Wittgenstein's beetle and other classic thought experiments / by Cohen, Martin, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…e and alternative geometries -- K is for the Kritik and Kant's kind of thought experiments -- L is for Lucretius' spear -- M is for Mach's motionless chain -- N is for Newton's bucket -- O is for Olbers' paradox -- P is for Parfit's person -- Q is for the questions raised by thought experiments quotidiennes -- R is for the rule-ruled room -- S is for Salvatius' ship, sailing along its own space-time line -- T is for the time-travelling twins -- U is for the universe, and Einstein's attempts to understand it -- V is for the vexed case of the violinist -- W is for Wittgenstein's beetle -- X is for xenophanes and thinking by examples -- Y is for counterfactuals and a backwards approach to history -- Z is for Zeno and the mysteries of infinity.…”
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.... : collected thought experiments in philosophy /... by Tittle, Peg, 1957-

Subjects: “…Thought experiments.…”
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Analyse Von Blickbewegungen Von Schülern Beim Lesen Von Physikbezogenen Texten Mit Bildern by Hofmann, Birgit

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The experience economy / by Pine, B. Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Preview to the updated edition: Beyond goods and services -- Preview: step right up : Welcome to the experience economy -- Setting the stage -- The show must go on -- Get your act together -- Experiencing less sacrifice -- Intermission: a refreshing experience : Work is theatre -- Performing to form -- Now act your part -- The customer is the product -- Finding your role in the world -- Encore: exit, stage right.…”


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Experiences of depression : a study in phenomenology / by Ratcliffe, Matthew, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Series; Experiences of Depression A Study in Phenomenology; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction; 1 The World of Depression; 2 Experiencing the Possible; 3 Depression and the Body ; 4 Loss of Hope; 5 Depth, Guilt, and Narrative; 6 Agency and Free Will; 7 Time; 8 Other People; 9 Depression and Empathy; 10 The Nature of Depression; Appendix: Details of Depression Questionnaire Respondents; References; Author Index; Subject Index.…”
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Tourist experience : contemporary perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Contributors; Introduction: Thinking about the tourist experience; 1 Ways of conceptualising the tourist experience: a review of literature; Section 1 Dark tourism experiences: mediating between life and death; 2 Exploring the conceptual and analytical framing of dark tourism: from darkness to intentionality; 3 Thanatourism and the commodification of space in post-war Croatia and Bosnia; Section 2 Experiencing poor places.…”
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Understanding experience psychotherapy and postmodernism /

Table of Contents: “…Richardson -- Beyond postmodernism : from concepts through experiencing / Eugene Gendlin -- A phenomenology of becoming : reflections on authenticity / Jon Mills -- Language and subjectivity : from Binswanger through Lacan / Roger Frie -- Psychoanalysis and subjectivity in the work of Erich Fromm / Daniel Burston -- The primacy of experience in R.D. …”
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Understanding experience : psychotherapy and postmodernism /

Table of Contents: “…Richardson -- Beyond postmodernism : from concepts through experiencing / Eugene Gendlin -- A phenomenology of becoming : reflections on authenticity / Jon Mills -- Language and subjectivity : from Binswanger through Lacan / Roger Frie -- Psychoanalysis and subjectivity in the work of Erich Fromm / Daniel Burston -- The primacy of experience in R.D. …”
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Information experience : approaches to theory and practice /

Table of Contents: “…[et al.] -- Researching information experience : object and domain / Helen Partridge, Christine Yates -- Researching information experience : methodological snapshots / Hilary Hughes -- A reflection on the relationship between the study of people's information behaviour and information literacy : changes in epistemology and focus / Mark Hepworth, Fatmah Almehmadi, Sally Maynard -- Creating and expressing: information- as-it-is-experienced / Mandy Lupton -- Informed bodies : does the corporeal experience matter to information literacy practice? …”
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Life Experiences /

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Quality of Experience Advanced Concepts, Applications and Methods. by Möller, Sebastian

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part IConcepts; 1 Motivation and Introduction; 1.1 Quality of Information and Communication Technology; 1.2 The ``Qualinet White Paper on Definitions of Quality of Experience''; 1.3 Topics Addressed in this Book; References; 2 Quality and Quality of Experience; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 QoE Foundations, Terms and Definitions ; 2.2.1 Quality and Quality of Experience: Related Work; 2.2.2 Quality of Experience: Updated Terminology; 2.3 Experiencing and Quality Formation; 2.3.1 Perception and Experiencing Process; 2.3.2 Quality-Formation Process.…”
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Varieties of presence by Noë, Alva

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: free presence -- Conscious reference -- Fragile styles -- Real presence -- Experience of the world in time -- Presence in pictures -- On over-intellectualizing the intellect -- Ideology and the third realm.…”


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Varieties of presence by Noë, Alva

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Essays in radical empiricism

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The drama of possibility experience as philosophy of culture / by McDermott, John J. (John Joseph), 1932-

Table of Contents: “…-- The cultural immortality of philosophy as human drama -- To be human is to humanize : a radically empirical aesthetic -- Experience grows by its edges : a phenomenology of relations in an American philosophical vein -- The aesthetic drama of the ordinary -- Teaching -- Poem : lurking -- The gamble for excellence : John Dewey's pedagogy of experience -- Liberty and order in the educational anthropology of Maria Montessori -- The erosion of face-to-face pedagogy : a jeremiad -- Cultural literacy : a time for a new curriculum -- Trumping cynicism with imagination.…”
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Essays in radical empiricism by James, William, 1842-1910

Subjects: “…Experience.…”
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Learning from Bosnia : Approaching Tradition. by McDermott, John J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Chapter 17: The Cultural Immortality of Philosophy as Human Drama -- Chapter 18: To be Hunman is to Humanize -- Chapter 19: Experience Grows by its Edges -- Chapter 20: The Aesthetic Drama of the Ordinary -- Part 5: Teaching…”
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The drama of possibility : experience as philosophy of culture / by McDermott, John J. (John Joseph), 1932-

Table of Contents: “…-- The cultural immortality of philosophy as human drama -- To be human is to humanize : a radically empirical aesthetic -- Experience grows by its edges : a phenomenology of relations in an American philosophical vein -- The aesthetic drama of the ordinary -- Teaching -- Poem : lurking -- The gamble for excellence : John Dewey's pedagogy of experience -- Liberty and order in the educational anthropology of Maria Montessori -- The erosion of face-to-face pedagogy : a jeremiad -- Cultural literacy : a time for a new curriculum -- Trumping cynicism with imagination.…”

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The Experience of Thinking : How the Fluency of Mental Processes Influences Cognition and Behaviour. by Unkelbach, Christian

Table of Contents: “…Familiarity and positivity as integral consequences of previous exposure; 5 Fluency in context: Discrepancy makes processing experiences informative; 6 Disfluency sleeper effect: Disfluency today promotes fluency tomorrow; PART II Fluency in social processing…”
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The Experience of History : An Introduction to History. by Bartlett, Kenneth

Table of Contents: “…Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- We are All Part of the Evidence -- A Personal Example -- Chapter 2 The Historian not the History -- Ideological History -- Ethnic or National History -- Distant Voices -- Historical Style or Genre -- The Older Historian -- History by Non-Historians -- Historical Jargon -- History in Translation -- Chapter 3 If not the Historian, then Certainly the Evidence -- The Nature of Evidence -- Taxation Records -- Court or Legal Documents -- Eye-Witness Evidence -- Using Evidence Requires Skill and Experience…”
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