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103LIMITS OF HUMAN SENSES, Consciousness and AwarenessAcademic Publishers. 2017.LIMITS OF HUMAN SENSES, Consciousness and Awareness ULRICH DE BALBIAN Meta-Philosophy Research Center My art makes the invisible visible, limits of human awareness 1 Human consciousness and awareness is restricted by stereotypes and notions that cause philosophers and artists to exist in the dark ages as far as their perception and understanding of human inner and outer senses are concerned. Humans perceive 7 colors of rainbows with 16 to 37 or more colors, that are perceived by other organisms…Read more
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38Intersubjectivity (discourse, dialogue, interpersonal, norms)Academic Publishers. 2017.In this volume, volume 6, I will deal with insight and understanding, meaning and communication and intersubjectivity. (In an appendix I will include a number of –isms, cognitive biases and fallacies that might interfere in, with and distort these things.) The latter is pre-supposed by, present, necessary and operating in all four of these notions when they are employed as verbs. I hope and intend to employ these words and explore them without the need for ghost-in-the-machine like mysterious, m…Read more
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8LET'S FAKE MORALITY and ETHICS (the pretence of ethics and morality in philosophy and life)Academic Publishers. 2017.Download FREE book here Fake Morality and Ethics (in philosophy and Life) https://www.academia.edu/32532069/LETS_FAKE_MORALITY_and_ETHICS_the_pretence_of_ethics_and_morality_in_philosophy_and_life_ Institutionalized and internalized, competence intersubjectivity contain many user-illusions and an imaginary or manifest image of reality, including of themselves (Dennett and Sellars),. This can be contrasted we a comprehension or comprehensive, understanding intersubjectivity. It is p…Read more
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14THOUGHT or Imaginary EXPERIMENTS and METAPHORS (volume 3) I intended to deal with the different sections or chapters in one volume, but as certain sections or chapters are very long, like chapter 1, THEORIZING AND PHILOSOPHIZING (VOLUME 1), I divided some of them into separate volumes, chapter 2 HEURISTICS AND PROBLEMSOLVING (Volume 2) and chapter 3 IMAGINARY EXPERIMENTS AND METAPHORS (Vol 3). In this volume, 3, I deal with Thought and Imaginary …Read more
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4PHILOSOPHERS Thinking (HEURISTICS and PROBLEM-SOLVING} (VOLUME 2)Vol2.docxAcademic Publishers. 2017.. HEURISTICS and PROBLEM-SOLVING (VOLUME 2) This section or chapter two. Because of its length I decided to create a second Volume 2. HEURISTICS AND PROBLEMSOLVING (Volume 2) This volume deals with details of heuristic approaches and the infinite aspects and features of ‘problem-solving’ and related issues. The author of the first article I quote suggests that the heuristic tools or devices he mentions will enable individuals to produce philosophy. He seems to think that th…Read more
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Philosophers' Thinking (Experimental philosophy & Qualitative Tools Vol 4)Academic Publishers. 2017.EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY (VOLUME 4) and Qualitative tools and experimental philosophy. So-called Experimental Philosophy (X-Phi) is one of the latest fashions or fads in philosophy. It gives people who wish to do ‘philosophy’ but do not find something in the other types of doing philosophy something to do. The other types are, apart from a handful of original- and creative thinking individuals, the usual academic publications, theses, conferences, etc that keep prof…Read more
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25(Meta-Philosophy) Philosophers and their lack of Meta-CognitionAcademic Publishers. forthcoming.My new book for FREE download. I am in the top 0.5% for downloads at Academic.edu and belong to a group of academics offering our work for FREE as publishers charge too much for books. https://www.academia.edu/31251026/_Meta-Philosophy_Philosophers_and_their_lack_of_Meta-Cognition (Meta-Philosophy) Philosophers and their lack of Meta-cognition Philosopher think about your own thinking ABSTRACT I explore the meta-cognitive nature, tools, self-reflection of philosophers and in so doing …Read more
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5(Meta-philosophy, meta-cognition) Where to (begin) Philosophy? NEW VERSIONAcademic Publishers. forthcoming.Meta-cognology If you wish to think/write about many dimensional things like the ‘world! persons! "consciousness! human thinking etc"! you should at least think multi-dimensional and many levelled. Questioning the purpose, the subject-matter and the methodology, methods of the discipline. I have already dealt in detail about the disappearance of different subject from the philosophical discourse with the differentiation of other disciplines, as well as the involvement in philosophy in inter…Read more
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23Traditional, Meta- and Experimental Philosophy(subject-matter, methods, theorizing)Academic Pushers. forthcoming.Traditional, Meta- and Experimental Philosophy(subject-matter, methods, theorizing) Exploring philosophizing or the doing of philosophy from a meta-philosophy point of view: traditional methods, experimental philosophy (its subject-matter and methods), and the nature of the processes of theorizing
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18Philosphy, Meta-, Experimental Philosphy (subject-matter, methods, theorizing)Academic Publishers. forthcoming.It is assumed the other articles I refer to at the beginning written by myself have been read. Then section 2 deals with X-Phi, its subject-matter and methods and compared to the subject-matter and methods of traditional philosophy. Section 3 deals with traditional methods. An appendix on theorizing is attached as it is suggested that philosophizing resembles the features, stages, steps and aims of the process/es of theorizing.
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78Embodied ConsciousnessCreate Space. 2018.Mind, Consciousness and Body We do not know how to think with or about these notions and others such as reality, perception, space, time, etc… In the following I will deal with the umbrella notions of mind, consciousness and body. The contents is relevant, but of greater importance is the manner or method in which I deal with these notions. I first present as an illustration of my approach or method, how I have dealt with the notions of intuition and intuiting. One of the points I am trying to m…Read more
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18(Meta) Philosophy and ICreate Space. 2018.Many themes and topics, both immanent as well as non- immanent, concerning philosophy and meta-philosophy are dealt with. Many of these take the form of my answers to questions addressed at me. Some of the topics and themes that are dealt with are - Self-reference and Self-application Immanence and non-immanence Disagreement and diversity Primacy of the practical Philosophy good and bad Philosophy and expertise Ends of philosophy Death of philosophy Anti-philosophies Philosophy and a…Read more
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58Nihilism, Minarchism, Pyrrhonism Meta-Philosophy - Living Radical ScepticismAcademic Publishers. 2018.A Meta-Philosophy exploration of immanent and non-immanent features of first-order philosophy in terms of the values of non- values or negative values of Radical Scepticism, Nihilism and Minarchy, executed to show how philosophizing is done. It misleadingly seems as if there is no progress in philosophy as, like in visual art, literature and music, each original thinker re-invents the entire discipline, its aims, purposes, values, methods, etc The nature of philosophical tools, methods, techni…Read more
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149Philosophizing as Theorizing: Meta-PhilosophyAcademic Publishers. 2020.In my last book Philosophy Questioned I mostly dealt with criticism and negative aspects of the traditional (especially metaphysics, ontology and epistemology) dealings of philosophy. And, that what philosophy should not do or attempt to so.The last chapter ended on a more positive note. It mentioned philosophizing as reflection. Reflection on anything and everything. I reprint that last chapter here as I wish to continue with that theme.Namely, what the nature, the aims, objectives and purposes…Read more
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42Philosophy and Wisdom researchCreate Space. 2018.ISBN-13: 978-1985686632 (CreateSpace-Assigned) ISBN-10: 1985686635 BISAC: Philosophy / Criticism A conceptual exploration of the umbrella notion Wisdom, as well as dimensions, characteristics and components of the idea of wisdom as suggested by experimental philosophy, neurosciences and other studies and a comparison of the notion of wisdom with those of knowledge, truth, insight and understanding and in different cultures and periods. Contemporary research and discussions of wisdom on a wisd…Read more
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79Meta-philosophy questioning PhilosophizingAcademic. 2018.Traditional philosophy is no longer viable, relevant and acceptable. It might be possible to continue doing philosophizing in traditional ways. It is possible to continue fabricating fictional realities in the manner of the Pre-Socratics, Spinoza, Leibniz, Husserl, Hegel, Plato, et al. It is possible to devise pictures of realities and depictions of human consciousness and cognition like Descartes or in the Kantian manner. One of the major issues with traditional philosoph…Read more
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64Philosophers' Ideas and their existenceAcademic Publishers. 2018.What, if anything, is the correlation between the specialized or technical ideas of the philosopher and the rest of his existence? His everyday life outside his philosophical role. In the specialized reality and reality constitution, when employing the discourse and discipline of philosophy, the philosopher subscribe to many things in an explicit manner and he employs a number of implicit things and assumptions that are not stated explicitly. These things concern the different branches, areas an…Read more
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17LET'S FAKE MORALITY and ETHICS (the pretence of ethics and morality in philosophy and life)Academic Publishers. 2017.Institutionalized and internalized, competence intersubjectivity contain many user-illusions and an imaginary or manifest image of reality, including of themselves (Dennett and Sellars),. This can be contrasted we a comprehension or comprehensive, understanding intersubjectivity. It is possible and perhaps even necessary to transform or replace the competence intersubjectivity to a comprehension or understanding (scientific, Dennett and Sellars) image of reality and themselves.Ethics and moralit…Read more
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50Has art theory any function and any importance? A function and importance for who? For the practising artist, theorists, writers on art? Art speak and its place in art theory, art criticism and artists’ statement. - Many tools to create an intersubjective and universal frame of reference to make sense of any art exist., for example art history, labels such as expressionism, impressionism, modern art, contemporary art, Fine art, Visual Arts, Northern Baroque Art, minimalist, post-minimalist, anti…Read more
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68Philosophy - Aims, Methods, RationaleAcademic Publishers. 2017.In this meta-philosophical study I commence with an investigation of Wisdom. I then continue with an exploration of the institutionalization of the subject and the professionalization of those involved in it. This I contrast with original and creative philosophizing. In then sows that philosophizing resembles and attempts to do theorizing. The 9 questions, etc of the Socratic Method and details of the Philosophical Toolkit occur throughout different stages of theorizing as one level and one dime…Read more
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51Philosophy = Philo Sophos = Love of WisdomSSRN Electronic Journal 3025568 (1): 01-85. 2017.A conceptual exploration of the umbrella notion Wisdom, as well as dimensions, characteristics and components of the idea of wisdom as suggested by experimental philosophy, neurosciences and other studies and a comparison of the notion of wisdom with those of knowledge, truth, insight and understanding. Keywords: philosophy, knowledge, wisdom, truth, Gettier problem, ibnsights, truth, understanding, knowledge, Experimental philosophy, neuroscience of wisdom Suggested Citation: de Balbian, Ulrich…Read more
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58Similar to PHILOSOPHY = PHILO SOPHOS = LOVE OF WISDOM with enlarged AppendicesAcademic Publishers. 2017.Exploration of the meanings, dimensions, levels of the umbrella-notion of wisdom. I added a discussion between the academics of the notion and research into it (on Wisdom list [email protected] ) as second appendix. I added on 7/09/2017 a new appendix http://www.drrogerwalsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/What-is-Wisdom-Cross-Cultural-Cross-Disciplinary-Syntheses-Roger-Walsh-2015-Review-of-General-Psychology.pdf . Most people involved in this discourse will be aware of the meaning of the w…Read more
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96KNOWLEDGE, TRUTH, INSIGHT, WISDOMAcademic Publications. 2017.An exploration of the umbrella notion 'knowledge' and related notions, truth, wisdom, knowing, insights, understanding, perception, etc. The philosophical approach, such as that of Gettier, to this notion.
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85PHILOSOPHY = PHILO SOPHOS = LOVE OF WISDOMAcademic Publishers. 2017.A conceptual exploration of the umbrella notion Wisdom, as well as dimensions, characteristics and components of the idea of wisdom as suggested by experimental philosophy, neurosciences and other studies and a comparison of the notion of wisdom with those of knowledge, truth, insight and understanding. https://www.academia.edu/34339690/PHILOSOPHY_PHILO_SOPHOS_LOVE_OF_WISDOM
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48(META-PHILOSOPHY) PHILOSOPHY’S GHOST Dead Discipline WalkingAcademic Publishers. 2017.I have been working on meta-philosophy for quite some time and was pleasantly surprised to encounter, mid-May 2017, someone who shares this commitment (apart from his many other interests and specializations) for very similar reasons as my own. He is Dr Desh Ray Sirswal from India and one of his numerous websites, blogs, journals, etc is - http://drsirswal.webs.com/ I let him speak for himself. “My objective is to achieve an intellectual detachment from all philosophical systems, and not to so…Read more
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63THE INSTITUTIONAL and PERSONAL NEED for PHILOSOPHYAcademic Publishers. 2017.She has always existed and is more than a citizen of multiverses, most likely the ground of all. In the West she was introduced around C.570 and since then many individuals have searched for her, tried to become familiar with her and created all sorts of, frequently ridiculous, things in her name. Once someone has a passion for her it cannot be extinguished but increases. Objectively this need for her is referred to as ‘love of wisdom’, the need for wisdom, while personally…Read more
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35SEEKING PHILOSOPHY – BY WORDS 2 Questions and Fake ProblemsAcademic Publishers. 2017.An exploration of philosophy, its subject-matter (and development of new objects of study and investigation or philosophizing, for example experimental ‘philosophy’, inter-disciplinary work such as in the discourse of cognitive research and philosophy of everything, i e the arts, sport, religion, sex, love, politics, etc), its methods and confines, both internal and external linits, eg cognitive biases, fallacies, -isms, one-dimensionality, uni-levelled, etc. Philosophy - institutionalization, …Read more
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67TYPES OF INTERSUBJECTIVITY and Alternative Reality ImagesAcademic Publishers. 2017.Exploration of INTERSUBJECTIVITY is continued. Different kinds of if are differentiated and signs for its presence and effects are shown. The difference between it, subjectivity and objectivity are explored. Intersubjectivity is crucial and universal for general everyday discourse in all cultures, sub-cultures, institutions, communities and socio-cultural practices such as religion, sport, etc or the so-called Manifest Image. It is essential for specialized areas, for example religion, sport an…Read more
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492WHAT IS ART (classificatory disputes, aesthetic judgements, contemporary artPhilosophy and Art. 2017.WHAT is art? Classificatory disputes.. Classificatory disputes about what is art Art historians and philosophers of art have long had classificatory disputes about art regarding whether a particular cultural form or piece of work should be classified as art. Disputes about what does and does not count as art continue to occur today Defining art is difficult if not impossible. Aestheticians and art philosophers often engage in disputes about how to define art. By its original and broadest definit…Read more
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506SEEKING PHILOSOPHY BY WORDS 1 ART and META-ARTAcademic Publishers. 2017.ABSTRACT One increasingly reads about different aspects of the death of philosophy. One reason or cause being its institutionalization, as just another academic discipline, while research universities demand their tenured professionals to produve endless streams of really irrelevant publications, resulting in dealing with more detailed, microscopic issues and fabricated ‘problems’. The professionalization of philosophers created other problems of this socio-cultural practice. The dying out of ph…Read more
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