19 Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
April 5, 2011
Victoria Mills
5 citations
This essay explores the relationship between aesthetics and psychology through the idea of the museum as a ‘dream space’ in George Eliot’s Middlemarch. It begins with a discussion of Charles Dickens’s Amy Dorrit and Hilda in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Marble Faun, two women who, like Dorothea Brooke, dream their way around Italian museums and the fragment-rich spaces of Rome. Pregnant moments of...
Journal of Management Development
April 2, 2011
Charles Baron, Mario Cayer
37 citations
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify why and how leadership development programs should be used to foster post‐conventional consciousness in their participants. Design/methodology/approach Starting from the observation that current and future organizational challenges may be met with particular efficacy by leaders who operate in the post‐conventional stages of consciousness, this...
British Journal of Wellbeing
April 1, 2011
Tamara Anne Russell
41 citations
The discipline of mindfulness has inspired a new programme for individuals with severe mental health difficulties. Tamara Russell introduces Body in Mind Training
Metaphilosophy
April 1, 2011
Shaun Gallagher
11 citations
Abstract: This article poses a number of questions to Richard Shusterman concerning his concepts of somaesthetics and body consciousness in his book Body Consciousness: A Philosophy of Mindfulness and Somaesthetics. How do the concepts relate to the kind of forgetfulness of the body that can happen in expert performance? What is the nature of somatic reflection, and how is it different from...
Sleep
April 1, 2011
Tore Nielsen
55 citations
The author has indicated no financial conflicts of interest. Rosalind Cartwright, Professor Emeritus of Rush University Medical Center's Graduate College Neuroscience Division and founder of the first accredited Sleep Disorders and Research Center in the State of Illinois, recently published her fourth book on the topic of sleep and dreaming. She has previously written A Primer on Sleep and...
Journal of Neurotherapy
April 1, 2011
Marco Kleen, Ben Reitsma
19 citations
Mindfulness, defined as a fourfold process consisting of being present with aversive experiences, accepting their aversive content, focusing on the observing perspective, and creating a distinction between content of private experiences and behavior, is an essential part of the so-called third wave behavior therapies, such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).Besides being a behavioral...
Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation
April 1, 2011
Kathleen A. Philbin
A substantial body of empirical research has shown that mind-body practices, including Yoga and meditation, can decrease symptoms of depression, anxiety, negative mood, and fatigue. Given Yoga's adaptability to various human conditions, it can improve the physical and psychological health of our elders. When blended with clinical therapies, Yoga practices can gently ease the distress that...
Teaching Theology & Religion
April 1, 2011
Fran Grace
64 citations
Abstract What is contemplative pedagogy and how is it practiced in Religious Studies classrooms? Contemplative pedagogy cultivates inner awareness through first‐person investigations, often called “contemplative practices.” Contemplative teaching practices range widely: silent sitting meditation, compassion practices, walking meditation, deep listening, mindfulness, yoga, calligraphy, chant,...
Philosophical Psychology
April 1, 2011
Miriam Kyselo, Sven Walter
5 citations
Daniel Weiskopf has recently raised an apparently powerful objection against the so-called “extended mind thesis” with regard to beliefs. His argument is that since alleged cases of “extended beliefs” lack a characteristic feature of beliefs properly so called (newly acquired beliefs are usually integrated with already existing beliefs rapidly, automatically and unconsciously), they do not...
Philosophy East and West
April 1, 2011
Johannes Bronkhorst
62 citations
A Note on Nirvikalpaka and Savikalpaka Perception Johannes Bronkhorst Some ten years ago an interesting discussion took place in the pages of this journal. It began with an article by Arindam Chakrabarti (2000) whose title betrays its intention: "Against Immaculate Perception: Seven Reasons for Eliminating Nirvikalpaka Perception from Nyāya." There followed a response by Stephen H. Phillips...