Knowing Otherwise

Author : Alexis Shotwell
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271056738
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Knowing Otherwise written by Alexis Shotwell and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prejudice is often not a conscious attitude: because of ingrained habits in relating to the world, one may act in prejudiced ways toward others without explicitly understanding the meaning of one’s actions. Similarly, one may know how to do certain things, like ride a bicycle, without being able to articulate in words what that knowledge is. These are examples of what Alexis Shotwell discusses in Knowing Otherwise as phenomena of “implicit understanding.” Presenting a systematic analysis of this concept, she highlights how this kind of understanding may be used to ground positive political and social change, such as combating racism in its less overt and more deep-rooted forms. Shotwell begins by distinguishing four basic types of implicit understanding: nonpropositional, skill-based, or practical knowledge; embodied knowledge; potentially propositional knowledge; and affective knowledge. She then develops the notion of a racialized and gendered “common sense,” drawing on Gramsci and critical race theorists, and clarifies the idea of embodied knowledge by showing how it operates in the realm of aesthetics. She also examines the role that both negative affects, like shame, and positive affects, like sympathy, can play in moving us away from racism and toward political solidarity and social justice. Finally, Shotwell looks at the politicized experience of one’s body in feminist and transgender theories of liberation in order to elucidate the role of situated sensuous knowledge in bringing about social change and political transformation.

Author : J. G. Fichte
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791483223
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Science of Knowing written by J. G. Fichte and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered by some to be his most important text, this series of lectures given by Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762–1814) at his home in Berlin in 1804 is widely regarded as the most perspicuous presentation of his fundamental philosophy. Now available in English, this translation provides in striking and original language Fichte's exploration of the transcendental foundations of experience and knowing in ways that go beyond Kant and Reinhold and charts a promising, novel pathway for German Idealism. Through a close examination of this work one can see that Fichte's thought is much more than a way station between Kant and Hegel, thus making the case for Fichte's independent philosophical importance. The text is divided into two parts: a doctrine of truth or reason, and a doctrine of appearance. A central feature of the text is its performative dimension. Philosophy, for Fichte, is something we enact rather than any discursively expressible object of awareness; a philosophical truth is not expressible as a set of propositions but is a spontaneous inwardly occurring realization. Therefore, he always regards the expression of philosophy in words as strategic, aiming to ignite philosophy's essentially inward process and to arouse the event of philosophical insight. The new translation contains a German-English glossary and an extensive introduction and notes by the translator.

Author : John Broomfield
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN 13 : 9780892816149
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Other Ways of Knowing written by John Broomfield and published by Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. This book was released on 1997-06 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our environment and our civilization are in crisis. But the wisdom to chart a new course is available to us from unexpected sources, including the sacred traditions of our ancestors. From the Polynesian technique of remote viewing to the formative causation theory of Rupert Sheldrake, Other Ways of Knowing examines perceptions and practices that challenge the narrow perspective of the West.

Author : Richard Dien Winfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law in Civil Society written by Richard Dien Winfield and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law in Civil Society advances a new and comprehensive theory of how legal institutions should be reformed to uphold the property, family, and economic rights of individuals in civil society. In so doing, it offers a powerful challenge to the dominant legal theories and practices espoused by liberalism, positivism, natural law, and critical legal thought. Winfield argues against the prevailing assumptions of legal philosophers who dogmatically embrace formal or historical conceptions of law. True law, he contends, must be constructed within the context of the different spheres of rights and ultimately can only exist within a civil society committed to self-determination and community. Working from these fundamental premises, he analyzes in detail a rich array of important legal issues: fair access to legal representation, the rationale for jury trials, appropriate distinctions between civil and criminal legal procedures, the controversies pitting common law versus codification and adversarial versus inquisitorial systems of trial, and the relationship between civil society and the state. Much inspired by Hegel's Philosophy of Right, Winfield's study offers the most convincing critique yet of that renowned philosopher's work and, in the process, provides a more complete and coherent conception of law than Hegel himself articulated. Provocative and highly instructive, the book should attract scholars, teachers, and students in legal and political philosophy and anyone else with an abiding interest in the foundations of Western law.

Author : John Cook Wilson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statement and Inference, with Other Philosophical Papers written by John Cook Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Leslie Davidson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theism as Grounded in Human Nature written by William Leslie Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michele Novotni
Publisher : Specialty Press (FL)
ISBN 13 : 9781886941342
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Does Everybody Know that I Don't? written by Michele Novotni and published by Specialty Press (FL). This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder adults, friends and relatives to better understand how ADHD affects social behavior

Author : Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Decameron Preserved to Posterity written by Giovanni Boccaccio and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swedenborg's Works written by Emanuel Swedenborg and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 1907 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Swedenborg's Works: Marriage Love; Volume 29 Of Swedenborg's Works; Emanuel Swedenborg Emanuel Swedenborg Houghton Mifflin Co., 1907 Heresies, Christian; Heretics, Christian; Theology

Author : Sir Michael Foster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Text Book of Physiology written by Sir Michael Foster and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: