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12 reviews
Robert Sokolowski

Cambridge University Press, 1999

The Meat-n-Potatoes of Phenomenology
Perhaps the most important philosophical movement in the 20th century, phenomenology is also one of the more abstruse and varied disciplines in philosophy. Indeed, it would be quite difficult to give a definitive description of what phenomenology is, as defined by the multifarious practitioners, and an onerous task of sifting through the thousands of pages of primary texts. Moreoever, as I can ...

: Concluding Unscientific Postscript 1 : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 12.1

6 reviews
Soren Kierkegaard

Princeton Univ Pr, 1992

A comic tour de force
To begin with, the title is a joke. This is the in keeping with the putative author of the piece. Johannes Climacus (who is named for the Seventh Century Hermit and Monk, St. John Climacus) is a humorist. A humorist, as he will point out, is someone on edge of becoming religious, but is not yet religious and, in fact, may never become religious. That being said, back to the title. ...

Introduction to Elementary Particles

13 reviews
David Griffiths

Wiley, 1987

Griffiths defines "Introductory Course"
David Griffiths' texts are indispensable for any beginner, and are used to "translate" more advanced texts. I used his "Quantum Mechanics" to fill in the gaps at the advanced graduate level, and his "Electrodynamics" was essential to understanding Jackson. I'm sorry that I waited so long to purchase his "Elementary Particles". This book contains all the background that professors expect you to ...

Creative Evolution

7 reviews
Henri Bergson

Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

the opus of the advocate of vitality....
Despite Lord Russell's criticism that "intuition works best in bats, bees, and Bergson," in this work Bergson not only finishes the uprooting of the Western and Platonic disembodied intellect (a deconstruction taken only so far by Kant), he presents us with the spectacle of unbridled life creatively shaping, not only its world, but itself in accord with its own telos: the need for eyesight ...

Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits

19 reviews
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Prometheus Books, 2008

Nietzsche at his Aphoristic Best
If you like aphorisms and philosophy, this book will become one of your bibles. If nothing else, it's just plain fun to read for his incredible wit. Of course you have to put his ideas in the context of the period in which he wrote and understand that he has his own odd prejudices, but the brilliance of his understanding of the human condition really shines through. The biggest mistake any reader ...

The Antipodes of the Mind: Charting the Phenomenology of the Ayahuasca Experience

12 reviews
Benny Shanon

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Brave Journey into Awe (& brave, rational return)
INTRODUCTION What happens when a worldly Israeli cognitive psychologist goes to the Amazon Basin where he ingests the famed psychotropic concoction Ayahuasca (the `vine of the dead') again and again and again? Our intrepid philosophical psychologist is no longer a sprightly youth, maddened for adventure. He is instead an accomplished theoretician with widely published articles (several in this ...

The Essential Husserl: Basic Writings in Transcendental Phenomenology (Studies in Continental Thought)

7 reviews
Edmund Husserl, Donn Welton

Indiana University Press, 1999

A good book, but not an introduction
This work is better appreciated after one has gained some introduction to HUsserl. I suggest starting off with the Cartesian Meditations, and trying to find a good commentary on them. UNDERSTANDING PHENOMENOLOGY is a fantastic book, albeit unavailable.

Montauk Babies [or The Many Lives of Al Leedskalnin]

10 reviews
O.H. Krill

Reality Press, 2006

A Wild Ride
This is a very cool book, chock full of wild and creative illustrations. A quick, but fun read.

Man for Himself (Routledge Classics)

9 reviews
Erich Fromm

Routledge, 2003

Excellent
"There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers." This sentence may be one of the most important themes in this wonderful book.

Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self

9 reviews
C. G. Jung

Routledge, 1959

One of his greatest works
_Aion_ is part 2 of volume nine of Jung's collected works. Although _Aion_ is unquestionably a stand-alone work, ideally it should be read after part 1, which is _Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious_. That said, _Aion_ is one of Jung's greatest works and is one of the first three that anyone who is new to Jung should start with. The first part deals with Christianity, and the significance ...

Vision Science: Photons to Phenomenology

5 reviews
Stephen E. Palmer

The MIT Press, 1999

A unique text for students and researchers alike.
This is an excellent book! Steve Palmer is perhaps best known for his work on perceptual grouping and perceptual organization. With this text, however, Palmer proves that his interests extend beyond these boundaries into the domain of perception as a whole. Palmer also demonstrates that his interests are not confined by one methodology either. Presenting findings from a number of perspectives ...

The Way of Man: According to the Teachings of Hasidism (Routledge Classics)

5 reviews
Martin Buber

Routledge, 2002

short but powerful taste of Jewish philosophy
This book is comprised of several short essays that are each about ten pages or so in length. It is difficult to explain exactly what the book talks about. But it basically is a series of discussions about what our lives mean in relation to G-d. Why we are here on this planet, how you can think of your life and the lives of others, and lessons from other great Jewish thinkers about these same ...

Questions of Perception: Phenomenology of Architecture

4 reviews
Steven Holl, Juhani Pallasmaa, ...

William K Stout Pub, 2007

poetics, instead of polemics
Architects and students who are bored to death by OMA, MVRDV, Hadid, and the rest of the New Postmodernists will find consolation -- and inspiration -- in this book. "Questions of Perception" was originally printed in July 1994, as a special issue of the architectural journal A+U. Back issues have been sold out for some time, and until recently, buying a used copy of the book would have set ...

Pathways into the Jungian World

5 reviews

Taylor & Francis, 2007

Charting deep waters...
Roger Brooke has gathered together a fine collection of essays for the edited volume, Pathways into the Jungian World. The volume is a rare treat for those with a mutual interest in Jung and phenomenological psychology, but also proves to be an entry point for analytical psychologists into phenomenological perspectives of Jung's legacy. For Brooke, Pathways into the Jungian World is a natural ...

Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism

5 reviews
David Loy

Prometheus Books, 2001

Book now available in paperback
Contrary to the 'out of print' notice, this book is now available in paperback (since December 2000) from Humanity Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books. I rate this book a 5, but then I'm biased -- I'm the author!

Husserl (The Routledge Philosophers)

4 reviews
David Woodruff Smith

Routledge, 2006

ACCESSIBLE HUSSERL AT LAST!!!
David Woodruff Smith's Husserl is a comprehensive Introduction to the work of the founder of phenomenological philosophy that is textually accurate, comprehensive in scope and accessible to the layman. In addition to the biographical and historical information provided, the text provides a systematic exposition of Husserl's philosophy covering all aspects of his philosophical work in detail, ...

Practice in Christianity : Kierkegaard's Writings, Vol 20

4 reviews
Soren Kierkegaard, Howard V. Hong

Princeton Univ Pr, 1991

Below the surface of modern theology
To describe Kierkegaard is, to say the very least, difficult! Not that his style of writing is boring or even overly difficult. Not at all! His style is poetic, warm, and loving. Yet all the while, he makes you feel uncomfortable, leads you to questioning your faith, and often makes one angry! However, the thing that I admire most about the author and the book "Practice in Christianity", ...

Human Experience: Philosophy, Neurosis, and the Elements of Everyday Life (Suny Series in Contemporary ...

5 reviews
John Russon

State University of New York Press, 2003

Valuable Introductory Text for Philosophy and Psychology
In "Human Experience," John Russon offers engaging and thought provoking interpretations of aspects of our human life that most of us assume we have already come to understand. He provokes readers to reconsider the way they think about the role of family in their lives, about the nature of the mind and the body, about mental health, and about the significance and role of philosophy in everyday ...

Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology (SPEP)

5 reviews
Edmund Husserl

Northwestern University Press, 1970

. . . the Spirit alone is immortal.
Written at the end of his career and on the eve of the Holocaust, the Crisis stands, I believe, as one of the greatest one volume educations in print today. Unlike his more "technical" works which rigorously deal with phenomenology in itself, the Crisis is more of a look at the need for phenomenology and phenomenological psychology in modern humanity's life. Looking at the history of science ...

The Book Of Life: Existentialism, the Will and the Truth - The New Wisdom of Philosophy

4 reviews
Ronnie Lee

Outskirts Press, 2006

This book will revolutionize philosophy and it finds incredible knowledge through experience to lead you to the truths of life.
This book is a revolution in philosophy that starts by showing you why we are here, and how we got here, through an Existentialist perception that no-one has ever thought before, and shows the Will of the World that was characterized by Nietzche, and fulfills his wishes to understand the will. It also fulfills Jean-Paul Sartres legacy of Existentialism but returns to the Greek philosophical ...

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