These ponderings attempt to let themselves be appropriated by the event. (Beiträge zur Philosophie (Vom Ereignis), Martin Heidegger, 1936–38/1989)
Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Quantum Mechanics and the Philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead (Michael Epperson, 2004) (2022-10-26)
In Process and Reality and other works, Alfred North Whitehead struggled to come to terms with the impact the new science of quantum mechanics would have on his metaphysics. This ambitious book is the first extended analysis of the intricate relationships between quantum mechanics and Whitehead's philosophical cosmology.
Moving systematically--concept by concept, phase by phase--Michael Epperson illuminates the intersection of science and philosophy in Whitehead's work, and details Whitehead's attempt to fashion an ontology capable of coherently accommodating the current and future trajectory of modern physics.
But going far beyond this exploration, Epperson also makes important new contributions to the conceptualization of Whitehead's theory of quantum events ('actual occasions'), addressing the considerable attention paid by philosophers and other scholars to Nature's fundamentally quantum character as described by modern physics.
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"Quantum mechanics is one of the empirically best confirmed physical theories ever. Moreover, it has been and still is an important instrument in planning and evaluating new experiments in many areas of physics and an indispensable tool for the development of new technologies. However, despite its extremely wide and successful range of application, some important questions concerning its proper interpretation are still not settled. In this context one of the most important questions is clearly to which ontology quantum mechanics gives rise, i.e., of what kinds of fundamental entities the world probably consists (e.g. particles, fields, events, processes, spacetime regions/points, etc.), if one assumes that quantum mechanics is telling us a true story about the world.
"Epperson has done a wonderful job in showing what one of the most detailed (and surely, one of the most difficult) metaphysical theories of the 20th century--Whitehead's philosophy of process--contributes to the ongoing debate about the proper ontological interpretation of quantum mechanics. Therefore, the book is highly recommended to anybody working on or being seriously interested in the ontology of quantum physics. Moreover, it is a "must read" for students of Whitehead's philosophy, since it will deepen their understanding of Whitehead's quite abstract scheme, to see quantum mechanics as a specific exemplification of some of the central structures of the philosophy of process."
Frank Hättich - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics
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Including a nonspecialist introduction to quantum mechanics, Epperson adds an essential new dimension to our understanding of the architecture and meaning of Whitehead's metaphysics--and of the constantly enriching encounter between science and philosophy in our century.
Alfred North Whitehead: The Man and His Work: 1910-1947 (Victor Lowe, 1990) (2022-10-26)
https://www.amazon.com/-/zh_TW/gp/product/B07WSY69TW/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1
Originally published in 1990. The second volume of Victor Lowe's definitive work on Alfred North Whitehead completes the biography of one of the twentieth century's most influential yet least understood philosophers. In 1910 Whitehead abruptly ended his thirty-year association with Trinity College of Cambridge and moved to London. The intellectual and personal restlessness that precipitated this move ultimately led Whitehead—at the age of sixty-three—to settle in America and change the focus of his work from mathematics to philosophy. Volume 2 of Alfred North Whitehead: The Man and His Work follows Whitehead's journey to the United States and analyzes his expanding intellectual life. Although Whitehead wrote philosophy based on natural science while still in London, he began his most important work shortly after moving to Harvard in 1924. Science and the Modern World appeared in 1925, Religion in the Making in 1926, Symbolism in 1927, and Process and Reality in 1929. Discussing these and other important works, Lowe combines scholarly analysis with valuable insights gathered from Whitehead's friends and colleagues. Although Whitehead ordered that all his private papers be destroyed, Lowe was given access to letters the philosopher wrote to his son, North, and others. Never before published, the letters add a new personal dimension to Whitehead's life and thought. Photographs of the philosopher, his family, and associates provide an intimate look at a private and self-effacing man whose work has had a lasting impact on twentieth-century thought.
Process psychology (2022-10-26)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_psychology
Process psychology is a branch of psychotherapeutic psychology which was derived from process philosophy as developed by Alfred North Whitehead. Process psychology got its start at a conference sponsored by the Center for Process Studies in 1998.[1] In 2000, Michel Weber created the Whitehead Psychology Nexus:[2] an open forum dedicated to the cross-examination of Alfred North Whitehead's process philosophy and the various facets of the contemporary psychological field.[3]
Ontology in Emmanuel Levinas's Philosophy (2012) (2022-10-26)
https://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=luc_diss_6mos
Levinas 的哲學,是否可以稱之為 relational ontology ?
Towards a Relational Ontology: Philosophy's Other Possibility (2016) (2022-10-26)
Monday, October 24, 2022
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) (2022-10-26)
三個問題 (2022-10-26)
Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延) (1838-1912) (2022-10-26)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyohara_Chikanobu
Toyohara Chikanobu (豊原周延, 1838–1912), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu (楊洲周延), was a Japanese painter and printmaker who was widely regarded as a prolific woodblock artist during the Meiji epoch.
此君所造之「浮世繪」,Jan Abram 視為,倖存之物 (object),相對於 Rene Magritte 所繪之「幾何學的精神」,Jan Abram 則視之為,未倖存之物,
10/24 (2022)
Sunday, October 23, 2022
Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead (C. Robert Mesle, 2008) (2022-10-26)
About the Author
C. Robert Mesle is a recognized authority on process thought and the author of the acclaimed Process Theology: A Basic Introduction (1993), the most widely read introduction to process theology. A professor and chair of the philosophy and religion department of Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, he received his PhD from Northwestern University. He is a board member of the International Process Network and the China Project of the Center for Process Studies and serves on the editorial boards of the American Journal of Theology and Philosophy and Process Studies. He resides in Lamoni, Iowa.
Ukiyo-e (2022-10-26)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukiyo-e
Ukiyo-e[a] is a genre of Japanese art which flourished from the 17th through 19th centuries. Its artists produced woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties; kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; floraand fauna; and erotica. The term ukiyo-e (浮世絵) translates as "picture[s] of the floating world".
Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) (2022-10-26)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_North_Whitehead
In his early career Whitehead wrote primarily on mathematics, logic, and physics. His most notable work in these fields is the three-volume Principia Mathematica (1910–1913), which he wrote with former student Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica is considered one of the twentieth century's most important works in mathematical logic, and placed 23rd in a list of the top 100 English-language nonfiction books of the twentieth century by Modern Library.[22]
Beginning in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Whitehead gradually turned his attention from mathematics to philosophy of science, and finally to metaphysics. He developed a comprehensive metaphysical system which radically departed from most of Western philosophy. Whitehead argued that reality consists of processes rather than material objects, and that processes are best defined by their relations with other processes, thus rejecting the theory that reality is fundamentally constructed by bits of matter that exist independently of one another.[23] Today Whitehead's philosophical works – particularly Process and Reality – are regarded as the foundational texts of process philosophy.
Whitehead's process philosophy argues that "there is urgency in coming to see the world as a web of interrelated processes of which we are integral parts, so that all of our choices and actions have consequences for the world around us."[23] For this reason, one of the most promising applications of Whitehead's thought in recent years has been in the area of ecological civilization and environmental ethics pioneered by John B. Cobb.
Psychoanalysis and Colonialism: A Contemporary Introduction (Sally Swartz, 2022) (2022-10-26)
About the Author
Sally Swartz is a practising psychoanalytic psychotherapist and Emeritus Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town. She has a particular interest in the fields of colonialism and decolonization in psychoanalytic theory. She is the author of Homeless Wanderers: Movement and Mental Illness in the Cape Colony in the Nineteenth Century (2015) and Ruthless Winnicott: The Role of Ruthlessness in Psychoanalysis and Political Protest (2019).
Coming to Life in the Consulting Room: Toward a New Analytic Sensibility (Thomas Ogden, 2021) (2022-10-26)
Interestingly, Ogden was talking about ontological psychoanalysis, being and becoming, in this one. This ‘being and becoming’ were inspired by Winnicott and Bion, and not by Heidegger and poststructuralism.
Falling Through the Cracks: Psychodynamic Practice with Vulnerable and Oppressed Populations (2011) (2022-10-26)
About the Author
novelistic imagination (2022-10-26)
Saturday, October 22, 2022
Brain Computer Interface That Translates Thoughts Into Text Messages
The Use of the Object in Psychoanalysis:An Object Relations Perspective on the Other (David Scharff, 2020) (2022-10-26)
Destruction reconceived: On Winnicott's 'The Use of an Object and Relating through Identifications' (Thomas Ogden, 2016) (2022-10-26)
外面的世界漆黑着,而我當然是一个篝火者 (2022-10-26)
篝火
10/22 (2022) (2022-10-26)
Friday, October 21, 2022
10/21 (2022) (2022-10-26)
Addiction Drug Shows Promise Lifting Long COVID Brain Fog, Fatigue
2023
首先你要理解,不一定會有,二零二三,
知道這件事,讓我鬆了一口氣,
杜琪峰,暗戰一二,是與時間賽跑,
第一次,輸了,
第二次,老鷹贏了,
你要理解,那是,香港人,
仰首,極目,
尋找老鷹,的故事,
回到,可能的,二零二三,
Sandor Ferenczi ,
Van Life,
AI (Anthony Elliott),
Whitehead (Matthew Segall),
是,四個,可能,
Thursday, October 20, 2022
Margaret Little (1901-1994) (2022-10-26)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Little
Transference Neurosis and Transference Psychosis: Toward Basic Unity (1977) (accessible via Scribd)
Robert Johnson (1911-1938) (2022-10-26)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2vMnwhYLMw
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Monday, October 17, 2022
漆黑將不再面對 六四安魂曲 (LoLo,1989) (2022-10-19)
作曲:盧冠廷
願你熟睡 願你熟睡 但你是否不再醒了
你的眼裡 你的眼裡 難道明天不想看破曉
為了在暴雨中找到真諦 犧牲的竟要徹底
願你熟睡 願你熟睡 但你年輕不再歡笑
你的勇氣 你的勇氣 無奈從今不可再猛燒
為了在暴雨中找到真諦 犧牲的竟要徹底
天與地 幾多的心裡還在落淚
心永伴隨 無人能忘掉你在遠方
如今 夜了 請安息輕帶著靈魂別去
這刻 拋開顧慮 漆黑將不再面對
如今 夜了 請安息輕帶著靈魂別去
這刻 拋開顧慮 漆黑將不再面對
天與地 幾多的心裡還在落淚
心永伴隨 無人能忘掉你在遠方
如今 夜了 請安息輕帶著靈魂別去
這刻 拋開顧慮 漆黑將不再面對
如今 夜了 請安息輕帶著靈魂別去
這刻 拋開顧慮 漆黑將不再面對
自體的心理學 vs 後結構主義的心理治療 (2022-10-19)
Sunday, October 16, 2022
我希望 (2022-10-19)
方法學的驕傲 (methodology pride) (2022-10-19)
The 5 Biggest Business Trends In 2023 Everyone Must Get Ready For Now
Victor Klemperer (1881-1960) (2022-10-19)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Klemperer
意思是說,暴政會毒害我們的語言,所以,志者應書,「毛賊卅年,如何毒害中文」,「包子十年,如何毒害中文」,當然,我們知道,包子不識字,所以,下毒者實為滬寧公公,
廿大側記
包子廿大報告全文
不做奴才做公民
Saturday, October 15, 2022
彭載舟的討習謀略
ego / self / subject 的差別 (2022-10-19)
這個問題的問題性 (2022-10-19)
「罷免習近平告全國同胞書」 (2022-10-19)
以1人之力抗爭,網傳彭載舟「告全國同胞書」
Adverse Childhood Experiences During Pandemic Take Toll on High Schoolers’ Mental Health
Friday, October 14, 2022
看橋員 (2022-10-19)
Brain opioid theory of social attachment: A review of evidence (2022-10-19)
第四求是一個深刻的平靜 (profound serenity) (2022-10-19)
關於生命形態 (2022-10-19)
打更者言 (2022-10-19)
包子放屁像說話
關於兩個確立的決定性意義的決定性的不確立意義的數點說明
Thursday, October 13, 2022
四通橋坦克人彭立發 (載舟)(2022-10-19)
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/4088261
https://www.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2147344
https://www.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2147344
不要核酸要吃飯,不要文革要改革
不要封控要自由,不要領袖要選票
不要謊言要尊嚴,不做奴才做公民
罷工罷免獨裁國賊習近平
The Truth About the 'Happy Hormone': Why We Shouldn't Mess With Dopamine
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/982156?src=WNL_trdalrt_pos1_ous_221013&uac=304420PJ&impID=4744748
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
我和它的關係 (2022-10-12)
招惹 (2022-10-12)
Monday, October 10, 2022
John Steiner 怎麼評價晚年的 Herbert Rosenfeld (2022-10-12)
Rosenfeld in Retrospect: Essays on his Clinical Influence , ed. John Steiner, Routledge, 2008, pp. 78-81
七中全會 (2022-10-10)
Sunday, October 9, 2022
conditions for one to be one (一成為一的條件) (2022-10-12)
Is AI Really A Job Killer? These Experts Say No
12 Practical Steps To Handle Change At Work
Saturday, October 8, 2022
中間學派和自體心理學的比較 (2022-10-12)
The Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It (2022-10-12)
Friday, October 7, 2022
三的必要 (2022-10-12)
Herbert Rosenfeld (1910-1986) (2022-10-12)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Rosenfeld
Rosenfeld's final work, Impasse and Interpretation (1987), focused on the possibility of the overcoming of critical moments of impasse with difficult patients. Rosenfeld was increasingly convinced that such potentially destructive impasses were predicated on the existence of blind spots in the analyst,[10] thus pointing the way for the later developments of intersubjective psychoanalysis.
關於遷徙的必要的數點說明 (2022-10-12)
Cabin fever,存在上的遷徙 (existential migration) (Greg Madison, 2006),也是遷徙,