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That Sense of Wonder

Author : Francesco Dimitri
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786699885
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (866 download)

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Download or read book That Sense of Wonder written by Francesco Dimitri and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to reclaim wonder in our lives and achieve the good life. All of us experience a sense of wonder at some point in our lives. Perhaps you felt it when you experienced your first kiss; when you grasped the perfectly balanced beauty of an equation; or when you first saw the rose windows of Chartres Cathedral? Whatever the circumstances that triggered the feeling, you were left speechless by this extraordinary world of ours. We may speak different languages, cling to different ideas about politics, religion and love – but a longing for wonder connects us all through space and time. Wonder is the impulse behind scientific and philosophical inquiry, artistic creativity and spiritual yearning. It is the most fruitful human sense: firing our curiosity; inspiring us to hope and dream. But our sense of wonder – that feeling we had as children seeing the Milky Way for the first time – gets used up. Faced with the practical demands of adulthood, we trade a sense of wonder for a sense of reality, which all too often brings anxiety and unhappiness in its wake. By exploring the nature of wonder in many areas of human experience, from the natural world to the spirit world, from science to storytelling, Francesco Dimitri reveals how we can reclaim our sense of wonder – not to become children again, but to become happier and more fulfilled adults, better equipped to face the challenges of modern life.

A Sense of Wonder

Author : Thomas Olms
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 144012468X
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book A Sense of Wonder written by Thomas Olms and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-03-20 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are times when a thought may make the difference of how you may change your feelings. That time is anytime you want to feel something a little different, a little special and to remember. It's the remembering of what you sensed and what it did to you that makes the difference. Take what you read and enjoy what happens.

Science, Truth, And Meaning: From Wonder To Understanding

Author : Benjamin L J Webb
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811231915
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Book Synopsis Science, Truth, And Meaning: From Wonder To Understanding by : Benjamin L J Webb

Download or read book Science, Truth, And Meaning: From Wonder To Understanding written by Benjamin L J Webb and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science, Truth, and Meaning presents a scientific and philosophical examination of our place in the world. It also celebrates how diverse, scientific knowledge is interconnected and reducible to common foundations.The book focuses on aspects of scientific truth that relate to our understanding of reality, and confronts whether truth is absolute or relative to what we are. Hence, it assesses the meaning of the scientific deductions we have made and how they have profoundly influenced our conception of life and existence.The subtitle is 'From Wonder to Understanding', which is a paraphrased quote from Einstein, who said that the search for scientific truth is ' ... a continual flight from wonder to understanding'.In addressing the goal of advancing our understanding of our place in the world, this book also reveals the development and details of diverse sciences, their connections and achievements, and that while perhaps the same fundamental questions exist, they are seen in the light of an ever-refined scientific perspective on reality.Why the book is needed: many popular science books have been written, aimed at different levels of subject expertise, and nearly all treat their specific subject in isolation. Few attempt to link different sciences to their common foundations, and those that do are written by physicists. Since human knowledge is derived by, and relates to, the biological organism that human beings are, then such a book written from a biological perspective represents a novel perspective on the integration of science, and addresses new questions. This is such a book.Impressive aspects: the depth, breadth, consistency, and clarity of the work.

The Sense of Wonder

Author : Rachel Carson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Sense of Wonder written by Rachel Carson and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the author "affirms her belief that those who live with the mysteries of earth, sea, and sky are never alone or weary of life ... Her narrative and photographs that accompany it chart the paths which adult and child can take together on this journey of discovery." - book jacket

Philosophy Begins in Wonder

Author : Michael Funk Deckard
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630877018
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy Begins in Wonder written by Michael Funk Deckard and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy begins with wonder, according to Plato and Aristotle. Yet Plato and Aristotle did not expand a great deal on what precisely wonder is. Does this fact alone not raise curiosity in us as to why this passion or concept is important? What is wonder's role in science, philosophy, or theology except to end thinking or theorizing as soon as one begins? The primary purpose of this book is to show how seventeenth- and eighteenth-century developments in natural theology, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and the philosophy of science resulted in a complex history of the passion of wonder-a history in which the elements of continuation, criticism, and reformulation are equally present. Philosophy Begins in Wonder provides the first historical overview of wonder and changes the way we see early modern Europe. It is intended for readers who are curious-who wonder-about how modern philosophy and science were born. The book is for scholars and educated readers alike.

Nussbaum’s Politics of Wonder

Author : Jeremy Bendik-Keymer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350076082
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Nussbaum’s Politics of Wonder written by Jeremy Bendik-Keymer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an unconventionally written book that challenges the literary imagination of its readers, Jeremy Bendik-Keymer explores how wonder is central to Martha C. Nussbaum's normative project. Nussbaum's work is opposed to the emotional and political conditions of 'narcissism' – the tendency to seek to control the wills of others in order to defend oneself against perceived vulnerabilities. Our capacity for wondering is important for growing beyond narcissism. Bendik-Keymer elaborates a politics of wonder that is consistent with understanding this idea. Taking issue with understandings of wonder viewing it as an emotion of surprise or delight, he develops an alternate tradition finding wonder in concert with the freedom of imagination found by degrees within much of human understanding. The result is a constructive rereading of Nussbaum's oeuvre, surprising for how it disencumbers her work of some falsehoods surrounding anxiety and anger and for the ways it implies an egalitarian politics of relational autonomy more socialist than liberal. Misty Morrison's visual inquiry accompanies the book creating space for the reader to wonder. Morrison paints and prints how families involve wonder, starting with moments in her child's life when she wonders what they might see. Nussbaum's Politics of Wonder is an important contribution to the philosophy of wonder and is crucial for understanding the work of a leading philosopher.

Balanced Wonder

Author : Jan B. W. Pedersen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 149858778X
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Balanced Wonder written by Jan B. W. Pedersen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Balanced Wonder, Jan B. W. Pedersen digs deep into the alluring topic of wonder, in dialogue with Neo-Aristotelian philosophers, arguing that the experience of wonder, when balanced, serves as a strong contributor to human flourishing.

Cents of Wonder - Science Fiction's First Award Winners

Author : Steve Davidson
Publisher : The Experimenter Publishing Company, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cents of Wonder - Science Fiction's First Award Winners written by Steve Davidson and published by The Experimenter Publishing Company, LLC. This book was released on with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now! Together! For The First Time Anywhere! Pulled straight from the pages of the leading magazines of their age, 14 stories by the people whose imagination, creativity, and scientific acumen helped define the genre that would become known as Science Fiction. Between 1926 and 1930 Hugo Gernsback hosted the science fiction field’s inaugural writing contests, first in Amazing Stories, and then again in Science Wonder Stories, the genre’s first two magazines devoted entirely to the publication of scientifiction tales. These are the authors whose tales of wonder and speculation inspired the writers you’re more familiar with, writers such as Asimov, Bradbury, Le Guin, Heinlein, Brackett, Moore, and others. Before there was science fiction, before there were Fans, before conventions, before comics, before cosplay, these fourteen pioneers stepped off into the unknown of imagination and helped entire generations learn to willingly suspend their disbelief, engage their sense of wonder, and take off for the stars! And they won awards for it!

A Sense of Wonder

Author : Samuel Martin Moskowitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (687 download)

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Download or read book A Sense of Wonder written by Samuel Martin Moskowitz and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Wonder and Education

Author : Anders Schinkel
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350071919
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Wonder and Education written by Anders Schinkel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people, whether educators or not, will agree that an education that does not inspire wonder is barren. Wonder is commonly perceived as akin to curiosity, as stimulating inquiry, and as something that enhances pleasure in learning, but there are many experiences of wonder that do not have an obvious place in education. In Wonder and Education, Anders Schinkel theorises a kind of wonder with less obvious yet fundamental educational importance which he calls 'contemplative wonder'. Contemplative wonder disrupts frameworks of understanding that are taken for granted and perceived as natural and draws our attention to the world behind our constructions, sparking our interest in the world as something worth attending to for its own sake rather than for our purposes. It opens up space for the consideration of (radical) alternatives wherever it occurs, and in many cases is linked with deep experiences of value; therefore, it is not just important for education in general, but also, more specifically, for moral and political education.

Science Fiction After 1900

Author : Brooks Landon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136761195
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction After 1900 written by Brooks Landon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Ocean of Love, or Sea of Troubles?

Author : Geoffrey Harris
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498238041
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Ocean of Love, or Sea of Troubles? written by Geoffrey Harris and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-12-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The title of Dr. Harris' book suggests that life is like a two-sided coin: it can be an Ocean of Love but can also be a Sea of Troubles. The subtitle clarifies this paradox: first, there are many signs of God's reality and activity in the world, and the first section of the book examines ways in which people are aware of God as both a creative and immanent presence in life. The "signs" of God are not philosophical "proofs" but empirical realities accessible to all people. In the second section, the biblical responses to suffering in the world are explored--through both Old and New Testaments. In the third section the writings of two modern apologists, C. S. Lewis and Philip Yancey, are assessed, and then finally there is a chapter of interviews with people who have known suffering in their lives.

Why Christian Faith Still Makes Sense (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology)

Author : C. Stephen Evans
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1493400223
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Why Christian Faith Still Makes Sense (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology) written by C. Stephen Evans and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the Christian faith has been challenged by skeptics, including the New Atheists, who claim that belief in God is simply not reasonable. Here prominent Christian philosopher C. Stephen Evans offers a fresh, contemporary, and nuanced response. He makes the case for belief in a personal God through an exploration of natural "signs," which open our minds to theistic possibilities and foster belief in the Christian revelation. Evans then discusses why God's self-revelation is both authoritative and authentic. This sophisticated yet accessible book provides a clear account of the evidence for Christian faith, concluding that it still makes sense to believe.

One Minute Meditations

Author : Rev. T. Ronald Haney
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1452065365
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book One Minute Meditations written by Rev. T. Ronald Haney and published by Author House. This book was released on 2006-05-26 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a speed-driven, compulsive, obsessive world. Time seems to evaporate. In such a world its refreshing to be able to take a minute out of our busy-ness to meditate on what is essential in life. These brief meditations will offer the reader the experience of Jesus in the ordinary dynamisms of everyday life. Even when Jesus is not explicitly mentioned in a given meditation, he is the Word who pervades all human words. Each meditation is an attempt to reflect Jesus dream for us to become all God wants us to be, to experience the beauty, the mystery, the challenge of Jesus in days that blur into days.

Film Genre for the Screenwriter

Author : Jule Selbo
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317695674
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Film Genre for the Screenwriter written by Jule Selbo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-25 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Film Genre for the Screenwriter is a practical study of how classic film genre components can be used in the construction of a screenplay. Based on Jule Selbo’s popular course, this accessible guide includes an examination of the historical origins of specific film genres, how and why these genres are received and appreciated by film-going audiences, and how the student and professional screenwriter alike can use the knowledge of film genre components in the ideation and execution of a screenplay. Explaining the defining elements, characteristics and tropes of genres from romantic comedy to slasher horror, and using examples from classic films like Casablanca alongside recent blockbuster franchises like Harry Potter, Selbo offers a compelling and readable analysis of film genre in its written form. The book also offers case studies, talking points and exercises to make its content approachable and applicable to readers and writers across the creative field.

Linguistic Creativity

Author : E. Fischer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401142432
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Creativity written by E. Fischer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speakers can get to know the meaning of any of indefinitely many sentences that they have never heard before. This statement encapsulates the problem of linguistic creativity, which lies at the core of philosophy of language and theoretical linguistics. It has also sparked off a considerable amount of work on the philosophy of mind. After establishing the failure of the familiar compositional approach to the problem, the book adopts a radically new start. It develops core elements of the later Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy, putting them to work to`dissolve' the problem, proving it ill-framed by clarifying the questions posing it and breaking the spell of mistaken analogies that inform it. This sharply focused monograph thus has a dual aim: coping with a crucial problem that turns out to be a lot tougher than is generally supposed, and presenting a precise and rigorous demonstration of an unfamiliar and exciting philosophical approach. Audience: Clearly written and lucidly structured, the book addresses professional philosophers and advanced undergraduates alike.

Sense of Wonder

Author : Leigh Grossman
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434440354
Total Pages : 7287 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Sense of Wonder written by Leigh Grossman and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2011-12-20 with total page 7287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!