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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... koan . For example , Freud's koan broke down the rationalistic Cartesian gestalt which had dominated Western psychology . The koan of Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle broke down the traditional gestalts of the nature of being and ...
... koan . For example , Freud's koan broke down the rationalistic Cartesian gestalt which had dominated Western psychology . The koan of Wittgenstein and the Vienna Circle broke down the traditional gestalts of the nature of being and ...
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... koan of all serious post - impressionist painting seems expressly designed to break down visual gestalts : Picasso has been perhaps the persistent koan - creator , breaking down not only what existed previously but , as he moved from ...
... koan of all serious post - impressionist painting seems expressly designed to break down visual gestalts : Picasso has been perhaps the persistent koan - creator , breaking down not only what existed previously but , as he moved from ...
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... koans . It does not shrink from the complexities and paradoxes of the contemporary world but sees them instead as openings into a marvelous stream of experience . And how rich this stream is ! The senses may be enhanced- as evidenced by ...
... koans . It does not shrink from the complexities and paradoxes of the contemporary world but sees them instead as openings into a marvelous stream of experience . And how rich this stream is ! The senses may be enhanced- as evidenced by ...
Contents
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TWO THE UNFOLDING IMAGES OF | 12 |
Three CULTURE AND THE HUMAN POTENTIAL | 21 |
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