Philosophy
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From  World InscapeFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter discusses how emotions are embodied, and how the inward feelings of organisms are accessible through their bodily presence. | Andreas Weber | 20 | 2016 | $2.00 Add |
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From  A Breath of Relief From This Fast-Paced WorldOn Consumed Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia |
Both nostalgia and consumerism satisfy a longing, an attempt to satisfy impossible desires. Consumerism, as in the most important role for a person is somone who buys things, and a history of … | David Berry | 23 | 2020 | $2.30 Add |
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From Affective NeuroscienceFrom: The Biology of Wonder |
This chapter probes the links between subjective experience, consciousness, and the body. | Andreas Weber | 30 | 2016 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Alvin Plantinga’s SlipFrom: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique |
All inquiry, they say, is carried on within the framework of a presupposed set of principles that determine, for instance, what is to count as being reasonable grounds for what. Therefore, they … | D. Goldstick | 9 | 1999 | $1.08 Add |
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From  Beauty Myth BustersFrom: Not Just a Pretty Face |
From the “whitening trend” in Asia to the airbrushed models in the ads, the beauty industry sells toxic dreams around the world. | Stacy Malkan | 12 | 2007 | $1.20 Add |
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From  Chapter 5On the Meaning of "Gossip" |
The readings in Part One of this title explore the history of witch hunts and place them in the context of contemporary violence against women. This reading consists of an exploration of the … | Silvia Federici | 9 | 2018 | $0.90 Add |
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From  Divided We StandThe Myth of Heroism From: National Dreams |
It has often been observed that English Canada has not produced many heroes. The overwhelming influence of American culture on Canadian lives has inhibited the emergence of homegrown greatness. … | Daniel Frances | 42 | 1997 | $1.68 Add |
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From  Ethics CommissionsFrom: Honest Politics Now |
Describes Canadian experiments in the enforcement of political ethics through conflict of interest and ethics commissioners in the provinces and territories, and at the federal level | Ian Stedman | 36 | 2017 | $3.60 Add |
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From  Expressing GratitudeFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
When we are grateful, we naturally become more hopeful. By recognizing and appreciating the gifts we have been given, gratitude breeds hope. Gratitude doesn’t deny the mess we are in, but … | Kate Davies | 16 | 2018 | $1.60 Add |
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From  Hector Isn’t the Problem |
I was the official New York State Teacher of the Year when I quit on the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal, because I couldn’t stand to hurt children any more. | John Taylor Gatto | 7 | 2010 | $0.70 Add |
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From  Hegel, The Particularity of Conflicts, and the Spaces of "Reason-ability" |
Hegel wants to show that history is not a cold, anonymous process that simply sweeps up human lives and never looks back. Indeed, his philosophy of history is primarily concerned with the … | Réal Fillion | 17 | 2008 | $2.21 Add |
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From  How Could It Have HappenedFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter links Arendt’s theories on evil to the Nazification of Germany in the 1930s. | Ann Heberlein | 3 | 2021 | $0.30 Add |
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From  Ingarden’s Analyses of Other Sorts of Artworks |
Ingarden’s extensive analyses of art in order not to gather material for the construction of a general ‘theory of art’ but rather to elucidate and, to some extent, ground his … | Jeff Mitsecherling | 29 | 1997 | $3.19 Add |
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From  NEW! Is There Hope? |
In this chapter, Boyd explores the philosophical question of which disposition is best suited to take on the climate crisis. Boyd discusses hope, optimism, pessimism, and stoicism. This chapter … | Andrew Boyd | 54 | 2023 | $5.40 Add |
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From  Outdoor Risky Play in Nature-based TherapyFrom: Nature-Based Therapy |
The meaningful integration of environmental conditions and activity choices creates the milieu. Comfort with changing weather conditions, spending time in a forest, and getting dirty, wet, or … | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Pilgrim WaysFrom: In Praise of Retreat |
This chapter explores the concept of pilgrimage and how it can be applied in modern life. The author discusses a variety of examples of notable religious pilgrimages. | Kirsteen MacLeod | 45 | 2021 | $4.50 Add |
