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Networks of Meaning: A Bridge Between Mind and Matter

Christine Hardy Ph.D.

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The generation of meaning is the most fundamental process of the mind. It underlies all major mental functions, such as intelligence, memory, perception, and communication. Not surprisingly, it has been one of the most difficult processes to understand and represent in a model of human cognition. Dr. Christine Hardy introduces two fundamental concepts to address the complexity and richness of meaning. First, she discusses Semantic Constellations, which constitute the basic transversal network organization of mental and neural processes. Second, she addresses a highly dynamic connective process that underlies conscious thought and constantly gives birth to novel emergents or meanings. Taken together, Hardy asserts, the mind's network architecture and connective dynamics allow for self-organization, generativity, and creativity. They can also account for some of the most interesting facets of mental processes, in particular, nonlinear shifts and "breakthroughs" such as intuition, insights, and shifts in states of consciousness. This connective dynamic does not just take place within the mind. Rather, it involves a continuously evolving person-environment interaction: meaning is injected into the environment, and then retrojected, somewhat modified, back into the psyche. This means that, simultaneously, we are both perceiving reality and subtly influencing the very reality we perceive: objects, events, and other individuals. The way in which we think and feel, both individually and collectively, interacts with the physical world and directly shapes the society in which we live. The very same connective dynamic, Hardy shows, is the foundation for those rare yet striking transpersonal experiences known as synchronicity and psychic phenomena. We live in a world in which we interact with reality at a very fundamental level. Hardy's work is a major analysis for scholars and researchers in the cognitive sciences, psychology, and parapsychology.

Paradoxes of Rationality and Cooperation: Prisoner's Dilemma and Newcomb's Problem

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Readings in Existential Psychology and Psychiatry (Studies in Existential Psychology and Psychiatry)

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Comprehensive Review of Existential Psychoanalysis 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is an ideal collection for anyone just starting out in existential psychology and psychiatry. Whether you are a clinician, academic, or just curious about existential psychoanalysis, this book presents a thorough sample of thinkers and perspectives. A must have for anyone with an intellectual interest in existentialism, psychoanalysis, or existential psychoanalysis.

Critique of the Foundations of Psychology: The Psychology of Psychoanalysis

Georges Politzer

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Foucault, Psychology and the Analytics of Power (Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences)

Derek Hook

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Innovative approach 4 out of 5 stars.
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Given Foucault's critique of psychology and the related 'psy-disciplines', it is unsurprising that to date there have been only a few scattered treatments of the topic of 'Foucault and psychology'. Hook's text represents one of the most developed and sophisticated handlings of this theme. Not only does he introduce Foucault's criticisms of psychology, he also uses Foucault's writings on methodology (particularly Foucault's analyses of discourse, space and history) to develop important perspectives on the topics of subjectivity, racism and spatial-identity.

There is real originality in Hook's triangulation of a diverse range of psychoanalytic, postcolonial and Foucauldian critics (Adorno, Homi Bhabha, Judith Butler, Frantz Fanon and Nikolas Rose are all called upon), and in his idea of insidious 'affect positions'. Likewise, his critique of Nik Rose's work poses the question of whether any adequate critical analytics can overlook the affective and psychic dimensions of power. The proposed linking of psychoanalytic concepts (fantasy, affect, phobia) to a Foucauldian frame is an innovative contribution, though purist scholars of Foucault and psychoanalysis might resent the intrusion of what has traditionally been to each a rival school of thought.

Ultimately the book converts a bold opening assertion - that Foucault is of more use to us today as methodologist than as grand theorist - into a diverse set of approaches to the analysis of power. This is probably its greatest achievement, linking a Foucauldian ethos to a variety of provocative research methodologies, rather than delimiting a Foucauldian approach to the prescriptions of any one analytical strategy.

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This book introduces and applies Foucault's most important concepts and procedures, and does so specifically for a psychology readership. Drawing on the recently published Collège de France lectures Abnormal (2003) and Psychiatric Power (2006), Foucauldian Analytics and Psychology is as useful to those concerned with Foucault's engagement with the "psy-disciplines" as it is to those interested in the practical application of Foucault's critical research methods.

No Boundary: An Illuminating Overview of Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth (Whole mind series)

Ken Wilber

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Best Book I Ever Read 5 out of 5 stars.
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I think this is the best book I've ever read (mainly speaking of non-fiction). Mr. Wilber explores, explains and eliminates all the illusory boundaries that we humans create, both within ourselves and between ourselves and the "rest of" the universe. Have trouble understanding the concept of "oneness"? Ken describes the whole concept in ways I've never forgotten (I read the book about 16 years ago). He not only explores the existence and creation of those boundaries but gives practical methods of eliminating them, utilizing a variety of techniques and explanations, although realizing that those boundaries are there and beginning to understand them is a huge first step. This book introduced me to the Gospel of Thomas in addition to giving me a new understanding of the book of Genesis (from the Bible, duh) and some of its many underlying nuances. This book was very hard to read; sometimes I would read a page and have to put it down, not because it is written in a confusing way but because the concepts are so beautifully complex and numbingly mindblowing. And Mr. Wilber brings them to light. My conciousness (or lack thereof :) has never been the same after reading this book. In my opinion this book is required reading for everyone, especially if you want to understand yourself and the universe. Oh but I guess that's the same thing.

Performing Psychology: A Postmodern Culture of the Mind

Lois Holzman

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Performing Psychology consists of essays and stage plays by and about Fred Newman, the controversial American philosopher, psychotherapist, playwright and political activist for whom psychology, social action, human development and performance are one. The reader is invited into dialogues currently taking place among psychologists, philosophers, artists, and community activists on such topics as: the nature of human subjectivity; the relationship of theater to human development; the status of traditional science in a postmodern world; the process of therapy and diagnosis; and the re-initiation of creativity and growth.
Arguing that both psychological activity and its study are essentially performance, Newman and his colleagues expose the myths of mainstream psychology and the limitations of its postmodern challengers. More than an academic critique, Performing Psychology offers a new methodology for understanding human life.

Toward a Science of Human Nature

Daniel N. Robinson

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Robinson unfolds the vision of four influential writers on psychology­-J.S. Mill, F. Hegel, Wilhelm Wundt, and William James­-who considered the world, its persons and problems, its possibilities and conflicts, its scientific facts and its moral ambiguities, and proceeded to devise a means by which to improve it. Robinson shows how in thinking about psychology, these individuals provided an intellectual context within which the discipline could be refined.

Beyond Behaviorism

Vicki L. Lee

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Beyond Behaviorism explores and contrasts means and ends psychology with conventional psychology -- that of stimuli and response. The author develops this comparison by exploring the general nature of psychological phenomena and clarifying many persistent doubts about psychology. Dr. Lee contrasts conventional psychology (stimuli and responses) involving reductionistic, organocentric, and mechanistic metatheory with alternative psychology (means and ends) that is autonomous, contextual, and evolutionary.

Experience and Expression: Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Psychology

Joachim Schulte

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The writings preserved in Wittgenstein's manuscripts from 1945 to 1949, after he had completed the first part of Philosophical Investigations, chiefly concern the nature of certain psychological concepts. In this book Joachim Schulte uses these manuscripts--not the selections from them published so far--as a basis for reconstructing the central arguments and conceptual elucidations developed by Wittgenstein during that period. One of the principal subjects is the connection between instinctive reactions, linguistic and non-linguistic context, and mastery of a technique. This connection is explored through clarification of the concepts experience, sensation, and understanding--a clarification which provides illuminating contributions to the philosophy of psychology, aesthetics, and the theory of meaning. Wittgenstein's thoughts on the logic of language and his reflections on psychological concepts are closely knit. This is shown by his discussion of Moore's paradox, which sheds new light both on the limits of logical analysis and on certain curious features of the concepts believe, assume, and assert. The original German edition of this book was widely applauded as an outstanding work of scholarship offering unique and valuable insights. By translating it into fluent English, and at the same time enriching it with various amendments and additions, Dr. Schulte has brought an important work to a wider scholarly community.