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Being-In, Being-For, Being-With

Clark E. Moustakas

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Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence

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This book is a gem. 5 out of 5 stars.
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How fortunate we are to now have in one volume a comprehensive and scholarly review of the scientific evidence for anomalous experiences. The fascinating subject matter of this book includes such diverse phenomena as lucid dreaming, out of body experiences, past life experiences, and alien abduction. What makes this book different from other treatments of some of these topics is that the authors have no hidden agenda or viewpoint that they are trying to put forth. They are not trying to convince you that something does or does not exist. Instead it is an even-handed look at the available data and various competing explanations. And even though it is a scholarly review, it is well written, engaging, and easy-to-read. Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence belongs on the bookshelf of anyone who has an interest in understanding and explaining these unusual phenomena. You won't be disappointed.

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Explores anomalous experiences, such as hallucinations, lucid dreams, alien abductions, mysticism, anomalous healings, psi events and past lives. Discusses current research and theories, individual and cultural differences, methodological issues, related psychopathology, aftereffects, and clinical implications. For basic and clinical psychologists.

Remembering: A Phenomenological Study (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)

Edward S. Casey

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In this lucid and wide-ranging book, Edward S. Casey provides a thorough descriptive treatment of varieties of human memory, including recognising and reminding, reminiscing and commemorating, body memory and place memory. Bringing to light forgotten and repressed aspects of human memory - everyday occurrences as well as unusual instances - this ambitious study demonstrates that nothing in our lives is unaffected by remembering.

Philosophical Issues in Psychiatry: Explanation, Phenomenology, and Nosology

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This multidisciplinary collection explores three key concepts underpinning psychiatry -- explanation, phenomenology, and nosology -- and their continuing relevance in an age of neuroimaging and genetic analysis.

An introduction by Kenneth S. Kendler lays out the philosophical grounding of psychiatric practice. The first section addresses the concept of explanation, from the difficulties in describing complex behavior to the categorization of psychological and biological causality. In the second section, contributors discuss experience, including the complex and vexing issue of how self-agency and free will affect mental health. The third and final section examines the organizational difficulties in psychiatric nosology and the instability of the existing diagnostic system. Each chapter has both an introduction by the editors and a concluding comment by another of the book's contributors.

Contributors: John Campbell, Ph.D.; Thomas Fuchs, M.D., Ph.D.; Shaun Gallagher, Ph.D.; Kenneth S. Kendler, M.D.; Sandra D. Mitchell, Ph.D.; Dominic P. Murphy, Ph.D.; Josef Parnas, M.D., Dr.Med.Sci.; Louis A. Sass, Ph.D.; Kenneth F. Schaffner, M.D., Ph.D.; James F. Woodward, Ph.D.; Peter Zachar, Ph.D.

When Self-Consciousness Breaks: Alien Voices and Inserted Thoughts (Philosophical Psychopathology)

G. Lynn Stephens, George Graham

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In this book, G. Lynn Stephens and George Graham examine verbal hallucinations and thought insertion as examples of what they call "alienated self-consciousness." In such cases, a subject is directly or introspectively aware of an episode in her mental life but experiences it as alien, as somehow attributable to another person.

Stephens and Graham explore two sorts of questions about verbal hallucinations and thought insertion. The first is their phenomenology—what the experience is like for the subject. The second concerns the implications of alien episodes for our general understanding of self-consciousness. Psychopathologists look at alien episodes for what they reveal about the underlying pathology of mental illness. As philosophers, the authors ask what they reveal about the underlying psychological structure and processes of human self-consciousness.

The authors suggest that alien episodes are caused by a disturbed sense of agency, a condition in which the subject no longer has the sense of being the agent who thinks or carries out the thought. Distinguishing the sense of subjectivity from that of agency, they make the case that the sense of agency is a key element in self-consciousness.

Phenomenological Explanations (Phaenomenologica)

A. Lingis

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Phenomenological analysis claimed to explain by showing how to locate the empirical evidence in our perceptual field that verify the propositions of our empirical theories, and how to produce the insights that guarantee statements about our cognitive operations. This book argues that the field of perceptual objects is itself constituted out of a depth of sensuous elements. It claims to be able to extend the concept of empirical intuition to verify this perceptual sensory medium, and to elucidate the affective sensuality that is the first form of contact with sensible materiality. To establish intersubjective truth, phenomenological analysis had to show how the multiplicity and concordance of cognitive subjects could be intuitively verified. This book argues for an extension of the concept of imminent intuition, so as to show how not only the existence and essence of an alien subjectivity but also the imperative that orders a multiplicity of subjects toward the telos of truth could be verified in an intuition.

Phenomenological Inquiry in Psychology: Existential and Transpersonal Dimensions

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I did not begin reading the book. I purchased it as a gag because the author has the same name as me.

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Phenomenological Inquiry in Psychology is the best introduction available to Transpersonal-Phenomenological psychology, a new field that seeks to develop an awareness of the existential and transpersonal dimensions of human experience. Chapter highlights include -- essential sections of Rolf von Eckartsberg's landmark text on existential-phenomenological research -- an investigation of the lived experiences of persons with Multiple Personality (Dissociative) Disorder, a first in phenomenological research, and -- three studies, each examining an aspect of the experience of dying, another first for the field. This groundbreaking work will be of particular value to readers interested in all areas of humanistic psychology, theology, and the philosophy of science.

Living and Relating: An Introduction to Phenomenology

Carol S. Becker

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In Living and Relating, Carol Becker uses daily life events to introduce students and others to a phenomenological view of human nature, development, and interpersonal relationships. She draws the classical thinkers in existential philosophy as well as phenomenological philosophy and psychology into the everyday world, and shows how their insights and traditions can provide a rich and useful orientation to human existence. Furthermore, she blends these pure existential and phenomenological viewpoints with humanistic, descriptive accounts of living and relating in order to help readers explore and deepen their understanding of life. Experientially evocative as well as easy to read, this book provides an excellent alternative or complement to traditional theory and research in introductory social science courses including psychology, human development, nursing, and philosophy. Besides being useful as a textbook, Living and Relating will be of interest to therapists, social workers, and others in the mental health professions. "Living and Relating provides a brief but spirited and compelling introduction to the philosophy, methods, and content of phenomenological psychology. Becker's consistent allegiance to the lifeworld respects the complexity and depth of life while attesting to just how clear, compassionate, and relevant life-span psychology could be." --Constance T. Fischer, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh "At last, here is a book on phenomenology that you don't have to be a philosopher to read! Carol Becker brings phenomenology to bear on the understanding of our own and other people's experiences as what co-constitutes the everyday world--friendship, love, sex, parenting, teaching, therapy, physical healing, college teaching--and she does a splendid job of it. Living and Relating is an extraordinarily rich and multifaceted application of phenomenology to everyday life. As a result, this book can be read by people outside of academic settings as well as within. This is a very well and clearly written book, which weaves together a large amount of theoretical and research studies yet abounds with concrete illustrations, often personal." --Maurice Friedman, author of The Worlds of Existentialism "We have few readable and complete texts for the study of phenomenology and this book will fill that need. Through her captivating writing and clear communication about personal experiences, Dr. Becker gives us an intrinsically interesting and intimate book that is a careful and comprehensive coverage of this fascinating field of inquiry." --Bonnie R. Strickland, University of Massachusetts at Amherst "The book is eminently readable and very engaging because of its effective use of everyday examples. I was quite moved as I read sections that are particularly pertinent to my own life. . . . I appreciated the variety of sources that she draws upon and the graceful way in which they are brought together." --Steen Halling, Seattle University "It is certainly a good introduction to phenomenological psychology. But it is also more than that. The organization of the book opens it to multiple college audiences, with each chapter providing an illustrative example of phenomenology in a specific situation." --Robert D. Romanyshyn, Pacifica Graduate Institute "It is a skillful weaving of experiential touchstones and phenomenological theorizing. The psychological world has long been waiting for a phenomenological perspective on life-span human development....A book this type is long overdue." --Amedeo Giorgi, Universite du Quebec a Montreal "A very accessible introduction to a phenomenological understanding of human nature and phenomenological research, followed by an inviting series of reflections on: lifespan development, friendship, love relationships, psychotherapy, helping the physically ill person, and college teaching." --The Humanistic Psychologist