What Happens to Us When We Think: Transformation and RealityState University of New York Press, 1. 2. 2012 - Počet stran: 157 Author Michael Gelven suggests that thinking metaphysically transforms us, and consequently the nature of metaphysics itself is transformational. Using concrete existential phenomena such as the learning process, how children mature into adults, and how fear can develop into courage, he establishes an understanding of metaphysical transformation. |
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... sure. Do you see that yellow stone building over there, next to the park? Yes, I see it. What is it? I don't know. Then why did you point it out? Do I have to know what it is to point it out? Well, Einstein, if we want to get back to ...
... sure. Do you see that yellow stone building over there, next to the park? Yes, I see it. What is it? I don't know. Then why did you point it out? Do I have to know what it is to point it out? Well, Einstein, if we want to get back to ...
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... Sure, why not? It does look like someone important might have died there, come to think of it. Maybe we could ask someone. I can't believe this. You'd look at that building only if you knew it was historically interesting? Don't be so ...
... Sure, why not? It does look like someone important might have died there, come to think of it. Maybe we could ask someone. I can't believe this. You'd look at that building only if you knew it was historically interesting? Don't be so ...
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... sure you know, all of us in the public defender's office have very heavy caseloads; sometimes we barely have enough time to read all the files, which include the prosecutor's briefs. I'm not complaining about this—I mention it only to ...
... sure you know, all of us in the public defender's office have very heavy caseloads; sometimes we barely have enough time to read all the files, which include the prosecutor's briefs. I'm not complaining about this—I mention it only to ...
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... sure. But I am aware of my reality. I don't need a theory to tell me that. So you think Descartes is right? Begin with a metaphysics of the self. Descartes begins his metaphysics with a ball of wax. That's his model for what's real: a ...
... sure. But I am aware of my reality. I don't need a theory to tell me that. So you think Descartes is right? Begin with a metaphysics of the self. Descartes begins his metaphysics with a ball of wax. That's his model for what's real: a ...
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... sure it's empirical, either; indeed I'm not sure what to call it but I cannot deny I have not only learned something new, I have also learned something deep and profound: I am somehow changed. Of course. But few thinkers or theorists ...
... sure it's empirical, either; indeed I'm not sure what to call it but I cannot deny I have not only learned something new, I have also learned something deep and profound: I am somehow changed. Of course. But few thinkers or theorists ...
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2 Wonder | 19 |
3 Being Real | 31 |
4 Violence | 43 |
5 Truth | 59 |
6 The Learner | 71 |
7 The Student | 89 |
8 The Child | 107 |
9 Conflict and Coherence | 119 |
10 Origins | 133 |
Index | 145 |
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