The Phenomenon of Life

Author: Hans Jonas
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 9780810117495
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 340

Book Description
One of the most prominent thinkers of his generation, Hans Jonas wrote on topics as diverse as the philosophy of biology, ethics and cosmology. This work sets forth a systematic philosophy of biological facts, laid out in support of his claim that mind is prefigured throughout organic existence.

The Nature of Order: The phenomenon of life

Author: Christopher Alexander
Publisher: Nature of Order
ISBN: 0972652914
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 492

Book Description
In Book Oneof this four-volume work, Alexander describes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life, and establishes this understanding of living structures as an intellectual basis for a new architecture. He identifies fifteen geometric properties which tend to accompany the presence of life in nature, and also in the buildings and cities we make. These properties are seen over and over in nature and in the cities and streets of the past, but they have almost disappeared in the impersonal developments and buildings of the last hundred years. This book shows that living structures depend on features which make a close connection with the human self, and that only living structure has the capacity to support human well-being.

The Phenomenon

Author: Rick Ankiel
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610396871
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 227

Book Description
Rick Ankiel had the talent to be one of the best pitchers ever. Then, one day, he lost it. The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch -- not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition widely known as "the Yips." It came without warning, in the middle of a playoff game, with millions of people watching. And it has never gone away. Yet the true test of Ankiel's character came not on the mound, but in the long days and nights that followed as he searched for a way to get back in the game. For four and a half years, he fought the Yips with every arrow in his quiver: psychotherapy, medication, deep-breathing exercises, self-help books, and, eventually, vodka. And then, after reconsidering his whole life at the age of twenty-five, Ankiel made an amazing turnaround: returning to the Major Leagues as a hitter and playing seven successful seasons. This book is an incredible story about a universal experience -- pressure -- and what happened when a person on the brink had to make a choice about who he was going to be.

Mortality and Morality

Author: Hans Jonas
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810112868
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
Hans Jonas, a pupil of Heidegger and a colleague of Hannah Arendt at the New School for Social Research, was one of the most prominent phenomenologists of his generation. This carefully chosen anthology of Jonas's shorter writings - on topics from Jewish philosophy to philosophy of religion to philosophy of biology and social philosophy - reveals their range without obscuring their central unifying thread: that as living, biological beings, we are also beings who die, and who must consider the implications for current and future ethical and social relations.

The Legacy of Hans Jonas

Author: Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004167226
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 621

Book Description
An international, interdisciplinary, and interreligious retrospective examination of Hans Jonas (1903-1993) that engages his ideas in light of Existentialism, utopian thought, process philosophy and theology, Zionism, and environmentalism.

Wonders of Life

Author: Professor Brian Cox
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007452683
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 565

Book Description
What is Life? Where did it come from? Why does it end?

Self And The Phenomenon Of Life: A Biologist Examines Life From Molecules To Humanity

Author: Ramon Lim
Publisher: #N/A
ISBN: 9813203803
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
'As an innovative treatment of scientific topics with philosophical undertones, this is an impressive work, Some may not be convinced by the arguments, but for scientists and philosophers alike the author presents a thesis worth exploring.'CHOICEThe book describes a common ground between the biology of life and the humanity of life without compromising either discipline. It attempts to bridge the gap between our 'two cultures' — the sciences and the humanities, as advocated by C P Snow fifty years ago. This book connects our meager existence to the entire living world and the universe, physically and spiritually, through the simple perspective of 'self,' being defined as a system that seeks its own perpetuation.

The Phenomenon

Author: R. Katic
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781548141950
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Do Not Look Outside. No Not Make Noise. Do Not Look At The Sky.The world ends in silence as bizarre entities from outer space descend on the Earth. The survivors must learn to live by three simple rules because to so much as catch a glance of the entities is to die. As they struggle, they're also forced to confront human evil, and another, even more dire threat that has taken the opportunity presented by the apocalypse to take dominion over the Earth.

Body Piercing Saved My Life

Author: Andrew Beaujon
Publisher: Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306815982
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 304

Book Description
Body Piercing Saved My Life is the first in-depth journalistic investigation into a subculture so large that it's erroneous to even call it a subculture: Christian rock. Christian rock culture is booming, not only with bands but with extreme teen Bibles, skateboarding ministries, Christian tattoo parlors, paintball parks, coffeehouses, and nightclubs,encouraging kids to form their own communities apart from the mainstream. Profiling such successful Christian rock bands as P.O.D., Switchfoot, Creed, Evanescence, and Sixpence None the Richer, as well as the phenomenally successful Seattle Christian record label Tooth & Nail, enormous Christian rock festivals, and more, Spin journalist Andrew Beaujon lifts the veil on a thriving scene that operates beneath the secular world's radar. Revealing, sympathetic, and groundbreaking, Body Piercing Saved My Life (named for a popular Christian rock T-shirt depicting Christ's wounds) is a fascinating look into the hearts and minds of an enormous, and growing, youth culture.

Voice and Phenomenon

Author: Jacques Derrida
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810127652
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
Published in 1967, when Derrida is 37 years old, Voice and Phenomenon appears at the same moment as Of Grammatology and Writing and Difference. All three books announce the new philosophical project called “deconstruction.” Although Derrida will later regret the fate of the term “deconstruction,” he will use it throughout his career to define his own thinking. While Writing and Difference collects essays written over a 10 year period on diverse figures and topics, and Of Grammatology aims its deconstruction at “the age of Rousseau,” Voice and Phenomenon shows deconstruction engaged with the most important philosophical movement of the last hundred years: phenomenology. Only in relation to phenomenology is it possible to measure the importance of deconstruction. Only in relation to Husserl’s philosophy is it possible to understand the novelty of Derrida’s thinking. Voice and Phenomenon therefore may be the best introduction to Derrida’s thought in general. To adapt Derrida’s comment on Husserl’s Logical Investigations, it contains “the germinal structure” of Derrida’s entire thought. Lawlor’s fresh translation of Voice and Phenomenon brings new life to Derrida’s most seminal work.