Fringes of religious experience : cross-perspectives on William James's The varieties of religious experience /
Foreword; James's Mystical Body in the Light of the Transmarginal Field ofConsciousnessMichel Weber*; Acategoriality as Mental Instability. A Dynamical Systems Approachto James's Account of Mental Activity. Harald Atmanspacher* and Wolfgang Fach; The Unifying Moment: Toward a Theory of Com...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag,
2007
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| Series: | Process thought ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Foreword; James's Mystical Body in the Light of the Transmarginal Field ofConsciousnessMichel Weber*; Acategoriality as Mental Instability. A Dynamical Systems Approachto James's Account of Mental Activity. Harald Atmanspacher* and Wolfgang Fach; The Unifying Moment: Toward a Theory of Complexity. Whiteheadon Universe's Responsibility and the Role of GodCraig Eisendrath (PhD)*; Education and Conversion. The Plasticity of the SelfIlaria Possenti*; Science as a Religious Experience: The James-Kuhn PerspectiveMajeda Omar (PhD)* William James's Varieties of Religious Experience is one of the most renowned works of the famous psychologist and founder of pragmatism, and a fully accomplished anthropological analysis of the phenomenon of religion. In this book a selection of 10 papers from international scholars, previously presented at the International Centennary Conference in Celebration of The Gifford Lectures at University of Edinburgh in 2002, explore the theoretical and historical 'fringes' of James's work in the attempt to provide new insights into some major issues involved therein. The book is divided into two p. |
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| Item Description: | International conference proceedings. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (210 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110328363 3110328364 311032802X 9783110328028 |
| Language: | English. |
