Results Of A Transpersonal, Narrative, And Phenomenological Psychotherapy For Psychosis,
2014
Coyote Institute for Studies in Change and Transformation
Results Of A Transpersonal, Narrative, And Phenomenological Psychotherapy For Psychosis, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Erik Jul, Barbara Mainguy
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
In our academically based, psychiatric outpatient practice, we have encountered those who wish to avoid medications for treatment for psychosis. This study is a qualitative/quantitative study in progress of a patient population diagnosed with psychosis and managed primarily without medication. We reflect upon the transpersonal foundations of an approach in which voices and visions are accepted as real, given full ontological status, and addressed within a dialogical framework. We present interim data on a series of 51 patients over 20 years old who presented with psychosis and who remained with us for at least six months in their effort to …
A Study Of Virtuous And Vicious Anger,
2014
Northern Michigan University
A Study Of Virtuous And Vicious Anger, Zac Cogley
Book Sections/Chapters
In this chapter, I defend an account of an angrily virtuous, or patient, person informed by recent research on emotion in empirical and philosophical psychology. I argue that virtue and vice with respect to anger is determined by excellence and deficiency with respect to all three of anger’s functions: its involvement in (1) appraisal of wrongdoing, (2) its role as a motivating force, and (3) its communicative function. Many accounts of anger assess it only with respect to one of these functions. Most typically, anger is assessed instrumentally with regard to its role in motivation. As I show, any singular …
In Control,
2014
Cleveland State University
In Control, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
In George Sher’s recent article “Out of Control”, he discusses a series of 9 cases that he believes illustrates that some agents are uncontroversially morally responsible for actions they “cannot help” but perform (2006: 285). He argues these agents exert partial control over these actions insofar as their actions are determined from their character; but this is no control at all. Here I argue that in each of these cases the agent exerts morally relevant control over her actions and that none of these are genuine instances of moral luck, nor counterexamples to the control principle.
Advanced Spiritual Intimacy: The Yoga Of Deep Tantric Sensuality,
2014
Sofia University
Advanced Spiritual Intimacy: The Yoga Of Deep Tantric Sensuality, Paul Ambrose
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
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Displacement And Gratitude: Accounting For The Political Obligation Of Refugees,
2014
University at Albany, State University of New York
Displacement And Gratitude: Accounting For The Political Obligation Of Refugees, Jason R. D'Cruz
Philosophy Faculty Scholarship
On what basis, and to what extent, are refugees obligated to obey the laws of their host countries? Consideration of the specific case of asylum-seekers generates, I think, two competing intuitions: (1) the refugee has a prima facie obligation to obey the laws of her host country and (2) none of the popularly canvassed substrates of political obligation*consent, tacit consent, fairness, or social role*is at all apt to explain the presence of this obligation. I contend that the unfashionable gratitude account of political obligation does the best job of accounting for the intuitions. As has been noticed by other commentators, …
Island Universe Problems,
2014
Cleveland State University
Island Universe Problems, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
We share a common space-time with everything that we interact with in our world. An island universe would be a spatiotemporally interrelated segment of reality that is isolated from the rest of reality; it would be part of our world but something that we cannot interact with. Spatiotemporal interrelatedness plays an important role in a number of metaphysical theories concerning possible worlds. Here I discuss four problems surrounding the possibility of island universes. I contend the most troubling of these problems gives us good reason to think that island universes are possible; metaphysical theories that cannot make sense of the …
Review Of The Philosophy Of Free Will: Essential Readings From The Contemporary Debates Edited By Paul Russell And Oisin Deery,
2014
Cleveland State University
Review Of The Philosophy Of Free Will: Essential Readings From The Contemporary Debates Edited By Paul Russell And Oisin Deery, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Lucky Assassins: On Luck And Moral Responsibility,
2014
Cleveland State University
Lucky Assassins: On Luck And Moral Responsibility, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Review Of The Ethics Of Species: An Introduction By Ronald L. Sandler,
2014
Cleveland State University
Review Of The Ethics Of Species: An Introduction By Ronald L. Sandler, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
The Deontic Cycling Problem,
2014
Cleveland State University
The Deontic Cycling Problem, William Simkulet
Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications
In his recent article "Deontic Cycling and the Structure of Commonsense Morality," Tim Willenken argues that commonsense ethics allows for rational agents having both ranked reasons (A > B, B > C, and A > C) and cyclical reasons (A < B, B < C, and A > C). His goal is to show that not all plausible views are variations of consequentialism, as consequentialism requires ranked reasons. I argue instances of apparent deontic cycling in commonsense morality are the byproducts of incomplete characterizations of the cases in question.
Self-Proclaimed Hippie Inspired By Existentialist,
2014
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
Self-Proclaimed Hippie Inspired By Existentialist, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Estetikk Som Kosmologi,
2014
The American University in Cairo AUC
Estetikk Som Kosmologi, Graham Harman
Faculty Book Chapters
Norwegian translation of "Aesthetics as Cosmology"
’Not For The Faint Of Heart’: Accessing The Status Quo On Adoption And Parental Licensing,
2014
Western University
’Not For The Faint Of Heart’: Accessing The Status Quo On Adoption And Parental Licensing, Carolyn Mcleod, Andrew Botterell
Philosophy Publications
The process of adopting a child is “not for the faint of heart.” This is what we were told the first time we, as a couple, began this process. Part of the challenge lies in fulfilling the licensing requirements for adoption, which, beyond the usual home study, can include mandatory participation in parenting classes. The question naturally arises for many people who are subjected to these requirements whether they are morally justified. We tackle this question in this paper. In our view, while strong reasons exist in favour of licensing adoptive parents, these reasons support the licensing not only of …
Conscientious Refusal And Access To Abortion And Contraception,
2014
Western University
Conscientious Refusal And Access To Abortion And Contraception, Chloë Fitzgerald, Carolyn Mcleod
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.
"Doch Sehnend Stehst /Am Ufer Du” (“But Longing You Stand On The Shore”): Hölderlin, Philosophy, Subjectivity, And Finitude,
2014
Swarthmore College
"Doch Sehnend Stehst /Am Ufer Du” (“But Longing You Stand On The Shore”): Hölderlin, Philosophy, Subjectivity, And Finitude, Richard Thomas Eldridge
Philosophy Faculty Works
This essay first surveys Hölderlin’s mature philosophical sense of the human subject as caught ineluctably between abstract reflection and concrete receptivity, and it contrasts that sense briefly with the stances of Kant, Schiller, and Hegel. It then traces the consequences of this sense for Hölderlin’s poetology, and it concludes by showing how both this philosophical sense and this poetology are enacted in Hölderlin’s late, major fragment “Rousseau.”
The Moral Status Of Micro-Inequities: In Favour Of Institutional Solutions,
2014
University of Western Ontario
The Moral Status Of Micro-Inequities: In Favour Of Institutional Solutions, Samantha Brennan
Data and Test Instruments
This chapter is about micro-inequities and their connection to the problem of implicit bias. It begins by defining micro-inequities, goes on to discuss what makes them wrong and what solutions might be appropriate given the institutional context in which they occur.
Justification For Conscience Exemptions In Health Care,
2014
Western University
Justification For Conscience Exemptions In Health Care, Lori Kantymir, Carolyn Mcleod
Philosophy Publications
Some bioethicists argue that conscientious objectors in health care should have to justify themselves, just as objectors in the military do. They should have to provide reasons that explain why they should be exempt from offering the services that they find offensive. There are two versions of this view in the literature, each giving different standards of justification. We show these views are each either too permissive (i.e. would result in problematic exemptions based on conscience) or too restrictive (i.e. would produce problematic denials of exemption). We then develop a middle ground position that we believe better combines respect for …
Aristotle & Cancer,
2014
University of Western Ontario
Friends With Benefits! Distributed Cognition Hooks Up Cognitive And Social Conceptions Of Science,
2014
University at Albany, State University of New York
Friends With Benefits! Distributed Cognition Hooks Up Cognitive And Social Conceptions Of Science, P.D. Magnus, Ron Mcclamrock
Philosophy Faculty Scholarship
One approach to science treats science as a cognitive accomplishment of individuals and so defines a scientific community as an aggregate of individual enquirers. Another treats science as a fundamentally collective endeavor and so defines a scientist as a member of a scientific community. Distributed cognition has been offered as a framework that could be used to reconcile these two approaches. Adam Toon has recently asked if the cognitive and the social can be friends at last. He answers that they probably cannot, posing objections to the would-be rapprochement. We clarify both the animosity and the tonic proposed to resolve …
Know Yourself And You Will Be Known: The Gospel Of Thomas And Middle Platonism,
2014
Claremont Graduate University
Know Yourself And You Will Be Known: The Gospel Of Thomas And Middle Platonism, Seth A. Clark
CGU Theses & Dissertations
The Gospel of Thomas is a collection of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus and is primarily composed of rhetorical statements that were used to preserve the teachings of itinerant Greek philosophers. These collections were used to persuade individuals to join the philosophical schools represented, much like the early followers of the Jesus movement would use his teachings to convince others to join them as well. However, the theological background for the text is still debated because it contains esoteric and enigmatic references not fully understood by most scholars. This work argues that the theological and philosophical background for the Gospel …
