Posts Tagged ‘Philosophy’
The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius. (2000). The Consolation of Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press. Summary: Composed in the 6th century, this allegorical treatise records the prisoner’s acceptance of an unjust imprisonment and death…
Read MoreActs of Meaning: Four Lectures on Mind and Culture
Bruner, J. (1990). Acts of Meaning: Four Lectures on Mind and Culture (Jerusalem-Harvard Lectures). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Read MoreI and Thou
Buber, M. (1971). I And Thou. Touchstone.
Read MoreIntrospection and Transformation in Philosophy Today
Schwartz, M. (2005). “Introspection and Transformation in Philosophy Today.” In J. Wirth, M. Schwartz, & D. Jones, (Eds.), A Feast of Logos: Essays in Commemoration of the Tenth Anniversary of…
Read MorePhilosophy As a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault
Hadot, Pierre. (1995). Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault. Blackwell.
Read MoreTransplanting Tibetan Philosophy
Patrik, Linda. “Transplanting Tibetan Philosophy,” E-ASPAC, 2004.
Read MoreThe Contemplative Life and the Teaching of the Humanities
The Contemplative Life and the Teaching of the Humanities by Brian Stock
Read MoreMeeting on Contemplative Pedagogy in the Disciplines: Philosophy, Religious Studies, Psychology
Meeting on Contemplative Pedagogy in the Disciplines: Philosophy, Religious Studies, Psychology Amherst College, Amherst, MA March 28-30, 2008 by Piper Murray
Read MoreMultiple Perspectives on Vipassana Meditation: Experience, Psychology and Philosophy
This project provides for creation of a course that looks at Vipassana meditation from three broad perspectives: experiential, psychological/scientific, and philosophical. Students learn to meditate and compare that experience with other contemplative exercises. They bring that experience to bear on questions about research on well-being and on perennial philosophical questions about the nature of the self.
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