Interpreting Bodies

Interpreting Bodies
Author: Elena Castellani
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2020-12-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0691222045

Bewildering features of modern physics, such as relativistic space-time structure and the peculiarities of so-called quantum statistics, challenge traditional ways of conceiving of objects in space and time. Interpreting Bodies brings together essays by leading philosophers and scientists to provide a unique overview of the implications of such physical theories for questions about the nature of objects. The collection combines classic articles by Max Born, Werner Heisenberg, Hans Reichenbach, and Erwin Schrodinger with recent contributions, including several papers that have never before been published. The book focuses on the microphysical objects that are at the heart of quantum physics and addresses issues central to both the "foundational" and the philosophical debates about objects. Contributors explore three subjects in particular: how to identify a physical object as an individual, the notion of invariance with respect to determining what objects are or could be, and how to relate objective and measurable properties to a physical entity. The papers cover traditional philosophical topics, common-sense questions, and technical matters in a consistently clear and rigorous fashion, illuminating some of the most perplexing problems in modern physics and the philosophy of science. The contributors are Diederik Aerts, Max Born, Elena Castellani, Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara, Bas C. van Fraassen, Steven French, Gian Carlo Ghirardi, Roberto Giuntini, Werner Heisenberg, Decio Krause, David Lewis, Tim Maudlin, Peter Mittelstaedt, Giulio Peruzzi, Hans Reichenbach, Erwin Schrodinger, Paul Teller, and Giuliano Toraldo di Francia.

Interpreting the Body

Interpreting the Body
Author: Anne Marie Champagne
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2024-03-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1529211573

Written by leading social scientists, this ambitious volume asks what individuals’ “handling” of bodies reveal about inequality, social order and cultural change in societies.

Understanding the Messages of Your Body

Understanding the Messages of Your Body
Author: Jean-Pierre Barral, D.O.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2007-11-13
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1556436793

Fears, anxieties, traumas, and physical and emotional shocks imprint on the body and remain dormant in its vast memory store until they are roused by an event or encounter. They may manifest in a different form or place—a fearful incident may transform itself into a stomachache or a headache, or even a chronic disease. Pain creates its own path. In particular, psychological and emotional stresses affect the functioning of the internal organs. In Understanding the Messages of Your Body, Dr. Jean-Pierre Barral explains the relationships that exist between internal organs and emotions, to allow us to free ourselves from the effects of present and past tensions and traumas. The book opens with an explanation of the body-mind relationship and goes on to show how physical-emotional therapy works based on examples from Dr. Barral’s clinical practice. The second part of the book offers detailed analyses of various “types” of human personality and the physical-emotional complexes and related organ dysfunctions that accompany them. The author offers advice and encouragement to improve physical, psychological, and emotional health, and recommends physical exercises, psychotherapeutic approaches, and dietary plans that can be used by both professional therapists and the average reader.

Reading and the Body

Reading and the Body
Author: Thomas Mc Laughlin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2016-04-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137522895

Literary theory has been dominated by a mind/body dualism that often eschews the role of the body in reading. Focusing on reading as a physical practice, McLaughlin analyzes the role of the eyes, the hands, postures and gestures, bodily habits and other physical spaces, with discussions ranging from James Joyce to the digital future of reading.

Interpreting Body Psychology

Interpreting Body Psychology
Author: Cris Cotone
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2014-05-15
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1452588767

We continue to relive and experience both physically and emotionally painful events from our past. By the time we are adults, we have lost our capacity to respond to what is going on in the present because we are responding to the present through reactions from the past. With the knowledge from Interpreting Body Psychology, you will have a deeper understanding of patterns and tensions held in the body from past experiences; you will see the link between your subconscious thoughts and your physical structure. You will learn transforming techniques you can easily incorporate into your daily routine that can change your life. www.criscotone.com

Reading the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel

Reading the Body in the Eighteenth-Century Novel
Author: J. McMaster
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2004-03-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 023051202X

McMaster's lively study looks at the various codes by which Eighteenth-century novelists made the minds of their characters legible through their bodies. She tellingly explores the discourses of medicine, physiognomy, gesture and facial expression, completely familiar to contemporary readers but not to us, in ways that enrich our reading of such classics as Clarissa and Tristram Shandy , as well as of novels by Fanny Burney, Mary Wollstonecraft and Jane Austen.

Jung's Treatment of Christianity

Jung's Treatment of Christianity
Author: Murray Stein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2015-06-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781630512675

An insightful and convincing interpretation of Jung's encounter with Christianity. In the last 20 years of his life, Jung wrote extensively on the Trinity, the Mass, alchemy and the Bible, in what Stein understands as his effort to help Christianity evolve into its next stage of development. Here, Stein provides a comprehensive analysis of Jung's writings on Christianity in relation to his personal life, psychological thought and efforts to transform Western religion. Murray Stein is a Jungian analyst who until recently had a private practice in Wilmette, Illinois, but who now lives in Switzerland. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Jung's Treatment of Christianity, In Midlife and Jungian Analysis. He is the co-editor of The Chiron Clinical Series and presents in many live webinars with the Asheville Jung Center.

What Every BODY is Saying

What Every BODY is Saying
Author: Joe Navarro
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0061755664

OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD Joe Navarro, a former FBI counterintelligence officer and a recognized expert on nonverbal behavior, explains how to "speed-read" people: decode sentiments and behaviors, avoid hidden pitfalls, and look for deceptive behaviors. You'll also learn how your body language can influence what your boss, family, friends, and strangers think of you. Read this book and send your nonverbal intelligence soaring. You will discover: The ancient survival instincts that drive body language Why the face is the least likely place to gauge a person's true feelings What thumbs, feet, and eyelids reveal about moods and motives The most powerful behaviors that reveal our confidence and true sentiments Simple nonverbals that instantly establish trust Simple nonverbals that instantly communicate authority Filled with examples from Navarro's professional experience, this definitive book offers a powerful new way to navigate your world.

Interpreting Newton

Interpreting Newton
Author: Andrew Janiak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2012-01-12
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0521766184

Essays by leading scholars on Isaac Newton and his philosophical interlocutors and critics, discussing a wide range of topics.

Orgasmic Bodies

Orgasmic Bodies
Author: Hannah Frith
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2015-06-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1137304375

Orgasmic Bodies explores how bodily experiences of orgasm are worked up as present/absent, complicated/straightforward, too slow/too fast, fake or real, in the doing of masculinities and femininities. Engaging with both science and popular culture it examines the meanings given to orgasmic bodies in contemporary heterosex.