The University of Queensland
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Liberty University
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Scripps College
Wilfrid Laurier University
An Ascombean Reference For 'I'?,
2018
University of Western Ontario
An Ascombean Reference For 'I'?, Andrew Botterell, Robert J. Stainton
Robert J. Stainton
Re-Reading Anscombe On 'I',
2018
University of Western Ontario
Re-Reading Anscombe On 'I', Robert J. Stainton
Robert J. Stainton
"Not A Simple Matter: Rejecting Materialism As A Solution To The Mind-Body Problem",
2018
Eastern Kentucky University
"Not A Simple Matter: Rejecting Materialism As A Solution To The Mind-Body Problem", Andrew Coyle, Steve Parchment Dr., Minh Nguyen Dr.
Posters-at-the-Capitol
"Not a Simple Matter: Rejecting Materialism as a Solution to the Mind-Body Problem"
By Andrew Coyle
Mentored by Dr. Steve Parchment and Dr. Minh Nguyen
Department of History, Philosophy, and Religious Studies Many scholars accept materialism as an adequate solution to the mind-body problem. However, acceptance of materialism creates more problems than it purports to solve. This poster provides a background to the mind-body problem. This poster explores materialism as a potential solution to the mind-body problem. After reviewing materialism, it is rejected as an adequate solution to the mind-body problem. The poster concludes by positing property dualism as an ...
Personality, Psychological Profiling, And Philosophy Of Science: The Insider Threat And Betrayers Of Trust,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Personality, Psychological Profiling, And Philosophy Of Science: The Insider Threat And Betrayers Of Trust, Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes philosophical challenges to the utility of profiling personality, especially with security and intelligence implications.
Unarticulated Constituents And Theories Of Meaning,
2018
The Graduate Center, CUNY
Unarticulated Constituents And Theories Of Meaning, Jesse Rappaport
All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
This work is an investigation into a phenomenon introduced by John Perry that I call ‘totally unarticulated constituents.’ These are entities that are part of the propositional content of a speech act, but are not represented by any part of the sentence uttered or of the thought that is being expressed - that is, they are fully unarticulated. After offering a novel definition of this phenomenon, I argue that totally unarticulated constituents are attested in natural language, and may in fact be quite common. This raises fatal problems for a prominent theory of underspecification defended by Jason Stanley, according to which ...
The Syndrome Of Romantic Love,
2018
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
The Syndrome Of Romantic Love, Arina Pismenny
All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
What kind of phenomenon is romantic love? Many philosophers, psychologists, and ordinary folk think it is an emotion. I challenge this assumption and argue instead that romantic love is best characterized as a syndrome ⎼ a pattern comprised of different kinds of mental states and behaviors that tend to co-occur. An examination of major emotion theories in philosophy and psychology demonstrates that romantic love does not fit into any of them. Likewise, the commonly endorsed but increasingly controversial categories of basic and nonbasic emotions do not account for romantic love. While both culture and evolution have shaped the phenomenon of romantic ...
Theories Of Perception And Recent Empirical Work,
2018
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Theories Of Perception And Recent Empirical Work, Philip Zigman
All Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
In this dissertation I answer the following question: Does recent empirical work give us reason to think that naive realism is false or that indirect realism is correct? There is a small amount of literature arguing that recent empirical findings pose problems for naive realism and suggest that perception involves mental representation. I review this literature and the arguments therein, examine the relevant empirical work, and argue that recent empirical work on perception does give us reason to reject naive realism and to favour an indirect realist view that countenances mental representations.
Counterterrorist Profiling, The Self, And The Problem Of Open And Quiet Skies,
2018
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Counterterrorist Profiling, The Self, And The Problem Of Open And Quiet Skies, Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
Psychological profiling supporting counterterrorism may be based on an invalid presumption.
Empirical Evidence And The Multiple Realization Of Mental Kinds,
2018
The University of Western Ontario
Empirical Evidence And The Multiple Realization Of Mental Kinds, Danny Booth
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This thesis explores the use of the concept 'realization' in the philosophy of mind. The primary focus is on the role realization plays in assessing or opposing identity theory. The history of the use of the concept of realization in the philosophy of mind is reviewed, and from that a set of desiderata to be used for assessing accounts of realization is extracted. The desiderata are applied to a sample account of realization proposed by Sydney Shoemaker. (2007) Next the application of 'realization' in contemporary contexts is considered, focusing on the idea that mental kinds are, potentially, multiply realized. Based ...
Rudolf Bahro's Invisible Church,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
Rudolf Bahro's Invisible Church, Parton, Glenn
Journal of Conscious Evolution
No abstract provided.
The Doctrine Of The "Mysterious Female" In Taoism: A Transpersonalist View,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
The Doctrine Of The "Mysterious Female" In Taoism: A Transpersonalist View, Tortchinov, Evgueni A.
Journal of Conscious Evolution
No abstract provided.
Jean Gebser The Invisible Origin Evolution As A Supplementary Process,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
Jean Gebser The Invisible Origin Evolution As A Supplementary Process, Translated By Theo Röttgers
Journal of Conscious Evolution
No abstract provided.
Jean Gebser Foreword To Eastern Wisdom And Western Thought: A Comparative Study In The Modern Philosophy Of Religion,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
Jean Gebser Foreword To Eastern Wisdom And Western Thought: A Comparative Study In The Modern Philosophy Of Religion, Saher, P. J.
Journal of Conscious Evolution
No abstract provided.
Inner And Outer Realities: Jean Gebser In A Cultural/Historical Perspective,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
Inner And Outer Realities: Jean Gebser In A Cultural/Historical Perspective, Combs, Allan
Journal of Conscious Evolution
No abstract provided.
On The Nature Of Consciousness And Reality: An Overview Of Jean Gebser's Thoughts On Consciousness,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
On The Nature Of Consciousness And Reality: An Overview Of Jean Gebser's Thoughts On Consciousness, Feuerstein, Georg
Journal of Conscious Evolution
No abstract provided.
From Homeland Earth; A New Manifesto For The New Millennium,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
From Homeland Earth; A New Manifesto For The New Millennium, Morin, Edgar
Journal of Conscious Evolution
Now that the fantastic adventure begun in the 15th century has come to an end, the shout of Columbus’ lookout man takes on at last a planetary meaning: Land! Land!1 Even up to 1950-1960, we were living on a misapprehended Earth, on an abstract Earth. We were living on the Earth as object. By the end of this century, we discovered Earth as system, as Gaia, as biosphere, a cosmic speck—Homeland Earth. Each one of us has a pedigree, a terrestrial identity card. We are from, in, and on the Earth. We belong to the Earth which belongs ...
The Evolution Of The Culture Of Enterprise,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
The Evolution Of The Culture Of Enterprise, Laszlo, Ervin
Journal of Conscious Evolution
At the top echelons of contemporary business, managers are becoming concerned with the unsustainability of the way companies now operate. A transformation of basic business strategies appears more and more indicated. For such transformation to be effective, the culture of the enterprise--the goals it pursues and the vision of these goals entertained by managers and collaborators--needs to change. Consequently there is a growing questioning of the viability of the typical culture of today's enterprise, and a search for more functional and timely concepts for creating anew and more timely cultural pattern.
Transpersonal Psychology And The Paradigm Of Complexity,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
Transpersonal Psychology And The Paradigm Of Complexity, Kelly, Sean M.
Journal of Conscious Evolution
No abstract provided.
Death And Resurrection: Enlightenment And The Body Of Light,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
Death And Resurrection: Enlightenment And The Body Of Light, White, John
Journal of Conscious Evolution
Enlightenment or God-realization is not purely a psychological event. Bodily changes also occur, most dramatically in the higher phases of enlightenment. In the final phase, according to esoteric teachings in various sacred traditions and hermetic schools, the body is alchemically changed from flesh into light, becoming immortal. This transubstantiated body is called different names, such as resurrection body, light body, solar body and diamond body. This presentation looks at the phenomenon from a cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective. It then focuses on Christianity as a sacred tradition whose purpose is to enable people to develop through the resurrection of the body ...
Chi Kung Facilitates Integral Growth: An Empirical Investigation,
2018
California Institute of Integral Studies
Chi Kung Facilitates Integral Growth: An Empirical Investigation, Arnold, C., Bruggerman, E., Kim, H., Combs, A.
Journal of Conscious Evolution
Chi Kung Facilitates Integral Growth: An Empirical Investigation C. Arnold, E. Bruggerman, H. Kim, & A. Combs[1]
Swiss cultural philosopher Jean Gebser (1949/1986) proposed a theory of the evolutionary development of structures of consciousness that describes the common ways people living in different periods of history interpreted reality and constructed their worldviews. These included four major structures corresponding to four historical epochs, an archaic, magic, mythic, and mental structure which remains dominant today. Citing changes in art, literature, and scientific during the 20th century, Gebser also proposed the emergence of a forthcoming fifth structure, that he termed integral consciousness.
The transitions from each structure to the next, which Gebser termed mutations, do not imply the replacement of previous structures. Rather, as Feuerstein (1987) and Combs (2002) note, there is a sense of increasing complexity with each successive new mutation, in which a structure comes to dominate the earlier ones. Thus, the modern human, operating predominantly in the mental structure of consciousness, continues to experience the world to some degree through the older structures as well. These structures are described elsewhere, and will not be reviewed here (Combs, 2002; Gebser, 1949/1986; Feuerstein, 1987; Wilber, 1981).
The integral structure of consciousness, however, incorporates a balanced synthesis of all four earlier structures, and was regarded by Gebser as the highest potential for human experience. Although Gebser focused mostly on the emergence of integral consciousness in terms of its wide occurrence across the human species, late in his life he came to regard meditation and other spiritual practices valuable for the cultivation of integral consciousness (Combs, 2002). Gebser was particularly fond of Taoist thought, acknowledging the play ...
