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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... true. Everything else did; she tells a compelling story. Why did she ask, “would you?” One would have expected her to explain that the most obvious reason for keeping silent about his motive for wiping off the bar was that there could ...
... true. Everything else did; she tells a compelling story. Why did she ask, “would you?” One would have expected her to explain that the most obvious reason for keeping silent about his motive for wiping off the bar was that there could ...
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... true. Perhaps he was not taking the merchandise away, but bringing it back. He was not trying to escape, but was allowing himself to be caught if necessary. He did not erase his fingerprints from the bar or the boxes, but the ...
... true. Perhaps he was not taking the merchandise away, but bringing it back. He was not trying to escape, but was allowing himself to be caught if necessary. He did not erase his fingerprints from the bar or the boxes, but the ...
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... true, much less real; and that's caused in part by their insistence that even those words, true and real, are already contained and perhaps found only in the plastic-wrapped packages. That might be an indictment merely of how the ...
... true, much less real; and that's caused in part by their insistence that even those words, true and real, are already contained and perhaps found only in the plastic-wrapped packages. That might be an indictment merely of how the ...
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... may. Although when you insert the term “as” I wonder about the accuracy of the word metamorphosis. Perhaps transformation is more apt. So that true metaphysical thinking transforms us as thinkers? That 10 WHAT HAPPENS TO US WHEN WE THINK.
... may. Although when you insert the term “as” I wonder about the accuracy of the word metamorphosis. Perhaps transformation is more apt. So that true metaphysical thinking transforms us as thinkers? That 10 WHAT HAPPENS TO US WHEN WE THINK.
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Transformation and Reality Michael Gelven. So that true metaphysical thinking transforms us as thinkers? That sounds closer to what I'm trying to say. If so, the notion of metaphysical thinking has itself been transformed, for now it ...
Transformation and Reality Michael Gelven. So that true metaphysical thinking transforms us as thinkers? That sounds closer to what I'm trying to say. If so, the notion of metaphysical thinking has itself been transformed, for now it ...
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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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