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The World Could Be Otherwise
Author | : Norman Fischer |
Publsiher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2019-04-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780834842144 |
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An imaginative approach to spiritual practice in difficult times, through the Buddhist teaching of the six paramitas or "perfections"—qualities that lead to kindness, wisdom, and an awakened life. In frightening times, we wish the world could be otherwise. With a touch of imagination, it can be. Imagination helps us see what’s hidden, and it shape-shifts reality’s roiling twisting waves. In this inspiring reframe of a classic Buddhist teaching, Zen teacher Norman Fischer writes that the paramitas, or “six perfections”—generosity, ethical conduct, patience, joyful effort, meditation, and understanding—can help us reconfigure the world we live in. Ranging from our everyday concerns about relationships, ethics, and consumption to our artistic inspirations and broadest human yearnings, Fischer depicts imaginative spiritual practice as a necessary resource for our troubled times.
It Could Have Been Otherwise
Author | : Hester Goodenough Gelber |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 423 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789004139077 |
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This description of Dominicans at Oxford from 1300-1350 and the theology of Hugh of Lawton, Arnold of Strelley, William Crathorn and Robert Holcot reclaims the Dominicans as highly original contributors to theology and philosophy at a time of great innovation.
Knowing Otherwise
Author | : Alexis Shotwell |
Publsiher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2015-09-10 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780271068053 |
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Prejudice is often not a conscious attitude: because of ingrained habits in relating to the world, one may act in prejudiced ways toward others without explicitly understanding the meaning of one’s actions. Similarly, one may know how to do certain things, like ride a bicycle, without being able to articulate in words what that knowledge is. These are examples of what Alexis Shotwell discusses in Knowing Otherwise as phenomena of “implicit understanding.” Presenting a systematic analysis of this concept, she highlights how this kind of understanding may be used to ground positive political and social change, such as combating racism in its less overt and more deep-rooted forms. Shotwell begins by distinguishing four basic types of implicit understanding: nonpropositional, skill-based, or practical knowledge; embodied knowledge; potentially propositional knowledge; and affective knowledge. She then develops the notion of a racialized and gendered “common sense,” drawing on Gramsci and critical race theorists, and clarifies the idea of embodied knowledge by showing how it operates in the realm of aesthetics. She also examines the role that both negative affects, like shame, and positive affects, like sympathy, can play in moving us away from racism and toward political solidarity and social justice. Finally, Shotwell looks at the politicized experience of one’s body in feminist and transgender theories of liberation in order to elucidate the role of situated sensuous knowledge in bringing about social change and political transformation.
Why Free Will Is Real
Author | : Christian List |
Publsiher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2019-05-06 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780674979581 |
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Many scientists and scientifically-minded philosophers are skeptical that free will exists. In clear, scientifically rigorous terms, Christian List explains that free will is like other real phenomena that emerge from physical laws but are autonomous from them—like an ecosystem or the economy—and are indispensable for explaining our world.
An Introduction to Epistemology Second Edition
Author | : Jack S. Crumley II |
Publsiher | : Broadview Press |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 2009-07-30 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781460401163 |
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The second edition of Jack Crumley’s An Introduction to Epistemology strikes a balance between the many issues that engage contemporary epistemologists and the contributions of the major historical figures. He shows not only how philosophers such as Descartes, Hume, Locke, Berkeley, and Kant foreground the contemporary debates, but also why they deserve consideration on their own terms. A substantial revision of the first edition, the second edition is even more accessible to students. The new edition includes recent work on contextualism, evidentialism, externalism and internalism, and perceptual realism; as well, the chapter on coherence theory is substantially revised, reflecting recent developments in that area. New to this second edition is a chapter on feminist epistemology, which includes discussions of major positions and themes, such as feminist empiricism, feminist standpoint epistemology, postmodern epistemology, and feminist critiques of objectivity. It presents the important contributions of philosophers such as Sandra Harding, Helen Longino, Genevieve Lloyd, and others. Each chapter ends with a list of study questions and readings for further study.
Annual Report of the President to the Corporation of Brown University
Author | : Brown University |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 882 |
Release | : 1886 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : UIUC:30112110875637 |
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Adaptation and Developments in Western Buddhism
Author | : Phil Henry |
Publsiher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2013-10-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781472512550 |
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Benchmark analysis of the extent of shifting contemporaryengagement and practice of UK Buddhist communities, which challenges thestereotype of other-worldly Buddhist asceticism.
Warm Worlds and Otherwise
Author | : James Tiptree, Jr. |
Publsiher | : Penguin Classics |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2021-06-03 |
Genre | : Science fiction, American |
ISBN | : 0241509750 |
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