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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... word. A mere word. You're afraid to say that word, aren't you? Just now, when I said I wish I weren't so . . . and then broke off—you expected another word didn't you? So go ahead, say it! What word do you want me to say? Chicken. Are ...
... word. A mere word. You're afraid to say that word, aren't you? Just now, when I said I wish I weren't so . . . and then broke off—you expected another word didn't you? So go ahead, say it! What word do you want me to say? Chicken. Are ...
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... word: architecture. That transformed everything, didn't it? How silly of you not to have noticed. I? I not noticed? I can't believe this. Which of us didn't notice? You didn't, you philistine. You kept talking about interest, not noting ...
... word: architecture. That transformed everything, didn't it? How silly of you not to have noticed. I? I not noticed? I can't believe this. Which of us didn't notice? You didn't, you philistine. You kept talking about interest, not noting ...
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... word will do it. It transforms everything, so that we must read the obvious backward. Perhaps this boy is not a liar as the prosecution says, but every word he says is true. Perhaps he was not taking the merchandise away, but bringing ...
... word will do it. It transforms everything, so that we must read the obvious backward. Perhaps this boy is not a liar as the prosecution says, but every word he says is true. Perhaps he was not taking the merchandise away, but bringing ...
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... word for 'saucy'. You don't feel outclassed, you feel superior. You may be new to our graduate program, but don't ... words, true and real, are already contained and perhaps found only in the plastic-wrapped packages. That might be an ...
... word for 'saucy'. You don't feel outclassed, you feel superior. You may be new to our graduate program, but don't ... words, true and real, are already contained and perhaps found only in the plastic-wrapped packages. That might be an ...
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... word real is not captive of any theory as theory. Whatever we think about reality outside a system or theoretical ac- count is surely a part of what we mean by metaphysics. What is reality outside a system or theory? Look. If I imagine ...
... word real is not captive of any theory as theory. Whatever we think about reality outside a system or theoretical ac- count is surely a part of what we mean by metaphysics. What is reality outside a system or theory? Look. If I imagine ...
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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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