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Main Issues of Modern Phenomenology

Główne problemy współczesnej fenomenologii

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: phenomenology; feminism; aesthetics; psychoanalysis; cognitive science; intersubjectivity; theology

An anthology of texts on the contemporary phenomenology presenting its phenomena and living discussions it holds with other disciplines of science. The texts are grouped in seven thematic sections: Phenomenology of Body, Phenomenology and Art., Phenomenology of Intersubjectivity, Phenomenology and Theology, Phenomenology and Cognitive Science, Phenomenology and Feminism, Phenomenology and Psychoanalysis. At the beginning of each section there is the introduction written by the Polish scientific editor.

For a New Quality of Teacher Education

O nową jakość edukacji nauczycieli

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: school; pedagogy; education; teacher; pedagogue education; teacher education; quality of education

The book discusses relations between pedagogy as a scientific discipline and education as a specific type of social practice, the issues related to education of teachers, their preparation for a job, and further professional development, as well as key issues regarding teacher education: integration of the pedagogical theories with educational practice, key values in educating teachers, inspirations and prospects for this professional group.

The Reflective Practice - an Intrinsic Dimension of the Educational Demarche

The Reflective Practice - an Intrinsic Dimension of the Educational Demarche

Author(s): Luminiţa Mihaela Drăghicescu,Ioana Stăncescu,Ana-Maria Aurelia Petrescu / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: reflective practice; reflective practice stages; didactic style; reflective teacher; quality of educational process;

The quality of the educational system, in general, and of the educational process, in particular, is reflected in the graduates’ competences - cognitive and metacognitive, emotional, intercultural, civic competences - that enable them to successfully face with all the professional and social demands. In order to achieve such a goal, there is a need of teachers who are devoted to school, well-trained, enhanced with creativity, and always concerned of their own educational practices. The reflection on the didactic activity becomes a necessity, an intrinsic component, in order to promote a quality education. The teacher’s reflective practice represents a conscious, assumed, responsible analysis of the didactic demarche, during and at its end, completed by informed decisions in terms of control and regulation, towards the achievement of the proposed educational objectives. At the level of the educational process, the benefits of the teacher’s reflective practice are multiple: optimization of didactic design, didactic strategy and evaluation methodology, a better acquaintance of students, improvement of the pedagogical relationship with the class, identification of appropriate ways to develop students’ competences, differentiation and individualization of training, facilitating a better understanding of the content transferred to students etc. This work aims to analyze the teachers’ opinions on the reflective practice in strong relation to their didactic activities. The method used in the investigative approach was a questionnaire-based survey - its items were focused mainly on the necessity and benefits of the reflective practice, on the frequency recorded by the teachers engaged in the reflective practice, on the supported tools, but also on the relevant stages of the reflective practice.

Transformational Processes in Organizational Life: Symbolic Imprinting and Symbolic Triggers

Transformational Processes in Organizational Life: Symbolic Imprinting and Symbolic Triggers

Author(s): Dina Aslamazishvili / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: symbolic management; transformational processes; organizational life;

Organizational life is multi-focused symbolic reality today, new and existing employees learn, transfer and transform in working experience. Managerial actions give both real and symbolic results. Symbolic contexts, like influence, commitment, shared values, mission clearance in project teams and others, create challenges. The paper discusses symbolic imprinting and symbolic triggers in organizational life, and shares the first cut results of the study through the metaphoric mechanics among business school students with fresh working experience. Symbolic imprinting constitutes stamping in memory some transferring values and meaning interpretations, and symbolic triggers are the external environment signs and images, which make imprints work out in specific thinking, behavioral, and communication mechanisms. Transformational processes – learning, growing, development, - are realized within the symbolic context. Symbolic imprints and triggers transfer specific concept of the organizational life, freeing up the meanings and important orientations for ‘homo symbolicus’.

Pranayama Yoga: Measuring Brainwaves via EEG

Pranayama Yoga: Measuring Brainwaves via EEG

Author(s): Rebecca Bhik-Ghanie / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: EEG; electroencephalogram; brain; yoga;

Differences in baseline electroencephalogram (EEG) activity have been found among long-time practitioners of meditation (3+ years) in comparison to novice meditators (<1 year). In the current study, 10 participants (5 experienced meditators; 5 novices) engaged in a series of weekly, 20-minute Open Heart Meditation (OHM) practices; 5 control participants (all novices) engaged in a 20-minute reading/study session. EEG activity was measured in all participants during the first and final sessions. While the differences did not reach statistical significance, there were differences in the expected direction, suggesting an increase in baseline mean frequency of EEG measurements within the beta range for experienced meditators in comparison to novices and controls, suggesting an increase in neurological engagement during meditation. These findings suggest that there are potential neurological gains of certain meditative practices, which should lead to further investigation into the merits of meditative practice as a form of therapy.

Drinking relapse prevention: empirical data and development directions

Zapobieganie nawrotom picia: dane empiryczne i kierunki rozwoju

Author(s): G. Alan Marlatt,Sarah W. Bowen,Katie Witkiewitz / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: therapy; addictions; addiction psychotherapy

A review of modern methods of treating addictions, the effectiveness of which had been confirmed in rigorous scientific studies. The publication is aimed at people providing treatment for addicted individuals and also for those preparing to obtain appropriate certifications (specialists in addiction psychotherapy and addiction therapy instructors, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, family doctors and clinicians whose patients can be people with addictions), scientists studying the mechanisms and efficiency of addiction therapy, as well as addicted individuals and their loved ones.

Hermeneutical Resemblance in Rudolf Bultmann and Thich Nhat Hanh

Hermeneutical Resemblance in Rudolf Bultmann and Thich Nhat Hanh

Author(s): Joel (J.T.) Young / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Rudolf Bultmann; Thich Nhat Hanh; Demythologization; Zen Buddhism; Christianity;

Over the last several decades, academic theology in America has seen a resurgence of interest in the 20th century German-speaking theological movement known as “dialectical theology.” While primarily focusing on the theology of Swiss Reformed theologian, Karl Barth, there has also been a revival of curiosity in Barth’s academic rival, Rudolf Bultmann, who cultivated the controversial program of “demythologization.” Though the recovery of Bultmann’s work in English-speaking circles is historically valuable to our understanding of how modern theology progressed, the question still stands as to how it might aid our dialogue in an increasingly pluralistic world. Unpacking one such opportunity is the aim of this paper. Through dialogue with the Zen Buddhism of Thich Nhat Hanh, I show how different contours of Bultmann’s thought can aid us in understanding and approaching interreligious discourse through hermeneutical consistencies and resemblance. While this paper discusses several different aspects of Bultmann’s and Nhat Hanh’s religious thought, the consistencies and resemblance between the two individual thinkers are, no doubt, emblematic of greater Familienähnlichkeit between their respective faith traditions – a topic to be taken up at a later time.

The interactive context of discovering the category of corporeality in a phenomenological approach.

The interactive context of discovering the category of corporeality in a phenomenological approach.

Author(s): Alicja Długołęcka / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: body; corporeality; carnal self; embodied presence; care; gratitude; mindfulness; ethics of touch; therapeutic relation in physiotherapy

The article presents different ways of dealing with the subject of the body and corporeality in the humanities, which can form the epistemiological and axiological basis in a reflection on the psycho - and physiotherapeutic relationship with patients, and confronts them with the results of two qualitative studies based on the grounded theory concerning exploration by women of their own body and experiencing their own corporeality, intimacy and touch in medical relations. The author shows that phenomenological philosophy, taking into account the concepts of “carnal self” and “presence of the embodied” that human knowledge always has a carnal character, is the most adequate for use in analyses regarding therapeutic interactions related to the body. Analysis of qualitative research on the process of realising your own corporeality in the cognitive-emotional dimension in the relationship with oneself and in the therapeutic relationship fully confirms the legitimacy of applying the grounded theory method in the study of phenomena regarding carnality and such values ​​as gratitude, mindfulness, care, efficiency and autonomy emerge.

Video Meditativeness (Portrait with Golden Mask by Marina Abramović)

Medytatywność wideo (Mariny Abramović Portrait with golden mask)

Author(s): Magdalena Długosz / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Female and Male Patterns of Biography (Re)Construction in the Context of Career Change

Kobiece i męskie wzory (re)konstrukcji biografii w perspektywie zmiany zawodowej

Author(s): Zuzanna Ewa Wojciechowska / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: femininity; masculinity; biography; career change; adult education; transformative learning

The author examines the issue of constructing and reconstructing of biographies by women and men undergoing a career change. She considers the perspective of biography (re)construction in a wider context – not only on an individual level – connected to the biography of the people under analysis, but also of the subjective and socio-cultural determinants, using the method of narrative interviews.

Buddhist Paths for Modern Seekers

Buddhist Paths for Modern Seekers

Author(s): Tashi Gelek / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: Buddhism; Mahayana; Vajrayana; Buddhist Teachings;

In our modern age, we are often too occupied with busy schedules of business appointments and customers, also family and friends. There are too many distractions that could fully occupy us and leave us without any time left to even to think about Buddhist path or practice. So many distractions form the biggest obstacle to practising Buddhism. From the Buddhist scriptures this article outlines examples of methods which can be easily practised in a busy lifestyle to resolve the modern distractions. Buddha had 84,000 teachings in order to satisfy the different needs of human beings. One can choose any methods that will lead closer to the wisdom of realizing the true nature of our existence. Finding a path through a genuine master is of paramount significance. In the end, there are multiple methods offered to the readers which are conducive to the twenty-first century path seekers.

The Communication Background of Philosophical Counseling

The Communication Background of Philosophical Counseling

Author(s): Aurel Codoban / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: philosophical counseling; Paul Watzlawick; Pragmatics of human communication; axioms of pragmatics; analogic; digital; metacommunication;punctuation;

Paul Watzlawick is considered a theoretician of communication and radical constructivism, with comments in the fields of family therapy and general psychotherapy. And philosophical counseling appears as a communicative practice, which uses philosophy as the most formalized semantics of human culture. The work of Paul Watzlawick, Pragmatics of human communication… should be considered theoretical prolegomena to any philosophical counseling. Unlike other therapies, philosophical counseling does not produce its content, which belongs to the history of philosophy and human spirituality in general, but, according to the post-modern formula, redistributes it through communication.

SCIENCE EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: ENGAGING THE NEW GENERATION OF STUDENT TEACHERS IN SERVICE-LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SCIENCE EDUCATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: ENGAGING THE NEW GENERATION OF STUDENT TEACHERS IN SERVICE-LEARNING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Angela James / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: service-learning; student teachers;

Amidst student calls for a ‘Decolonised curriculum” and “Fees must fall” a renewed education is required. The research question - How students registered for a Service-Learning and Sustainable development focused module were challenged? 88 students, with 47 community based projects were engaged in the module. An interpretive paradigm with an exploratory, qualitative approach was used. Data gathering methods included class discussions, document analysis, visual methodologies and reflective diaries. The data analysis was deductively analysed. Students experienced great emotional and cognitive waves where social learning influenced their deep-learning, perceptions of themselves and the community and the actions to be taken.

Conversations about personal development. From self- and home-centering towards openness to the world and altruism

Rozmowy o rozwoju osobowym. Od koncentracji na sobie i swoich do otwartości na świat i altruizmu

Author(s): Maria Jarymowicz,Anna Szuster / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: personality psychology; social psychology; personal development; relationships

The book deals with development of a human being as a subject aware both of oneself and the world. The subject is active and capable for reflection, and thus influences the transformation of oneself in various phases of life. Numerous references to literature illustrate the general state of psychological knowledge. The empirical findings of other researchers were also cited.

The Life of the Last Rin Spungs pa Ruler and his Guide to Śambhala.A study based on the 16th century manuscript,Vidyadhara –The Messenger (Rig pa’dzin pa’i pho nya) by Ngag dbang ’jig grags of Rin spungs (translation and comparative text analysis)

The Life of the Last Rin Spungs pa Ruler and his Guide to Śambhala.A study based on the 16th century manuscript,Vidyadhara –The Messenger (Rig pa’dzin pa’i pho nya) by Ngag dbang ’jig grags of Rin spungs (translation and comparative text analysis)

Author(s): Thupten Kunga Chashab / Language(s): English

Keywords: Vidyadhara; Rig Pa 'Dzin Pa'I Pho Na; Last Ruler of Rin Spungs

The presented work is based on the manuscript Rig pa ’dzin pa’i pho nya by Ngag dbang ’jig grags, the 16th century last ruler of Rin spungs in Central Tibet. The manuscript is very rare and interesting for Tibetan literature, not broadly known and studied by Tibetologists both outside and inside Tibet. Two main themes of the manuscript are discussed in detail in the book: the itinerary of Śambhala and the life of the author, Ngag dbang ’jig grags. The volume includes chronological presentation of the manuscript with a commentary: the life of the author, Ngag dbang ’jig grags (second part of the text) and the guide to Śambhala (first part of the text), as well as its complete English translation. In the appendices discussion on the literary aspects of the manuscript is presented, accompanied by different glossaries and the index.

IMMERSED IN LEARNING FROM LIFE: INFORMAL-EDUCATION PATHS IN THE POLISH PROVINCES

IMMERSED IN LEARNING FROM LIFE: INFORMAL-EDUCATION PATHS IN THE POLISH PROVINCES

Author(s): Zuzanna Ewa Wojciechowska / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: lifelong learning; informal education; provinces; biography; social media

This chapter presents the results of qualitative research on lifelong learning among people living in the Polish provinces. The research took place in the Warmian-Masurian Voivode ship, is based on the interpretative paradigm and takes the character of biographical research, wherein the method used is the narrative interview. A common belief that the provinces are bypassed by the current pace of change is shown to be false in the context of the research results presented here. The chapter presents biographies of Warmians in the 50+ generation. Subjects describe how they use contemporary technologies and social media; also presented is the phenomenon of professional change from people’s perspectives in disadvantaged areas. Rspondents also relate their learning to use technology in an intuitive way, by learning from the experience of others as well as through inverted imitation. Learning is shown to be a continuous, natural process, including all aspects of adult life, creating an opportunity for intensive professional development for people with no formal education.

The Painting Diary as a Phenomenon of Artistic-Psychological Expression and Influence

Dziennik malarski jako fenomen artystyczno–psychologicznego wyrazu i oddziaływania

Author(s): Daniel Jerzy Żyżniewski / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: art; painting; psychology; perception; brain; Mindfulness

Some basic mechanisms between perception, thinking and mood with artistic process of creation are described in this article. Main aspects of cognitive-behavioral reception of reality and its meaning for dynamic of creative energy are explained in this article. Some basic terms taken from Mindfulness therapeutic techniques including guided meditation technique are outlined in the context of brain activity. Dependencies between Mindfulness techniques with cognitive behavioral ones and painting creativity are also outlined in this article. The Painting diary created by Weronika Naszarkowska-Multanowska is described as a painting work and simultaneously as a self-therapeutic technique, which meets some of the psychological help criteria. In this article the painting diary is described as a tool of social communication and mood regulation in low energy of artistic creativity. The painting diary is presented as multilayer medium of interdisciplinary forms of expression and influence, which agency is seen not only in artist’s life, but also in audiences.

Transformations of knowledge in cyberculture. Research on culture, communication, knowledge, and media

Przemiany wiedzy w cyberkulturze. Badania nad kulturą, komunikacją, wiedzą i mediami

Author(s): Anna Maj / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: the evolution of knowledge; data-information-wisdom; communication and media; cyberculture; new media; conceptualisations of knowledge

The presence of new technologies and media in the everyday life of modern man affects not only culture, communication and social relations, but also our cognitive processes, perception and understanding of the world. These changes are significant, but often overlooked - we lose sight of the most important, in an evolutionary sense, although subtle, transformations of ways of thinking. It is worth examining how cybercultural knowledge practices have evolved in relation to earlier forms of collecting, organising and sharing knowledge, and how conceptualisations of the concepts of the knowledge pyramid have changed: data, information, knowledge, wisdom. What is the knowledge of the digital age, ubiquitous sensors and networking? Are we really getting smarter by constantly collecting data from our environment? We look at the evolution of digital memory, artificial intelligence, the algorithmisation of cognition and the wikification of knowledge, as well as the scientific ordering of the chaos of ubiquitous data using big data, cultural analytics and social networks. The book shows the cybercultural transformations of knowledge and its conceptualisation in the interdisciplinary perspective of cultural, communication, knowledge and media studies.

Schizophrenia and cognitive functioning

Schizofrenia a funkcjonowanie poznawcze

Author(s): Rafał Styła / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: schizofrenia; psychiatria

Dzieło Autora uważam za dojrzałą prezentację istotnego problemu klinicznego, jakim są zaburzenia poznawcze w schizofrenii. Z perspektywy badacza zajmującego się psychologią schizofrenii tym bardziej doceniam wysiłek dr. Styły w dążeniu do pogłębiania wiedzy z zakresu związków złożonych i różnorodnych zmiennych psychologicznych z funkcjami poznawczymi. Wiem bowiem jak wymagające są to poszukiwania. Autor monografii przedstawia interesujący model systematyzujący rozumienie znaczenia wzajemnych interakcji czynników biologicznych, psychologicznych i społecznych w deficytach funkcjonowania poznawczego pacjentów chorujących na schizofrenię. Na uwagę zasługuje fakt, iż Autor zrealizował serię czasochłonnych badań zakrojonych na szeroką skalę, które dostarczyły ciekawego materiału do analiz. dr hab. Łukasz Gawęda, prof. IP PAN, fragment recenzji Książka stanowi pierwszą monografię w literaturze polskiej, i prawdopodobnie światowej, poświęconą w całości psychologicznemu rozumieniu zaburzeń poznawczych doświadczanych przez osoby z diagnozą schizofrenii. Termin zaburzenia poznawcze ma wiele znaczeń – w niniejszej książce rozumiany jest przede wszystkim jako dysfunkcje elementarnych czynności poznawczych (np. uwagi, uczenia się, pamięci roboczej, funkcji zarządczych). Monografia zawiera szczegółowe teoretyczne wprowadzenie, ukazujące rolę zaburzeń poznawczych w schizofrenii. Druga część tomu skupiona jest na opisie czterech badań własnych, które w sposób empiryczny wykazują istotne znaczenie procesów psychologicznych dla funkcjonowania w zakresie językowym, uczenia się, szybkości przetwarzania, funkcji zarządczych i pamięci roboczej. Czytelnicy zainteresowani zagadnieniem schizofrenii – w tym psycholodzy, lekarze, studenci i pracownicy naukowi oraz osoby z doświadczeniem psychozy i ich rodziny – z pewnością znajdą w niej wiele nowych, ciekawych informacji.

The Provenance and Scope of the Eightfold Path

The Provenance and Scope of the Eightfold Path

Author(s): Tadeusz Skorupski / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: eightfold path; paths of action; wholesome roots; five moral faculties; right view; morality; concentration; wisdom

Generally stated, the Buddhist tradition consistently attributes the discovery of the eightfold path to the Buddha himself, claiming that he proclaimed it in his first sermon, conventionally postulated to have taken place in the Deer Park near Vārāṇasī, approximately seven weeks after his enlightenment. Although the Buddha is credited with the discovery of the eightfold path, a number of his discourses contain diverse deliberations and statements which are salient indications that the eightfold path is the result of doctrinal developments that preceded its emergence. This paper gathers and analyses all such deliberations and statements, and presents them in thematically and conceptually correlated units, which jointly reflect the formative phases that eventually matured into the eightfold path in its universally acclaimed format. It bears indicating that this paper has no intention to undermine the integrity of the Buddhist tradition, but solely aims to unravel the provenance of the eightfold path, predominantly relying on Buddhist sources, most of which are placed under the Buddha’s authority. Nevertheless, conceptually and structurally, the eightfold path is a creative and ingenious reconfiguration of the daśakuśala. The paper evolves in three distinct but correlated sections. Sections I and II analyse two significant discourses of the Buddha, in which he discloses two innovative expositions of the inner composition and dynamics of the eightfold path. Section III surveys a broad range of Pāli sources which record a variety of doctrinal and related developments that eventually gave rise to the mature formula of the eightfold path.