Ignorance And Imagination

Author : Daniel Stoljar
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199723966
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ignorance and Imagination written by Daniel Stoljar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignorance and Imagination advances a novel way to resolve the central philosophical problem about the mind: how it is that consciousness or experience fits into a larger naturalistic picture of the world. The correct response to the problem, Stoljar argues, is not to posit a realm of experience distinct from the physical, nor to deny the reality of phenomenal experience, nor even to rethink our understanding of consciousness and the language we use to talk about it. Instead, we should view the problem itself as a consequence of our ignorance of the relevant physical facts, Stoljar shows that this change of orientation is well motivated historically, empirically, and philosophically, and that it has none of the side effects it is sometimes thought to have. The result is a philosophical perspective on the mind that has a number of far-reaching consequences: for consciousness studies, for our place in nature, and for the way we think about the relationship between philosophy and science.

Author : Daniel Stoljar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ignorance and Imagination written by Daniel Stoljar and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a way to resolve the central philosophical problem about the mind: how it is that consciousness or experience fits into a larger naturalistic picture of the world, this book argues that the correct response to the problem is to view it as a consequence of our ignorance of the relevant physical facts.

Author : Research School of Social Sciences The Australian National University Daniel Stoljar Senior Fellow
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198041853
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ignorance and Imagination : The Epistemic Origin of the Problem of Consciousness written by Research School of Social Sciences The Australian National University Daniel Stoljar Senior Fellow and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignorance and Imagination advances a novel way to resolve the central philosophical problem about the mind: how it is that consciousness or experience fits into a larger naturalistic picture of the world. The correct response to the problem, Stoljar argues, is not to posit a realm of experience distinct from the physical, nor to deny the reality of phenomenal experience, nor even to rethink our understanding of consciousness and the language we use to talk about it. Instead, we should view the problem itself as a consequence of our ignorance of the relevant physical facts. Stoljar shows that this change of orientation is well motivated historically, empirically, and philosophically, and that it has none of the side effects it is sometimes thought to have. The result is a philosophical perspective on the mind that has a number of far-reaching consequences: for consciousness studies, for our place in nature, and for the way we think about the relationship between philosophy and science.

Author : José Medina
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199929041
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Epistemology of Resistance written by José Medina and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the epistemic side of racial and sexual oppression. It elucidates how social insensitivities and imposed silences prevent members of different groups from listening to each other.

Author : Azar Nafisi
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698170334
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Republic of Imagination written by Azar Nafisi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller The author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with the next chapter of her life in books—a passionate and deeply moving hymn to America Ten years ago, Azar Nafisi electrified readers with her multimillion-copy bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran, which told the story of how, against the backdrop of morality squads and executions, she taught The Great Gatsby and other classics of English and American literature to her eager students in Iran. In this electrifying follow-up, she argues that fiction is just as threatened—and just as invaluable—in America today. Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite novels, she describes the unexpected journey that led her to become an American citizen after first dreaming of America as a young girl in Tehran and coming to know the country through its fiction. She urges us to rediscover the America of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and challenges us to be truer to the words and spirit of the Founding Fathers, who understood that their democratic experiment would never thrive or survive unless they could foster a democratic imagination. Nafisi invites committed readers everywhere to join her as citizens of what she calls the Republic of Imagination, a country with no borders and few restrictions, where the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream.

Author : Daniel R. DeNicola
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262036444
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Ignorance written by Daniel R. DeNicola and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ignorance is trending. Politicians boast, "I'm not a scientist." Angry citizens object to a proposed state motto because it is in Latin, and "This is America, not Mexico or Latin America." Lack of experience, not expertise, becomes a credential. Fake news and repeated falsehoods are accepted and shape firm belief. Ignorance about American government and history is so alarming that the ideal of an informed citizenry now seems quaint. Conspiracy theories and false knowledge thrive. This may be the Information Age, but we do not seem to be well informed. In this book, philosopher Daniel DeNicola explores ignorance -- its abundance, its endurance, and its consequences.

Author : Susan Ertz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anger in the Sky written by Susan Ertz and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John D. Lyons
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804767576
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Before Imagination written by John D. Lyons and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the practice of vivid, self-directed imagination in the optimistic spirit of the early-modern French writers.

Author : Alana Barton
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319973436
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ignorance, Power and Harm written by Alana Barton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the concept of 'agnosis' and its significance for criminology through a series of case studies, contributing to the expansion of the criminological imagination. Agnotology – the study of the cultural production of ignorance, has primarily been proposed as an analytical tool in the fields of science and medicine. However, this book argues that it has significant resonance for criminology and the social sciences given that ignorance is a crucial means through which public acceptance of serious and sometimes mass harms is achieved. The editors argue that this phenomenon requires a systematic inquiry into ignorance as an area of criminological study in its own right. Through case studies on topics such as migrant detention, historical institutionalised child abuse, imprisonment, environmental harm and financial collapse, this book examines the construction of ignorance, and the power dynamics that facilitate and shape that construction in a range of different contexts. Furthermore, this book addresses the relationship between ignorance and the achievement of ‘manufactured consent’ to political and cultural hegemony, acquiescence in its harmful consequences and the deflection of responsibility for them.

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Download or read book Awakened Imagination written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: