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Author: Pierre Grimes Publisher: Bookbaby ISBN: 9781667893631 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 0
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Since we accept as part of the natural order of life that parents love their children, sacrifice for them, and desire to influence the direction of their lives, it is possible to make that love and caring more profound and mature if we understand the significance of how, as parents and authorities, we unknowingly influence the lives of our children. When we reveal to them our most vital concerns, we do not realize that children draw their own conclusions from these encounters, and it is these conclusions that may adversely affect the understanding that shapes and molds their lives. We need to encourage families to create situations for family members where these pathologos scenes and the conclusions drawn from them can be discussed, reflected upon, and reexamined, thereby making the meaning of these words and deeds fit into a context other than the matrix of the pathologos. To achieve this goal, an openness to questions and discussions needs to be established in our society. A philosophical midwifery (PMW) approach could conceivably benefit those who recognize this need.
Author: Erasmus Mayr Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191619264 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 320
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Our self-understanding as human agents includes a commitment to three crucial claims about human agency: that agents must be active, that actions are part of the natural order of the universe, and that intentional actions can be explained by the agent's reasons for acting. While all of these claims are indispensable elements of our view of ourselves as human agents, they are in continuous conflict and tension with one another, especially once one adopts the currently predominant view of what the natural order must be like. One of the central tasks of philosophy of action consists in showing how, despite appearances, these conflicts can be resolved and our self-understanding as agents be vindicated. The mainstream of contemporary philosophy of action holds that this task can only be fulfilled by an event-causal reductive view of human agency, paradigmatically embodied in the so-called 'standard model' developed by Donald Davidson. Erasmus Mayr, in contrast, develops a new agent-causal solution to these conflicts and shows why this solution is superior both to event-causalist accounts and to Von Wright's intentionalism about agency. He offers a comprehensive theory of substance-causation on the basis of a realist conception of powers, which allows one to see how the widespread rejection of agent-causation rests on an unfounded 'Humean' view of nature and of causal processes. At the same time, Mayr addresses the question of the nature of reasons for acting and complements its substance-causal account of activity with a non-causal account of acting for reasons in terms of following a standard of success.
Author: Barry Stroud Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780198250333 Category : Knowledge, Theory of Languages : en Pages : 278
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Since the 1970s Barry Stroud has been one of the most original contributors to the philosophical study of human knowledge. This volume presents the best of Stroud's essays in this area. Throughout, he seeks to clearly identify the question that philosophical theories of knowledge are meant to answer, and the role scepticism plays in making sense of that question. In these seminal essays, he suggests that people pursuing epistemology need to concern themselves with whether philosophical scepticism is true or false. Stroud's discussion of these fundamental questions is essential reading for anyone whose work touches on the subject of human knowledge.
Author: Sidney Dekker Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351786032 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 137
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This title was first published in 2002: This field guide assesses two views of human error - the old view, in which human error becomes the cause of an incident or accident, or the new view, in which human error is merely a symptom of deeper trouble within the system. The two parts of this guide concentrate on each view, leading towards an appreciation of the new view, in which human error is the starting point of an investigation, rather than its conclusion. The second part of this guide focuses on the circumstances which unfold around people, which causes their assessments and actions to change accordingly. It shows how to "reverse engineer" human error, which, like any other componant, needs to be put back together in a mishap investigation.
Author: Ronald Brian Adler Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 9780199747382 Category : Communication Languages : en Pages : 0
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This best-selling textbook for introductory human communication courses places communication theory within the context of everyday skills.
Author: Hartley Dean Publisher: Policy Press ISBN: 184742189X Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 240
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This book provides an accessible overview of human needs, exploring how they may be translated into rights. It also looks at how social policy can be informed by a politics of human need.
Author: Timothy D. J. Chappell
Author: Timothy D. J. Chappell
Author: Timothy D. J. Chappell
Author: Mark C. Murphy
Author: Pierre Grimes
Author: Erasmus Mayr
Author: Barry Stroud
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Author: Sidney Dekker
Author: Ronald Brian Adler
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