Human Potentialities: The Challenge and the PromiseHerbert Arthur Otto The first six papers in this collection were originally presented at the American Psychological Association's annual meeting in 1966 in New York City, as a part of a symposium of the same name (Human Potentialities: The Challenge and the Promise). The six symposium members made some changes and additions in their presentations. The additional papers are also original contributions by scientists and pioneers in the forefront of that growing edge, called the human potentialities movement. |
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... concept of hypothetical psi energy not only is in the tradition of scientific exploration , but also gives the inquirer better logical leverage with which to work . Already , some prog- ress in the measurement of the energetics of PK ...
... concept of hypothetical psi energy not only is in the tradition of scientific exploration , but also gives the inquirer better logical leverage with which to work . Already , some prog- ress in the measurement of the energetics of PK ...
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... concept . I would say no Utopia can be constructed henceforth by the knowledgeable person without making peace with the concept of synergy . It looks to me at this time as if any Utopia , or Eupsychia ( which I think is a better name ) ...
... concept . I would say no Utopia can be constructed henceforth by the knowledgeable person without making peace with the concept of synergy . It looks to me at this time as if any Utopia , or Eupsychia ( which I think is a better name ) ...
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... concept for which we have no word yet . High synergy from this point of view can represent a transcending of the di- chotomizing , a fusion of the opposites into a single concept . Integrating the Cognitive and the Conative . Finally ...
... concept for which we have no word yet . High synergy from this point of view can represent a transcending of the di- chotomizing , a fusion of the opposites into a single concept . Integrating the Cognitive and the Conative . Finally ...
Contents
Chapter | 3 |
TWO THE UNFOLDING IMAGES OF | 12 |
Three CULTURE AND THE HUMAN POTENTIAL | 21 |
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