William James William James (January 11, 1842 – August 26, 1910) was an American philosopher and psychologist who was also trained as a physician. The first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States,[2] James was one of the leading thinkers of the late nineteenth century and is believed by many to be one of the most influential philosophers the United States has ever produced, while others have labelled him the "Father of American psychology".[3][4][5] Along with Charles Sanders Peirce and John Dewey, he is considered to be one of the greatest figures associated with the philosophical school known as pragmatism, and is also cited as one of the founders of the functional psychology. He also developed the philosophical perspective known as radical empiricism. James' work has influenced intellectuals such as Émile Durkheim, W. E. B. Early life[edit] William James was born at the Astor House in New York City. He took up medical studies at The Harvard Medical School in 1864. Career[edit]
Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D. - Workshops & Events From 1974-76, and then again from 1983-94, Stephen, (Narayan) maintained a private psychotherapy practice. In addition, he traveled extensively throughout the United States and Europe presenting workshops until late 1999. In December 2000, he stopped traveling and offering workshops to the general public and began offering retreats every 1 1/2 to 2 years. At that time, these retreats were open only by invitation. In November 2007, Stephen, (Narayan) began to offer two retreats per year (Fall and Spring) to all of those who were interested. At the present time there will be only one semi-residential retreat every year and a half which will, (at the present time), remain open to all of those who are interested * Workshop in 2014 October 2014 A Seventeen Day Intensive The Teaching Mastery of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Madhyamika Buddhism:The Eight Negations of Nagarjuna Quantum 2.0:The Vedanta of Advaita-Vedanta Advaita: Reflections of the Absolute The Absolute Prior to Consciousness
The Philosopher Stoned Timothy Ferriss Timothy Ferriss (born July 20, 1977) is an American author, entrepreneur, angel investor, and public speaker.[1][2][3] In 2007, he published The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, which was a No. 1 New York Times bestseller, a No. 1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, and a USA Today bestseller.[4][5][6][7] The 4-Hour Workweek has made the Best Seller List for 7 consecutive years from 2007 to 2013.[8][9] In 2010, he followed up with The 4-Hour Body, which was another No. 1 New York Times bestseller.[10] Ferriss's third book, The 4-Hour Chef, was released in November 2012 and was a No. 1 Wall Street Journal bestseller.[11][12] Early life[edit] Career[edit] BrainQUICKEN[edit] In 2001, Ferriss founded BrainQUICKEN, an online nutritional supplements company. Angel investing and television[edit] Author[edit] The 4-Hour Workweek[edit] Blog[edit] The 4-Hour Body[edit] For the book, Ferriss interviewed more than 200 experts over a three-year period. The 4-Hour Chef[edit]
Creative Evolution (book) Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. The book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution, suggesting that evolution is motivated by an élan vital, a "vital impetus" that can also be understood as humanity's natural creative impulse. The book was very popular in the early decades of the twentieth century, before the Neodarwinian synthesis was developed. Harvard philosopher William James intended to write the introduction to the English translation of the book, but died in 1910 prior to its completion. Henri Bergson, Creative Evolution (1911) tr. Emergent evolution
Nisargadatta Maharaj Nisargadatta Maharaj /ˌnɪsərɡəˈdɑːtə ˌmæhəˈrɑːdʒ/ (April 17, 1897 – September 8, 1981), born Maruti Shivrampant Kambli, was an Indian spiritual teacher and philosopher of Advaita (Nondualism), and a Guru, belonging to the Inchgiri branch of the Navnath Sampradaya. In 1973, the publication of his most famous and widely translated book, I Am That, an English translation of his talks in Marathi by Maurice Frydman, brought him worldwide recognition and followers.[1] Biography[edit] Early life[edit] In 1915, after his father died, he moved to Bombay to support his family back home, following his elder brother. Initially he worked as a junior clerk at an office but quickly he opened a small goods store, mainly selling beedis – leaf-rolled cigarettes, and soon owned a string of eight retail shops.[6] In 1924 he married Sumatibai and they had three daughters and a son. Awakening[edit] My Guru ordered me to attend to the sense 'I am' and to give attention to nothing else. Later years[edit] Books[edit]
Kolmogorov Complexity – A Primer The Complexity of Things Previously on this blog (quite a while ago), we’ve investigated some simple ideas of using randomness in artistic design (psychedelic art, and earlier randomized css designs), and measuring the complexity of such constructions. Here we intend to give a more thorough and rigorous introduction to the study of the complexity of strings. This naturally falls into the realm of computability theory and complexity theory, and so we refer the novice reader to our other primers on the subject (Determinism and Finite Automata, Turing Machines, and Complexity Classes; but Turing machines will be the most critical to this discussion). The Problem with Randomness What we would really love to do is be able to look at a string of binary digits and decide how “random” it is. And yet, by the immutable laws of probability, each string has an equal chance ( ) in being chosen at random from all sequences of 50 binary digits. Definition: The Kolmogorov complexity of a string , denoted .
Fourth Way According to this system, the chief difference between the three traditional schools, or ways, and the fourth way is that "they are permanent forms which have survived throughout history mostly unchanged, and are based on religion. Where schools of yogis, monks or fakirs exist, they are barely distinguishable from religious schools. The fourth way differs in that it is not a permanent way. It has no specific forms or institutions and comes and goes controlled by some particular laws of its own." It always has some work of a specific import, and is never without some task around which and in connection with which it can alone exist. The Fourth Way mainly addresses the question of people's place in the Universe, their possibilities for inner development, and transcending the body to achieve a higher state of consciousness. Overview[edit] Three ways[edit] Gurdjieff taught that traditional paths to spiritual enlightenment followed one of three ways: The Way of the fakir The Way of the monk
Theodosius Dobzhansky Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky ForMemRS[1] (Ukrainian: Теодосій Григорович Добжанський; January 24, 1900 – December 18, 1975) was a prominent geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in the field of evolutionary biology for his work in shaping the unifying modern evolutionary synthesis.[2] Dobzhansky was born in Ukraine and emigrated to the United States as a young man in 1927. He published a major work of the modern evolutionary synthesis, Genetics and the Origin of Species, in 1937. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1964,[3] and the Franklin Medal in 1973. Biography[edit] Early life[edit] Dobzhansky was born on January 24, 1900 in Nemyriv, Ukraine. On August 8, 1924, Dobzhansky married geneticist Natalia "Natasha" Sivertzeva who was working with I. Before moving to the USA, Dobzhansky published 35 scientific works on entomology, genetics and zootechnique. America[edit] In 1970, he published Genetics of the evolutionary process.[9] Religious beliefs[edit]
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