What Happens to Us When We Think: Transformation and RealityAuthor Michael Gelven suggests that thinking metaphysically transforms us, and consequently the nature of metaphysics itself is transformational. Using concrete existential phenomena such as the learning process, how children mature into adults, and how fear can develop into courage, he establishes an understanding of metaphysical transformation. |
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... sense of history isn't the only reason to look at a building. Sure. And one of the most important reasons is to use it as a landmark to find our way back to the hotel. I'm hungry. If that yellow building has a restaurant or pub or grill ...
... sense of history isn't the only reason to look at a building. Sure. And one of the most important reasons is to use it as a landmark to find our way back to the hotel. I'm hungry. If that yellow building has a restaurant or pub or grill ...
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... sense. But in a court of law, ladies and gentlemen, it is not enough to offer a coherent and sensible account. It is necessary that any alternative story that would acquit my client is so unlikely that you would have to judge it to be ...
... sense. But in a court of law, ladies and gentlemen, it is not enough to offer a coherent and sensible account. It is necessary that any alternative story that would acquit my client is so unlikely that you would have to judge it to be ...
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... sense of internal coherence or theoretical structure; I'm simply saying the word real is not captive of any theory as theory. Whatever we think about reality outside a system or theoretical ac- count is surely a part of what we mean by ...
... sense of internal coherence or theoretical structure; I'm simply saying the word real is not captive of any theory as theory. Whatever we think about reality outside a system or theoretical ac- count is surely a part of what we mean by ...
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... sense that, you know. She learns. Maybe that's the point: her learning. There's a scene that suggests this: right after Bassanio chooses the correct casket, she tells him she would be trebled twenty times herself for his sake. But then ...
... sense that, you know. She learns. Maybe that's the point: her learning. There's a scene that suggests this: right after Bassanio chooses the correct casket, she tells him she would be trebled twenty times herself for his sake. But then ...
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Contents
1 | |
2 Wonder | 19 |
3 Being Real | 31 |
4 Violence | 43 |
5 Truth | 59 |
6 The Learner | 71 |
7 The Student | 89 |
8 The Child | 107 |
9 Conflict and Coherence | 119 |
10 Origins | 133 |
Index | 145 |
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