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Review of Understanding Wittgenstein's On Certainty by Daniele Moyal-Sharrock (2007)(review revised 2019) [PDF]
, 2019 Wittgenstein (W) is for me easily the most brilliant thinker on human behavior and this is his last work and crowning achievement. It belongs to his third and final period, yet it is not only his most basic work (since it shows that all behavior is an ...
Starks, Michael
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European Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Values have become central to the study of social and psychological processes across cultures and across time. To date, there has been no conclusive analysis of the cross‐cultural and cross‐temporal comparability of values in Europe. We conduct invariance tests of the Portrait Values Questionnaire collected as part of the European Social ...
Ronald Fischer, Johannes A. Karl
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Review of 'Tractatus Logico Philosophicus' by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1922)(review revised 2019) [PDF]
, 2019 TLP is a remarkable document which continues to seduce some the best minds in philosophy, with new books and articles dealing partly or entirely with it appearing frequently over a century after it was first conceived.
Starks, Michael
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article unveils how gender inequality and colonial dichotomy became visible in the practice of polygyny among Muslim‐Christian intermarried couples in the southern Philippines. Based on ethnographic research conducted in Iligan, it documents the lived experiences of Christian wives, Maranao Muslim women, and female Muslim converts.
Asuna Yoshizawa
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A Critical Review of Ian Barbour's Analysis of Discussions on the Mind/Body Problem [PDF]
, 2012 The concepts of mind, soul, and consciousness are key to an understanding of ourselves and how we interact with the universe around us. Ian Barbour names the mind/body problem as one of the major subjects of long-term discussion among religion ...
Brammer, Craig A.
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All the bedrooms a stage: Reconceptualizing sex as “performance” to sex as “rehearsal”
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract In the United States, sex is often spoken about in terms of performance, and naturally invokes language of theatricality. Sexual performance has been used as an umbrella term to refer to sexual satisfaction, behavior, embodiment, and also pathology in terms of conditions such as erectile dysfunction.
Taylor Harmon
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A Review of The Murderer Next Door by David Buss (2005) [PDF]
, 2017 Though this volume is a bit dated, there are few recent popular books dealing specifically with the psychology of murder and it’s a quick overview available for a few dollars, so still well worth the effort.
Michael, Starks
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On Being Absorbed: Taking up Dialogic Pedagogy in University Diversity Plans
New Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.ABSTRACT What are we to make of the proliferation of Intergroup Dialogue (IGD) programs for social justice education on college campuses? Though the inception of IGD predates many institutions’ diversity plans, increasingly colleges and universities are citing their existing IGD programs in their present‐day plans, as IGDs effectiveness has been well ...
Stephanie D. Hicks
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Introduktion til Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 1982 This editorial announces the founding of a new scientific journal in Denmark entitled Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift (“Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion”).
Per Bilde +2 more
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The most profound spiritual autobiography of all time?- a review of "The Knee of Listening" by Adi Da (Franklin Jones) [PDF]
, 2017 A brief review of the life and spiritual autobiography of the unique American mystic Adi Da (Franklin Jones). The sticker on the cover of some editions says `The most profound spiritual autobiography of all time` and this might well be true.
Starks, Michael
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