Academic instincts [[electronic resource] /] / Marjorie Garber ; [illustrated by Sir John Tenniell]
| Academic instincts [[electronic resource] /] / Marjorie Garber ; [illustrated by Sir John Tenniell] |
| Autore | Garber Marjorie B |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (195 p.) |
| Disciplina | 001.3/071/1 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | TennielJohn <1820-1914> |
| Soggetto topico |
Humanities - Study and teaching (Higher)
Literature - Study and teaching (Higher) Universities and colleges - Curricula Academic writing Humanities - Philosophy Learning and scholarship |
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Adjective
Aestheticism Alan Sokal Alfred Kazin Amateur professionalism Amateur American studies Anti-intellectualism Aphorism Art history Author Book review C. P. Snow C. S. Lewis Columnist Counterintuitive Critical theory Criticism Cultural studies Culture war Deconstruction Doublespeak Edward Said Essay Fashionable Nonsense Genre George Orwell Gertrude Stein Harvard University Headline Humanities Idealization Ideology Intellectual Interdisciplinarity Irony Jacques Derrida Jacques Lacan James Gleick Jargon Jewish studies Jonathan Swift Joseph Addison Judith Butler Liberal arts education Literary criticism Literary theory Literature Mario Pei Minima Moralia Modern Language Association Mr Neologism New Criticism Newspeak Novelist Oxford University Press Penis envy Philosopher Philosophy Phrase Physicist Poetry Political correctness Politician Post-structuralism Postmodernism Prince Hal Psychoanalysis Psychology Rhetoric Richard Feynman Robert Maynard Hutchins Roland Barthes Romanticism Science Scientist Sigmund Freud Slang Social science Sociology Sokal affair Sophistication Stanley Fish Terminology The New York Times The Philosopher The School of Athens The Two Cultures Theodor W. Adorno Theory Thought Usage Verb Vocabulary Wendy Lesser Wilhelm Dilthey William Shakespeare Writer Writing |
| ISBN |
1-4008-1426-X
1-282-66564-2 9786612665646 1-4008-2467-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Amateur Professional and the Professional Amateur -- 2. Discipline Envy -- 3. Terms of Art -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784919103321 |
Garber Marjorie B
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2001 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The blind spot [[electronic resource] ] : science and the crisis of uncertainty / / William Byers
| The blind spot [[electronic resource] ] : science and the crisis of uncertainty / / William Byers |
| Autore | Byers William |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 p.) |
| Disciplina | 500 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - Social aspects
Uncertainty (Information theory) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Acknowledgment (creative arts and sciences)
Algorithm Ambiguity Analogy Approximation Axiom Axiomatic system Basic research Big O notation Calculation Certainty Chaos theory Circumference Computation Concept Conjecture Consciousness Consistency Contingency (philosophy) Continuous function Continuum hypothesis Contradiction Counting David Bohm Dynamism (metaphysics) Emergence Euclidean geometry Explanation Feeling Fermat's Last Theorem Geometry Gestalt psychology Gregory Chaitin Gödel's incompleteness theorems Human behavior Human intelligence Hypothesis Ideology Inference Integer Irrational number Learning Logic Logical reasoning Mathematician Mathematics Measurement Methodology Modernity Molecule Natural number Nature Paradigm shift Paradox Participant Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of science Philosophy Platonism Prediction Principle Probability Pythagoreanism Qualitative property Quantification (science) Quantity Quantum mechanics Randomness Rational number Rationality Real number Reality Reason Reductionism Relationship between religion and science Result Science Scientific method Scientific progress Scientific theory Scientist Self-reference Set theory Special case Subatomic particle Subjectivity Suggestion Technology The Philosopher Theorem Theoretical physics Theory of everything Theory Thomas Kuhn Thought Uncertainty Universality (philosophy) Writing |
| ISBN |
1-283-00150-0
9786613001504 1-4008-3815-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface: The Revelation of Uncertainty -- 1. The Blind Spot -- 2. The Blind Spot Revealed -- 3. Certainty or Wonder? -- 4. A World in Crisis! -- 5. Ambiguity -- 6. Self-Reference: The Human Element in Science -- 7. The Mystery of Number -- 8. Science as the Ambiguous Search for Unity -- 9. The Still Point -- 10. Conclusion: Living in a World of Uncertainty -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781106903321 |
Byers William
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2011 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Collected Works of C.G. Jung . Volume 8 Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 8 ; Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche / / C. G. Jung; Gerhard Adler, R. F.C. Hull
| Collected Works of C.G. Jung . Volume 8 Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 8 ; Structure & Dynamics of the Psyche / / C. G. Jung; Gerhard Adler, R. F.C. Hull |
| Autore | Jung Carl G. |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2014] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (998 p.) |
| Disciplina | 150.19/54 |
| Collana | Collected Works of C.G. Jung |
| Soggetto topico | Psychoanalysis |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Analogy
Analytical psychology Apprehension (understanding) Archetype Astrology Auditory hallucination Bibliography Causality Certainty Cherry picking Coincidence Collective unconscious Concept Consciousness Criticism Delusion Determination Disposition Dissociation (psychology) Edition (book) Existence Explanation Extrasensory perception Extraversion and introversion Feeling Four Evangelists Hallucination Horoscope Human behavior Hypothesis Imagination In Spring Indication (medicine) Individuation Inference Inferiority complex Instinct Intellect Intention Lecture Level of consciousness (Esotericism) Libido Materialism Mental disorder Neurosis Objectivity (philosophy) Observation Parapsychology Perception Personal unconscious Personality Pessimism Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophy Potentiality and actuality Prejudice Principle Probability Psyche (psychology) Psychiatry Psychic Psychoanalysis Psychological Types Psychological research Psychology and Alchemy Psychology of the Unconscious Psychology Psychopathology Psychotherapy Quantity Reality Reason Reminiscence Requirement Result Schizophrenia Science Scientist Self-deception Self-knowledge (psychology) Sexual fantasy Sigmund Freud Skepticism Suggestion Symbols of Transformation Sympathy Symptom Telepathy Temperament Textual criticism Theory of Forms Theory Thought Thus Spoke Zarathustra Transference Two Essays on Analytical Psychology Unconsciousness World view Writing |
| ISBN |
0-691-25945-3
1-4008-5095-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- EDITORIAL NOTE -- TRANSLATOR'S NOTE. EDITORIAL NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- I. -- ON PSYCHIC ENERGY -- THE TRANSCENDENT FUNCTION -- A REVIEW OF THE COMPLEX THEORY -- II -- THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CONSTITUTION AND HEREDITY IN PSYCHOLOGY -- PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS DETERMINING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR -- III -- INSTINCT AND THE UNCONSCIOUS -- THE STRUCTURE OF THE PSYCHE -- ON THE NATURE OF THE PSYCHE -- IV -- GENERAL ASPECTS OF DREAM PSYCHOLOGY -- ON THE NATURE OF DREAMS -- V -- THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF BELIEF IN SPIRITS -- SPIRIT AND LIFE -- BASIC POSTULATES OF ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY -- ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND 'WELTANSCHAUUNG' -- THE REAL AND THE SURREAL -- VI -- THE STAGES OF LIFE -- THE SOUL AND DEATH -- VII -- SYNCHRONICITY: AN ACAUSAL CONNECTING PRINCIPLE -- APPENDIX: ON SYNCHRONICITY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791087703321 |
Jung Carl G.
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2014] | ||
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Explaining the cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / / Daniel W. Graham
| Explaining the cosmos [[electronic resource] ] : the Ionian tradition of scientific philosophy / / Daniel W. Graham |
| Autore | Graham Daniel W |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (363 p.) |
| Disciplina | 182.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Philosophy, Ancient
Pre-Socratic philosophers |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Absolute (philosophy)
Alcmaeon of Croton Alexander of Aphrodisias Allusion Ambiguity Analogy Anaxagoras Anaximander Anaximenes Antidosis Apeiron (cosmology) Aristotle Atomism Causality Chemical element Chemical formula Classical element Coeus Concept Contradiction Cosmogony Cratylus Crius Cronus Democritus Diogenes of Apollonia Dualism (philosophy of mind) Dualism Eleatics Emergence Empedocles Empirical evidence Essence Existence Explanandum Explanation Explication Fallacy First principle Four causes Greek Philosophy Hippias Hypothesis Ignoratio elenchi Inference Inquiry Instance (computer science) Isocrates Leucippus Lucretius Material monism Meteorology Monism Multitude Mythology Natural philosophy Natural science On Generation and Corruption On the Heavens Ontology Ousia Parmenides Peripatetic school Phenomenon Philolaus Philosopher Philosophical theory Philosophy Pre-Socratic philosophy Premise Principle Process philosophy Prose Pythagoreanism Quantity Rarefaction Reality Reason Science Scientific method Scientist Sophist Substance theory Teleology Test theory The Philosopher Theogony Theophrastus Theoretical physics Theory of Forms Theory of change Theory Thomas Kuhn Thought Timaeus (dialogue) Trace Amounts Treatise Unity of opposites World view Xenophanes |
| ISBN |
1-282-45828-0
9786612458286 1-4008-2745-0 |
| Classificazione |
08.21
08.35 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations and Brief References -- 1. The Ionian Program -- 2. Anaximander's Principles -- 3. Anaximenes' Theory of Change -- 4. The Generating Substance Theory as an Explanatory Hypothesis -- 5. Heraclitus's Criticism of Ionian Philosophy -- 6. Parmenides' Criticism of Ionian Philosophy -- 7. Anaxagoras and Empedocles: Eleatic Pluralists -- 8. The Elemental Substance Theory as an Explanatory Hypothesis -- 9. The Atomist Reform -- 10. Diogenes of Apollonia and Material Monism -- 11. The Ionian Legacy -- References -- Index Locorum -- General Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781050803321 |
Graham Daniel W
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| Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soul Dust : The Magic of Consciousness / / Nicholas Humphrey
| Soul Dust : The Magic of Consciousness / / Nicholas Humphrey |
| Autore | Humphrey Nicholas |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2011] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (256 p.) |
| Disciplina | 126 |
| Soggetto topico | Consciousness |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Aldous Huxley
Analogy Anthony Marcel Anthropologist Behavior Buddhism Cheating death Childlessness Chimpanzee Christopher Isherwood Concept Consciousness Culture Daniel Dennett Death anxiety (psychology) Decision-making Delay differential equation Developmental psychology Douglas Hofstadter Dualism (philosophy of mind) Dylan Evans Emergence Enthusiasm Existence Explanation Faber and Faber Feeling George Santayana God Hard problem of consciousness Heat death of the universe Human Illustration Incorruptibility Indication (medicine) Individualism Individuation Ineffability Instance (computer science) Instant Intentionality Johansson Lecture Literary agent Ludwig Wittgenstein Matt Ridley Mental representation Mescaline Midwife Mortality salience Narrative Niche construction Penguin Books Perception Personhood Pessimism Phenomenon Philosopher Philosophical zombie Philosophy Pity Precognition Principle Probability Psychology Qualia Reality Reason Religion Requirement Ross Anderson Rupert Sheldrake Ruth Brandon Science Scientist Self-concept Self-consciousness Self-image Seminar Sense Special Period Spirituality Stimulation Strange loop Suffering Suggestion Termite Terror management theory The Dog Beneath the Skin The Philosopher The Various Theory Thomas Kuhn Thought experiment Thought Uncertainty Uniqueness Visual system W. H. Auden What Is Your Dangerous Idea? |
| ISBN |
1-283-00132-2
9786613001320 1-4008-3807-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Invitation -- Prelude -- 1. Coming-to Explained -- Part One -- 2. Being "Like Something" -- 3. Sentitition -- 4. Looping the Loop -- Part two -- 5. So What? -- 6. Being There -- 7. The Enchanted World -- 8. So That Is Who I Am! -- 9. Being Number One -- Part Three -- 10. Entering the Soul Niche -- 11. Dangerous Territory -- 12. Cheating Death -- Envoi -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791866403321 |
Humphrey Nicholas
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| Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2011] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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