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Alberto Ribas-Casasayas started the topic CfP, “Promises and Perils of the Psychedelic Renaissance” – ACLA Montréal in the discussion
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoFor distribution among scholars in: Comparative Literature, English, Cultural Studies, Communications, Spanish/Portuguese, Latin American Studies, Medical Humanities.
Ana Luengo (San Francisco State U) and I Alberto Ribas (Santa Clara University) are organizing a seminar for the American Comparative Literature Association conference in Montréal,…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Medkänsla vs extrem individualism av Dawkins själviska genfel-falsk premiss “gen själviskhet kommer vanligtvis att ge upphov till själviskhet i individuellt beteende = “begränsad form av altruism” vs 7 argument som backas upp av studier:- Sprecher-Fehr sp in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoDawkins felslutning – vederläggning av att “egoism” är den vanliga normen och att det bara finns “begränsade former av altruism” Till att börja med vill jag betona att “även bakterier är mer reproduktivt framgångsrika i närvaro av andra av sin egen art.” Jag menar att bakterier har anslutningsmöjligheter för guds skull!
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Medkänsla vs extrem individualism av Dawkins själviska genfel-falsk premiss “gen själviskhet kommer vanligtvis att ge upphov till själviskhet i individuellt beteende = “begränsad form av altruism” vs 7 argument som backas upp av studier:- Sprecher-Fehr sp in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoDawkins felslutning – vederläggning av att “egoism” är den vanliga normen och att det bara finns “begränsade former av altruism” Till att börja med vill jag betona att “även bakterier är mer reproduktivt framgångsrika i närvaro av andra av sin egen art.” Jag menar att bakterier har anslutningsmöjligheter för guds skull!
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Cultural and Sociological Factors in School Shootings (brief) in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoA point of information: there have been 288 school shootings in the United States since the 1990’s. Wikipedia cites 1 school shooting in India and 1 in the Philippines (I count two though the second is politically motivated. Ryan General – in his article – observes, “However, the school shootings that occur in the U.S. has never happened in the…[Read more]
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Julia Rhyder deposited “The Reception of Ritual Laws in the Early Second Temple Period: The Evidence of Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles.” Pp. 255–79 in Text and Ritual in the Pentateuch. Edited by C. Nihan and J. Rhyder. University Park: Eisenbrauns, 2021. in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThis essay examines three cases in which pentateuchal ritual law is employed in Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles: the Sukkôt celebration in Neh 8:13–18, Hezekiah’s Passover in 2 Chr 30, and Josiah’s Passover, in 2 Chr 35:1–19. These case studies reveal that the scribes responsible for Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles considered the ritual texts of the P…[Read more]
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Julia Rhyder deposited “The Reception of Ritual Laws in the Early Second Temple Period: The Evidence of Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles.” Pp. 255–79 in Text and Ritual in the Pentateuch. Edited by C. Nihan and J. Rhyder. University Park: Eisenbrauns, 2021. in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoThis essay examines three cases in which pentateuchal ritual law is employed in Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles: the Sukkôt celebration in Neh 8:13–18, Hezekiah’s Passover in 2 Chr 30, and Josiah’s Passover, in 2 Chr 35:1–19. These case studies reveal that the scribes responsible for Ezra-Nehemiah and Chronicles considered the ritual texts of the P…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Extreme Individualism of Dawkin’s Selfish Gene Fallacy-False Premise “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour = “limited form of altruism” vs studies of compassion, Sprecher-Fehr = spirituality correlation +Mannheim in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoExtreme Individualism & Dawkins Fallacy Dawkins argues that “gene selfishness will usually give rise to selfishness in individual behaviour” – That is an excellent illustration in academia of what David Hay referred to as “Extreme Individualism” – a problem in Western Academia which Virgilio Enriquez also brought to light. Virgilio Enriquez…[Read more]
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Lajos Brons deposited What is Real? in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 5 months agoTwo of the most fundamental distinctions in metaphysics are (1) that between reality (or things in themselves) and appearance, the R/A distinction, and (2) that between entities that are fundamental (or real, etcetera) and entities that are ontologically or existentially dependent, the F/D distinction. While these appear to be two very different…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited “McDougall’s Mente grupal: la “impulsividad irrazonable” de los grupos es muy relevante – Encuesta: los estadounidenses negros temen más ataques racistas después del tiroteo en Buffalo” (Washington Post) – con una comparación con Durkheim, Geertz, in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoComo observaron los autores del artículo “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual-Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” que se publicó en Psychological Bulletin, se estima que solo en la última década del siglo XX, las guerras mortales de lugares como Ruanda, Bosnia y Etiopía cobraron la vida de 30 millones de personas y co…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited McDougall’s Group Mind – the “Unreasoning Impulsiveness” of groups are Very Relevant .”Poll: Black Americans fear more racist attacks after Buffalo shooting” the Washington Post (published 6-9-22) – w/ comparison to Durkheim, Geertz, + Bargh’s recent res in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoAs the authors of the article “Beyond the Group Mind: A Quantitative Review of the Interindividual–Intergroup Discontinuity Effect” which was published in Psychological Bulletin, observed, It is estimated that just in the final decade of the twentieth century, the deadly wars of places like Rwanda, Bosnia, and Ethiopia claimed the lives of 30 m…[Read more]
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Julia Rhyder deposited “The Tent of Meeting as Monumental Space: The Construction of the Priestly Sanctuary in Exodus 25–31, 35–40.” Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 10, no. 3 (2021): 301–13. in the group
Biblical Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThis article explores how the priestly wilderness shrine functions as a monumental space in the sanctuary construction account of Exod 25–31, 35–40. It draws on spatial theory and studies of monumental architecture to identify five features of the tent of meeting that infuse it with monumentality: first, its significance in negotiating the pat…[Read more]
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Julia Rhyder deposited “The Tent of Meeting as Monumental Space: The Construction of the Priestly Sanctuary in Exodus 25–31, 35–40.” Hebrew Bible and Ancient Israel 10, no. 3 (2021): 301–13. in the group
Ancient Jew Review on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoThis article explores how the priestly wilderness shrine functions as a monumental space in the sanctuary construction account of Exod 25–31, 35–40. It draws on spatial theory and studies of monumental architecture to identify five features of the tent of meeting that infuse it with monumentality: first, its significance in negotiating the pat…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited La muerte es un producto de su imaginación: la anatomía de la falacia definitiva como un estereotipo desadaptativo, – Argumento materialista de que “la espiritualidad es irreal” – está más allá de la medida [Miller y Thompson] – Crítica respaldada por el in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoEl escapismo extremo de los psicólogos materialistas impulsado por el materialismo académico y la Precisa “Profecía de Mar” de Jung – tan Recientemente Probada como Verdadera. Pregunta de un periodista a Carl Jung: ¿Cree que, dentro de veinte años, a alguien le importará el espíritu de los símbolos, de lleno en la era de los viajes interpl…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Thunder Gods, – nearly fifty storm gods including: Zeus, Thor, Indra, story of Zeus + Greek goddess Hera harass Heracles + Jane Goodall’s Apes’ response w/ Challenge Displays to a Violent Thunder Storm! – What We Can Learn From Myths about Human Mind in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoHammering, loud peals of thunder had startled me into consciousness. As a young child of six, the storm had roused me from the comfortable oblivion of my deep sleep. The booming rolls of thunder had woken my father as well. His head peered from behind the door. Finding me awake, we went onto the porch of our summer cottage, which was perched high…[Read more]
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Titus Stahl deposited Beyond the nonideal: Why critical theory needs a utopian dimension in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago“Ideal theorists” in contemporary liberal political theory argue that we can only arrive at a conception of what our most important political values require by reference to an imagined ideal state of affairs and that we must therefore, to some extent, engage in utopian thinking. Critical theorists, from Marx and the Frankfurt School, have tra…[Read more]
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Titus Stahl deposited Beyond the nonideal: Why critical theory needs a utopian dimension in the group
Frankfurt School Critical Theory on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago“Ideal theorists” in contemporary liberal political theory argue that we can only arrive at a conception of what our most important political values require by reference to an imagined ideal state of affairs and that we must therefore, to some extent, engage in utopian thinking. Critical theorists, from Marx and the Frankfurt School, have tra…[Read more]
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Charles Peck Jr deposited Creencias espirituales como motivación e impulso: “1. selectividad” en neurociencia; 2. Religión y espiritualidad: sistemas de significado diseñados para las relaciones sociales 3. Gergen: “Quizás los eventos… necesitaron… Dios”. Prisma Espiritualidad in the group
Latin America and the Caribbean on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoMotivación: Creencias espirituales como Impulso o Motivación.
Cuando hablas con “personas espirituales”, las creencias espirituales no son solo una motivación, sino una fuente muy profunda de inspiración y un impulso poderoso. En contraste, la espiritualidad como motivación brilla por su ausencia en gran parte de la academia propiamente dich…[Read more] -
Samuel Rosado-Zaidi deposited Presentación “Ludwig Feuerbach y el fin de la filosofía clásica alemana” in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoUna dicusión crítica de la lectura de Engels. El marxismo tiene como potencia el propio marxismo, pero implica la autocrítica, ubicar a sus exponentes en sus condiciones históricas materiales concretas.
La tarea de los marxistas del presente es, como diría Hegel, actualizar los elementos revolucionarios del marxismo con las potencias revo…[Read more] -
José Angel GARCÍA LANDA started the topic Science and Philosophy in the discussion
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months agoIssues on the interface of contemporary science (e.g. physics, cosmology, evolutionism, bioengineering) and philosophy. First post, a retropost in Spanish, 2013: El Renacer del Tiempo https://vanityfea.blogspot.com/2013/07/el-renacer-del-tiempo.html
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Pragya Ranjan deposited Lysistrata: through a feminist’s lens in the group
Gender Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 6 months ago‘There is no truth, only perception of truth’, and that perception too changes with time. Lysistrata is one such text where this difference of perception prevails. Written by Aristophanes in 411 BCE, Lysistrata is one of the eleven Old Greek Comedy plays surviving out of forty-two. The play revolves around the Peleponnesian war, when women hav…[Read more]
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