Cognitive Harmony

Cognitive Harmony
Author: Nicholas Rescher
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0822970902

This novel approach to epistemological discourse explains the complex but crucial role that systematization plays-not just for the organization of what we know, but also for its validation. Cognitive Harmony argues for a new conception of the process philosophers generally call induction. Relying on the root definition of harmony, a coherent unification of component parts (systemic integrity) in such a way that the final object can successfully accomplish what it was meant to do (evaluative positivity), Rescher discusses the role of harmony in cognitive contexts, the history of cognitive harmony, and the various features it has in producing human knowledge. The book ends on the issue of philosophy and the sort of harmony required of philosophical systems.

Harmony, Perspective, and Triadic Cognition

Harmony, Perspective, and Triadic Cognition
Author: Norman D. Cook
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2012
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0521192137

This book addresses the difference between the mental processes of animals and those of the human mind.

Cognitive Modeling

Cognitive Modeling
Author: Thad A. Polk
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 1300
Release: 2002
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780262661164

A comprehensive introduction to the computational modeling of human cognition.

The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner

The Collected Works of Eugene Paul Wigner
Author: Eugene Paul Wigner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 558
Release: 2001-09-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9783540572947

Not only was E.P. Wigner one of the most active creators of 20th century physics, he was also always interested in expressing his opinion in philosophical, political or sociological matters. This volume of his collected works covers a wide selection of his essays about science and society, about himself and his colleagues. Annotated by J. Mehra, this volume will become an important source of reference for historians of science, and it will be pleasant reading for every physicist interested in forming ideas in modern physics.

The Creative Matrix of the Origins

The Creative Matrix of the Origins
Author: Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 452
Release: 2002
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781402007897

Creative force or creative shaping? This unprecedented effort to plumb the workings of the ontopoiesis of life by disentangling its primordial forces and shaping devices as they enter into the originary matrixes of life yields fascinating insights. Prepared by the investigation of the first two matrixes (the `womb of life' and `sharing-in-life', Analecta Husserliana Volume 74) the present collection of essays focuses upon the third and crowning creative matrix, Imaginatio Creatrix here proves itself to be the source and driving force which brings us to the origins of the human mind - human life. Studies by: Elof Axel Carlson, A-T. Tymieniecka, N. Milkov, Eldon C. Wait, K. Rokstad, M. Golaszewska, M. Küle, W. Kim Rogers, Piotr Mróz, R. Pinilla Burgos, A. Carrillo Canán, G.R. Ronsivalle, J.E. Smith, A. Pawliszyn, A. Rizzacasa, L. Galzigna and M. Galzigna, Jiro Watanabe, M. Jakubczak, K. Tarnowski, M. Durst, W. Pawliszyn, R.A. Kurenkova, Carmen Cozma, E. Supinska-Polit, I.S. Fiut, Gerald Nyenhuis, Osvaldo Rossi, R.D. Sweeney, and D. Ulicka.

The Problem of Free Harmony in Kant's Aesthetics

The Problem of Free Harmony in Kant's Aesthetics
Author: Kenneth F. Rogerson
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780791476260

In this book, Kenneth F. Rogerson explores the first half of Kant's Critique of Judgment, entitled the "Critique of Aesthetic Judgment." Rogerson provides an interpretation of arguably the most important issue in Kant's aesthetic theory, namely, a free harmony of the imagination and understanding. He uses this interpretation to explore several other important issues in Kant's aesthetic theory, including his distinction between art and natural beauty, the doctrine of aesthetic ideas, and the connection between beauty and morality.

The Human Behavior

The Human Behavior
Author: Valentin Matcas
Publisher: Valentin Leonard Matcas
Total Pages: 144
Release:
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

Your behavior consists of everything that you do in life, knowingly and unknowingly. Even more, your behavior represents and is a consequence of everything that you need, mean, and think throughout life. Yet it was so easy to manage your life if your behavior was so easy to define, because you always live your life alongside the rest of society, and always influenced by the rest of the world, in every manner. You are a social value, highly useful to others, and this is how others end up controlling you and your behavior according to their own needs and reasoning, with or without your consent. And this is how you behave and live your life in society, you influence and you are influenced by others continuously, according to your needs, beliefs, duties, capabilities, orders, and agendas. And you do so successively, continuously, and many times simultaneously throughout life and throughout society. Even more, your social behavior does not define you entirely, since your private, hidden behavior is distinct from your open, social one. You work hard to keep this shadow behavior unnoticed and at bay, but now when you consider it, you realize that it defines you more than everything else. This has always been the case, it can make life fun and exciting at times, yet it can become dangerous and expensive. Because it has become a continuously hidden need that you are forced to fulfill consistently, and many times, you would rather avoid this private behavior, if you only knew how. What happens is that the entire world lives in this major dissociation, because everybody seeks privacy and intimacy in life for various reasons, as everybody lives in the hiding most of the time, overwhelmed, guilty, and confused. And now, you seek to find out why you behave in this manner, you want to know what you can do in order to change and improve your behavior, you seek to know how to educate your children towards adopting a good behavior in life and in the world, and this is why you read this book. Throughout this book, you learn everything about the human behavior, everything necessary to help you control yourself, understand others, and develop to higher levels, along with everything necessary for you to help and educate others to behave well, while developing consistently to higher levels.

Beauty, Ugliness and the Free Play of Imagination

Beauty, Ugliness and the Free Play of Imagination
Author: Mojca Küplen
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2015-07-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3319198998

This book presents a solution to the problem known in philosophical aesthetics as the paradox of ugliness, namely, how an object that is displeasing can retain our attention and be greatly appreciated. It does this by exploring and refining the most sophisticated and thoroughly worked out theoretical framework of philosophical aesthetics, Kant’s theory of taste, which was put forward in part one of the Critique of the Power of Judgment. The book explores the possibility of incorporating ugliness, a negative aesthetic concept, into the overall Kantian aesthetic picture. It addresses a debate of the last two decades over whether Kant's aesthetics should allow for a pure aesthetic judgment of ugliness. The book critically reviews the main interpretations of Kant’s central notion of the free play of imagination and understanding and offers a new interpretation of free play, one that allows for the possibility of a disharmonious state of mind and ugliness. In addition, the book also applies an interpretation of ugliness in Kant’s aesthetics to resolve certain issues that have been raised in contemporary aesthetics, namely the possibility of appreciating artistic and natural ugliness and the role of disgust in artistic representation. Offering a theoretical and practical analysis of different kinds of negative aesthetic experiences, this book will help readers acquire a better understanding of his or her own evaluative processes, which may be helpful in coping with complex aesthetic experiences. Readers will gain unique insight into how ugliness can be offensive, yet, at the same time, fascinating, interesting and captivating.

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kant on Judgment

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Kant on Judgment
Author: Robert Wicks
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2007-05-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1134461895

Kant’s Critique of Judgment is one of the most important texts in the history of modern aesthetics. This GuideBook discusses the Third Critique section by section, and introduces and assesses: Kant's life and the background of the Critique of Judgment the ideas and text of the Critique of Judgment, including a critical explanation of Kant’s theories of natural beauty the continuing relevance of Kant’s work to contemporary philosophy and aesthetics. This GuideBook is an accessible introduction to a notoriously difficult work and will be essential reading for students of Kant and aesthetics.

Kant: A Guide for the Perplexed

Kant: A Guide for the Perplexed
Author: TK Seung
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2007-05-10
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1441175962

Continuum's Guides for the Perplexed are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material. Immanuel Kant's influence and importance are difficult to exaggerate, his Three Critiques - of Pure Reason, of Practical Reason and of Judgment - standing as landmark works in the Western philosophical canon. Anyone interested in or studying philosophy will encounter Kant and hope to reach a detailed understanding of his work. Nevertheless, Kant is far from being an easy or straightforward subject for study. The ideas entailed in his work - and the connections between them - are complex, and the language in which they are expressed is frequently opaque. Kant: A Guide for the Perplexed is the ideal text for anyone finding it difficult to make headway with this key philosopher. It offers a detailed account of each of the three Critiques and the relationship between them. In so doing, it ranges over Kant's epistemology, ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics and philosophy of religion, and explores his legacy for German Idealism. Valuably, the book provides a way through Kant's often impenetrable prose. Written with students in mind, and tailored to meet their specific needs, this is a reliable, authoritative and illuminating guide to one of the central pillars of modern philosophy.