Philosophy : Movements

How can we account for the sudden appearance of such dazzling artists and scientists as Mozart, Shakespeare, Darwin, or Einstein? How can we define such genius? What conditions or personality traits seem to produce exceptionally creative people? Is the association between genius and madness really just a myth? These and many other questions are brilliantly illuminated in The Origins of Genius. Dean Simonton convincingly argues that creativity can best be understood as a Darwinian process of variation and selection. The artist or scientist generates a wealth of ideas, and then subjects these ideas to aesthetic or scientific judgment, selecting only those that have the best chance to survive and reproduce. Indeed, the true test of genius is the ability to bequeath an impressive and influential body of work to future generations. Simonton draws on the latest research into creativity and explores such topics as the personality type of the genius, whether genius is genetic or produced by environment and education, the links between genius and mental illness (Darwin himself was emotionally and mentally unwell), the high incidence of childhood trauma, especially loss of a parent, amongst Nobel Prize winners, the importance of unconscious incubation in creative problem-solving, and much more. Simonton substantiates his theory by examining and quoting from the work of such eminent figures as Henri Poincare, W. H. Auden, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, Niels Bohr, and many others. For anyone intrigued by the spectacular feats of the human mind, The Origins of Genius offers a revolutionary new way of understanding the very nature of creativity.  more...

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Transformative learning is a process in which we question all the assumptions about the world and ourselves that make up our worldview, visualize alternative assumptions, and then test them in practice. The author describes the process, offering a critique of contemporary assumptions, and suggests alternatives to illustrate the process. more...

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Die vorliegende Arbeit zielt darauf ab, Momente der Husserlschen PhAnomenologie hervorzuheben, in denen diese an ihre Grenzen gerAt. Die Husserlsche Analyse stAAt in unterschiedlichen Bereichen auf PhAnomene, die paradoxerweise nur in ihrer eigentA1/4mlichen UnzugAnglichkeit zugAnglich sind. Der Ausweis dieser GrenzphAnomene, die in der Husserl-Literatur bisher noch nicht systematisch untersucht worden sind, steht im Zentrum der Arbeit. Als Leitfaden der Untersuchung dient der Ich-Begriff, der in seiner voller Konkretion analysiert wird. Um dem Ich-Begriff bei Husserl gerecht zu werden, ist es erforderlich, auf seine vielfAltigen Dimensionen einzugehen: PassivitAt, FaktizitAt, IntersubjektivitAt und Zeit werden einer detaillierten Analyse unterzogen. Die Erforschung dieser vielfAltigen Dimensionen des Ich deckt eigentA1/4mliche AoeberschA1/4sse auf, die A1/4ber jede Form von Anschauung und Sinn hinausgehen und somit die Grenzen der jeweils bestehenden Ordnung sprengen. In den unterschiedlichen Kontexten hat der Verfasser sich systematisch mit phAnomenologisch orientierten Autoren zeitgenAssischer Philosophie (insbesondere LA(c)vinas, Derrida, Bernet, Richir und Waldenfels) auseinandergesetzt. Diese Auseinandersetzung zielt nicht nur darauf ab, die Husserlschen Texte neu zu befragen, sondern sie beabsichtigt auch, die Fruchtbarkeit der Husserlschen Analysen fA1/4r die zeitgenAssische Philosophie hervorzuheben. more...

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Drawing upon the work of eminent thinkers such as Barthes, Baudrillard, Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard and Bahktin, Macintosh develops revolutionary insights into the introduction of contemporary poststructuralist ideas into accounting theory. more...

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In this thought-provoking overview of the history, fate and possible future roles of African intellectuals both within Africa and in the African Diaspora nearly half a century on from Independence, some of the Continent's most eminent thinkers discuss the issues at stake. Their starting point is the uniquely difficult circumstances confronting intellectuals: regimes intolerant of independent debate, economies in sharp decline, societies wracked by violent conflict, and official languages different from people's mother tongues. Africa has experienced, compared with Asia or Latin America, much higher rates of emigration of its intelligentsia to North America and Europe, as well as frequent displacement from home countries to other parts of the continent.This volume constitutes a valuable, because so rare, exploration of the complex interface between African intellectuals and society, state and politics in the context of fundamental new departures like the restoration of multi-party politics, new economic horizons like NEPAD, and a renewed awareness of the need for Pan-African cooperation. more...

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