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 sentence by working through the vagaries of mutability, characteristic of the material world, and a philosophical acceptance thereof. Comments: “Students tend not to be enthralled…
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 the Georgia Continental Philosophy Circle. (pp. 3-16).
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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