Edward Slingerland
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Edward Slingerland is hoogleraar Aziatische Wetenschappen aan de University of British Columbia en opereert op het snijvlak van Chinese wijsbegeerte en 'Embodied Cognition'. Hij is de auteur van diverse studieboeken, waaronder What Science Offers the Humanities en Creating Consilience.
Edward Slingerland is hoogleraar Aziatische Wetenschappen aan de University of British Columbia en opereert op het snijvlak van Chinese wijsbegeerte en 'Embodied Cognition'. Hij is de auteur van diverse studieboeken, waaronder What Science Offers the Humanities en Creating Consilience.
Expertise volgens het gepubliceerde werk: wu wei, spontaniteit, chinese filosofie, topprestaties, taoïsme
Boeken van Edward Slingerland
Edward Slingerland
Proberen niet te proberen
Wanneer u te hard uw best doet is de kans groot dat u blokkeert. Wat u eerst spontaan en schijnbaar moeiteloos voor elkaar kreeg, wil nu niet meer lukken, of komt gekunsteld over.
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Drunk
An "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization—and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication (Daniel E.
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Edward Slingerland
Effortless Action
This study argues that the concept of 'wu-wei' or 'effortless action' serves as a spiritual ideal for a group of five early Chinese thinkers - Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Shuangzi, and Xunzi - who share what might be called the 'mainstream' Chinese worldview, which is characterised by the belief that there is a normative order to the cosmos (the "Way"), within which humans have a proper place and mode of behaviour.
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Edward Slingerland
Mark Collard
Mark Collard
Creating Consilience
This volume takes a new approach to bridging the cultures of science and the humanities. The editors and contributors formulate how to develop a new shared framework of consilience beyond mere interdisciplinarity, in a way that both sides can accept.
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Trying Not to Try
A Guardian Best Book of 2014
A 2014 Brain Pickings Best Book on Psychology, Philosophy, and How to Live Meaningfully
Why is it hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Meer
A 2014 Brain Pickings Best Book on Psychology, Philosophy, and How to Live Meaningfully
Why is it hard to fall asleep the night before an important meeting? Meer