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William James, The Stream of Consciousness and Freewill

Jeff Carreira March 21, 2013Popular Posts

William James was trained as a medical doctor at Harvard University and became generally recognized as the first psychologist in America and his first and arguably most significant written work was “The Principles of Psychology” published …

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FreewillStream of ConsciousnessWilliam James

What is the difference between Philosophy and Spirituality?

Jeff Carreira July 19, 2010Popular Posts

“What is the difference between Philosophy and Spirituality?” This is a question that has been propelling much of my efforts in writing this blog. Generally here I have limited my meandering thoughts to those ideas …

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Eight Confusing Philosophical Terms Explained

Jeff Carreira June 7, 2010Popular Posts

I want to go on to introduce Emerson’s Idealism, but before I do I need to get a few things straight, namely the distinction between Idealism, Materialism, Rationalism, Empiricism, Realism, Nominalism, Dualism and Monism. In …

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DualismEmpiricismIdealismMaterialismMonismRealism

From the Enlightenment to the Romantic Revolution

Jeff Carreira March 7, 2010Popular Posts

For a time the rationality of the Enlightenment seemed to hail the final triumph of human reason. Soon the laws that operated behind the universe would all be known and humakind would be able to …

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Immanuel KantRomanticism

From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

Jeff Carreira March 2, 2010Popular Posts

The leap that occurred in human consciousness from the time known as The Middle Ages to the Age of Enlightenment is nothing short of miraculous. Imagine being alive during The Middle Ages. Your entire understanding …

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Benjamin FranklinCopernicusJames MadisonJohannes KeplerThomas AquinasThomas Jefferson

Kant and the Creation of Reality

Jeff Carreira November 1, 2009Popular Posts

The American Philosophers from the Transcendentalists to the Pragmatists were all following in the footsteps of the great German Idealist Immanuel Kant (1724 – 1804). This isn’t too surprising because all of Western Philosophy follows …

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Immanuel KantPragmatism

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Spiritual but not Religious

Jeff Carreira February 11, 2009Popular Posts

It is not uncommon today to find certain segments of society in America and even more so in Europe who would describe themselves as spiritual but not religious. After The Enlightenment in Europe, science and …

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