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Pragmatic Magical Thinking

Author : Ari Freeman
Publisher : Aeon Books
ISBN 13 : 1801520844
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatic Magical Thinking written by Ari Freeman and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reclaiming magic and magical thought in the modern, mainstream world The modern Western world has often raised its eyebrows at magic, associating it with madness and superstition. However, this ignore the fact of the matter that magic is a universal human experience which has existed in a multitude of forms across time and space. Now, in his groundbreaking book, Ari Freeman presents his argument that magic is still a human universal - we’ve just forgotten how to talk about it! Laying out clear and concise arguments, Pragmatic Magical Thinking will enlighten readers to how magic can be a practical approach to achieving real world results, drawing on evidence from science, philosophy, history and anthropology. For both beginners at magic, and the long practicing witch or wizard, Ari Freeman’s book is a breath of fresh air for the world of magical studies, inviting readers to join him in placing magic in it’s rightful place as a serious and mainstream subject of conversation and enquiry. Pragmatic Magical Thinking covers a wide and comprehensive selection of subjects in relation to your magical education. These include, but are not limited to: magic and memory, spirits, belief, magic in everyday life, science and magic, religion and magic, Kabbalist cosmology and morality.

Magic and the Mind

Author : Eugene Subbotsky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190453117
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Magic and the Mind written by Eugene Subbotsky and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical thinking and behavior have traditionally been viewed as immature, misleading alternatives to scientific thought that in children inevitably diminish with age. In adults, these inclinations have been labeled by psychologists largely as superstitions that feed on frustration, uncertainty, and the unpredictable nature of certain human activities. In Magic and the Mind, Eugene Subbotsky provides an overview of the mechanisms and development of magical thinking and beliefs throughout the life span while arguing that the role of this type of thought in human development should be reconsidered. Rather than an impediment to scientific reasoning or a byproduct of cognitive development, in children magical thinking is an important and necessary complement to these processes, enhancing creativity at problem-solving and reinforcing coping strategies, among other benefits. In adults, magical thinking and beliefs perform important functions both for individuals (coping with unsolvable problems and stressful situations) and for society (enabling mass influence and promoting social harmony). Operating in realms not bound by physical causality, such as emotion, relationships, and suggestion, magical thinking is an ongoing, developing psychological mechanism that, Subbotsky argues, is integral in the contexts of politics, commercial advertising, and psychotherapy, and undergirds our construction and understanding of meaning in both mental and physical worlds. Magic and the Mind represents a unique contribution to our understanding of the importance of magical thinking, offering experimental evidence and conclusions never before collected in one source. It will be of interest to students and scholars of developmental psychology, as well as sociologists, anthropologists, and educators.

Pragmagic

Author : Marilyn Ferguson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671668242
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (682 download)

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Download or read book Pragmagic written by Marilyn Ferguson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, Marilyn Ferguson ushered in the New Age with her bestseller The Aquarian Conspiracy and then became the founder and editor of the Brain/Mind Bulletin. Now, for the first time, PragMagic collects and updates the most outstanding stories from more than 10 years of Brain/Mind Bulletin.

Magical Thinking in Severe Grief Reactions

Author : Christian Lönneker
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 365825002X
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book Magical Thinking in Severe Grief Reactions written by Christian Lönneker and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian Lönneker systematically explores the phenomenon of magical thinking in the context of severe grief reactions focusing on intrusive forms reported by bereaved individuals seeking professional support. The author succeeds in proposing a comprehensive definition of magical thinking and a rationale for its association with grief based on various disciplines, such as psychology, anthropology, and the cognitive science of religion. Within the scope of a grounded theory study, case reports comprise themes like bringing the deceased back to life, the magical efficacy of religious rituals, and attempts to ward off harmful influences of the dead.

My Years of Magical Thinking

Author : Lionel Snell
Publisher : Mouse That Spins
ISBN 13 : 9780904311297
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book My Years of Magical Thinking written by Lionel Snell and published by Mouse That Spins. This book was released on 2018-12 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical thinking is on the rise. In a post-truth world it is vital to understand why - and what it means. Alan Moore: ..".the most lucid, coherent and insightful intellect to emerge from British occultism for some several decades... his most considered and powerfully reasoned work to date... Highly recommended."

What Algorithms Want

Author : Ed Finn
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262035928
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book What Algorithms Want written by Ed Finn and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2017-03-10 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gap between theoretical ideas and messy reality, as seen in Neal Stephenson, Adam Smith, and Star Trek. We depend on—we believe in—algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It's as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations—the marriage vow, the shaman's curse—do not merely describe the world but make it. Computation casts a cultural shadow that is shaped by this long tradition of magical thinking. In this book, Ed Finn considers how the algorithm—in practical terms, “a method for solving a problem”—has its roots not only in mathematical logic but also in cybernetics, philosophy, and magical thinking. Finn argues that the algorithm deploys concepts from the idealized space of computation in a messy reality, with unpredictable and sometimes fascinating results. Drawing on sources that range from Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash to Diderot's Encyclopédie, from Adam Smith to the Star Trek computer, Finn explores the gap between theoretical ideas and pragmatic instructions. He examines the development of intelligent assistants like Siri, the rise of algorithmic aesthetics at Netflix, Ian Bogost's satiric Facebook game Cow Clicker, and the revolutionary economics of Bitcoin. He describes Google's goal of anticipating our questions, Uber's cartoon maps and black box accounting, and what Facebook tells us about programmable value, among other things. If we want to understand the gap between abstraction and messy reality, Finn argues, we need to build a model of “algorithmic reading” and scholarship that attends to process, spearheading a new experimental humanities.

The Year of Magical Thinking

Author : Joan Didion
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307279723
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book The Year of Magical Thinking written by Joan Didion and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2007-02-13 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • From one of America’s iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion that explores an intensely personal yet universal experience: a portrait of a marriage—and a life, in good times and bad—that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill with what seemed at first flu, then pneumonia, then complete septic shock. She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later—the night before New Year’s Eve—the Dunnes were just sitting down to dinner after visiting the hospital when John Gregory Dunne suffered a massive and fatal coronary. In a second, this close, symbiotic partnership of forty years was over. Four weeks later, their daughter pulled through. Two months after that, arriving at LAX, she collapsed and underwent six hours of brain surgery at UCLA Medical Center to relieve a massive hematoma. This powerful book is Didion’ s attempt to make sense of the “weeks and then months that cut loose any fixed idea I ever had about death, about illness ... about marriage and children and memory ... about the shallowness of sanity, about life itself.

Magical Thinking in Public Policy

Author : John Boswell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019284878X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Magical Thinking in Public Policy written by John Boswell and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores why naïve ideals about better policymaking persist even in cynical times, revealing the careful reflection at the heart of what appears to be 'magical thinking' in public policy. Contemporary policy scholarship tends to be cynical about movements to reform policymaking by making it more rational or more democratic. Scholars point to the pathologies and vagaries of realpolitik that render ideals such as evidence-based policymaking, long-term prevention, collaboration, transparency, and citizen engagement unattainable. Increasingly, many go further to warn about the democratic dangers of pursuing these foolhardy goals. The fact is, however, that scholarly objections about political obstacles and practical constraints are not news to policy actors themselves - they are acutely aware of the challenges of policy work amid uncertainty, complexity and contestation. They privately express doubt, frustration, and cynicism, but they continue to support, promote, and work towards these key aspirations in practice. Through rich case studies and wide-ranging theoretical discussion, John Boswell offers novel insights into the continuing appeal of seemingly naïve ideals. In particular, he shows how turning to these ideals helps actors to reconcile and resolve key dilemmas and challenges in their everyday work. Ultimately, the book offers a nuanced and spirited defence of the value of clinging on to seemingly naïve ideals for better policymaking, even in the face of inevitable failures and disappointments.

Peirce's Pragmatism

Author : Phyllis Chiasson
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004494804
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Peirce's Pragmatism written by Phyllis Chiasson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book cuts through the complex writing style of the seminal philosopher, Charles Sanders Peirce. It disentangles his ideas, explains them one by one, and then puts the pieces back together for application to educational issues. Accessible to a general readership, this study provides useful insights into Peirce's pragmatism for educators and philosophers.

Magic and the Mind

Author : Eugene Subbotsky
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199742170
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Magic and the Mind written by Eugene Subbotsky and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical thinking and behavior have traditionally been viewed as immature, misleading alternatives to scientific thought that in children inevitably diminish with age. In adults, these inclinations have been labeled by psychologists largely as superstitions that feed on frustration, uncertainty, and the unpredictable nature of certain human activities. In Magic and the Mind, Eugene Subbotsky provides an overview of the mechanisms and development of magical thinking and beliefs throughout the life span while arguing that the role of this type of thought in human development should be reconsidered. Rather than an impediment to scientific reasoning or a byproduct of cognitive development, in children magical thinking is an important and necessary complement to these processes, enhancing creativity at problem-solving and reinforcing coping strategies, among other benefits. In adults, magical thinking and beliefs perform important functions both for individuals (coping with unsolvable problems and stressful situations) and for society (enabling mass influence and promoting social harmony). Operating in realms not bound by physical causality, such as emotion, relationships, and suggestion, magical thinking is an ongoing, developing psychological mechanism that, Subbotsky argues, is integral in the contexts of politics, commercial advertising, and psychotherapy, and undergirds our construction and understanding of meaning in both mental and physical worlds. Magic and the Mind represents a unique contribution to our understanding of the importance of magical thinking, offering experimental evidence and conclusions never before collected in one source. It will be of interest to students and scholars of developmental psychology, as well as sociologists, anthropologists, and educators.

Magical Thinking

Author : Stuart McWilliams
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1441116974
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Magical Thinking written by Stuart McWilliams and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-12-08 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining how scholarly writing has contended or conspired with discourses of enchantment from the Middle Ages to the present.

Imagining the Impossible

Author : Karl S. Rosengren
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521665872
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Imagining the Impossible written by Karl S. Rosengren and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-29 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, first published in 2000, is about the development of human thinking that stretches beyond the ordinary boundaries of reality. Various research initiatives emerged in the decade prior to publication exploring such matters as children's thinking about imaginary beings, magic and the supernatural. The purpose of this book is to capture something of the larger spirit of these efforts. In many ways, this new work offers a counterpoint to research on the development of children's domain-specific knowledge about the ordinary nature of things that has suggested that children become increasingly scientific and rational over the course of development. In acquiring an intuitive understanding of the physical, biological or psychological domains, even young children recognize that there are constraints on what can happen. However, once such constraints are acknowledged, children are in a position to think about the violation of those very same constraints - to contemplate the impossible.

Pragmatic Thinking and Learning

Author : Andy Hunt
Publisher : Pragmatic Bookshelf
ISBN 13 : 1680504223
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Pragmatic Thinking and Learning written by Andy Hunt and published by Pragmatic Bookshelf. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Printed in full color. Software development happens in your head. Not in an editor, IDE, or designtool. You're well educated on how to work with software and hardware, but what about wetware--our own brains? Learning new skills and new technology is critical to your career, and it's all in your head. In this book by Andy Hunt, you'll learn how our brains are wired, and how to take advantage of your brain's architecture. You'll learn new tricks and tipsto learn more, faster, and retain more of what you learn. You need a pragmatic approach to thinking and learning. You need to Refactor Your Wetware. Programmers have to learn constantly; not just the stereotypical new technologies, but also the problem domain of the application, the whims of the user community, the quirks of your teammates, the shifting sands of the industry, and the evolving characteristics of the project itself as it is built. We'll journey together through bits of cognitive and neuroscience, learning and behavioral theory. You'll see some surprising aspects of how our brains work, and how you can take advantage of the system to improve your own learning and thinking skills. In this book you'll learn how to: Use the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition to become more expert Leverage the architecture of the brain to strengthen different thinking modes Avoid common "known bugs" in your mind Learn more deliberately and more effectively Manage knowledge more efficiently

Biomedicine Examined

Author : M. Lock
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400927258
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Biomedicine Examined written by M. Lock and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The culture of contemporary medicine is the object of investigation in this book; the meanings and values implicit in biomedical knowledge and practice and the social processes through which they are produced are examined through the use of specific case studies. The essays provide examples of how various facets of 20th century medicine, including edu cation, research, the creation of medical knowledge, the development and application of technology, and day to day medical practice, are per vaded by a value system characteristic of an industrial-capitalistic view of the world in which the idea that science represents an objective and value free body of knowledge is dominant. The authors of the essays are sociologists and anthropologists (in almost equal numbers); also included are papers by a social historian and by three physicians all of whom have steeped themselves in the social sci ences and humanities. This co-operative endeavor, which has necessi tated the breaking down of disciplinary barriers to some extent, is per haps indicative of a larger movement in the social sciences, one in which there is a searching for a middle ground between grand theory and attempts at universal explanations on the one hand, and the context-spe cific empiricism and relativistic accounts characteristic of many historical and anthropological analyses on the other.

Too Much Magic

Author : James Howard Kunstler
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802194389
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Too Much Magic written by James Howard Kunstler and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2012-06-19 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Long Emergency explains why technology can’t solve all our problems, and how excessive optimism can endanger our future. The Long Emergency quickly became a grassroots hit, offering a shocking vision of our post-oil future and capturing the attention of environmentalists and business leaders alike. As discussion about our dependence on fossil fuels and our dysfunctional financial and government institutions continues, the author returns with Too Much Magic—evaluating what has changed and what has not, and what direction we need to take in this post-financial-crisis world. “Too much magic” is what James Howard Kunstler sees in the bright utopian visions of the future dreamed up by optimistic souls who believe technology will solve all our problems. Their visions remind him of the flying cars and robot maids that were the dominant images of the future in the 1950s. Kunstler’s image of the future is much more sober. With vision, clarity of thought, and a pragmatic worldview, Kunstler argues that the time for magical thinking and hoping for miracles is over—and the time to begin preparing for the long emergency has begun. “A sharp critic of energy-sucking, big-box landscapes.” —Winnipeg Free Press

Magical Thinking Across Cultures

Author : Lisa Plonus
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3346648745
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book Magical Thinking Across Cultures written by Lisa Plonus and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2022-05-20 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Psychology - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,3, University of Applied Sciences Hamm-Lippstadt, language: English, abstract: In the past decades, much research has been conducted on the topic of magical thinking. Nevertheless, it is a rather poorly discovered topic. The construct is applied in various research areas and can help to describe the behavior of people. To better understand magical thinking within the framework of cross-cultural psychology, the concept is defined, and the relation to culture and reasons for magical thinking are explained in the following work. By means of a qualitative study with German students, the concept is examined in more detail with the aim to highlight commonalities as well as differences to existing literature. Finally, the results are interpreted and related to culture, cognition, and consumer behavior. Magical thinking can be described as the belief that certain actions can influence objects or events when there is no empirical causal connection between them. This definition already highlights the core of the concept: Magical thinking is detached from science and is also referred to as failure of rationality by researcher. What many definitions of magical thinking have in common is the connection of the concept to something supernatural. Furthermore, the belief and awareness of the interconnectedness of all things in the world is also assumed to be a possible cause of magical thinking. Nemeroff and Rozin, who have studied the topic of magical thinking very intensively, have developed a working definition of magical thinking, which is the basis of this work. Their definition consists of five dimensions: The first dimension describes that magical thinking is an intuitive and universal aspect of human thinking. Second, these thought patterns are outlined as making no sense and being detached from scientific theories. The third dimension indicates that magical thinking is a subjective process carried out by individuals. As a fourth aspect, the researchers mention the multidimensionality of magical thinking and that it influences cognitive, emotional, and social functions of individuals. Fifth, the authors state that magical thinking in its most typical way adopts the principles of sympathetic magical thinking. This kind of magical thinking will be discussed in more detail in the further course of this work.

Magic

Author : Jamie Sutcliffe
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262543036
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Magic written by Jamie Sutcliffe and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first accessible reader on magic’s generative relationship with contemporary art practice. From the hexing of presidents to a renewed interest in herbalism and atavistic forms of self-care, magic has furnished the contemporary imagination with mysterious and often disorienting bodies of arcane thought and practice. This volume brings together writings by artists, magicians, historians, and theorists that illuminate the vibrant correspondences animating contemporary art’s varied encounters with magical culture, inspiring a reconsideration of the relationship between the symbolic and the pragmatic. Dispensing with simple narratives of reenchantment, Magic illustrates the intricate ways in which we have to some extent always been captivated by the allure of the numinous. It demonstrates how magical culture’s tendencies toward secrecy, occlusion, and encryption might provide contemporary artists with strategies of remedial communality, a renewed faith in the invocational power of personal testimony, and a poetics of practice that could boldly question our political circumstances, from the crisis of climate collapse to the strictures of socially sanctioned techniques of medical and psychiatric care. Tracing its various emergences through the shadows of modernity, the circuitries of ritual media, and declarations of psychic self-defence, Magic deciphers the evolution of a “magical-critical” thinking that productively complicates, contradicts and expands the boundaries of our increasingly weird present.