Rhe by Robert Hunter Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1358 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : MINN:31951002024483J

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Universal Dictionary of the English Language by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433081987806

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The Encyclopaedic Dictionary by Robert Hunter Pdf

Author : Robert Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1342 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030023614177

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The Encyclopaedic dictionary; a new, practical and exhaustive work of reference to all the words in the English language, with a full account of their origin, meaning, pronunciation, history and use by Robert Hunter Pdf

Author : John De Pledge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1838
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018531174

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The Muse's Scrip by John De Pledge Pdf