Peace in Motion

John Dewey and the Aesthetics of Well-Being

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Art & Architecture, General Art
Cover of the book Peace in Motion by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling, Peter Lang
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling ISBN: 9781454189848
Publisher: Peter Lang Publication: January 29, 2016
Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers Language: English
Author: Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
ISBN: 9781454189848
Publisher: Peter Lang
Publication: January 29, 2016
Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Language: English

In this book Yoram Lubling and Eric Evans offer a Deweyan reconstruction of our philosophical understanding of well-being. They begin with Dewey’s critique of the «philosophical fallacy» to examine the legitimacy and value of theories of well-being offered by traditional philosophy. However, such theories fail to provide an authentic account of well-being due to a false understanding of experience as either epistemic or cognitive. Next, using Dewey’s theory of experience, they reconstruct «happiness» as the target for evaluation of well-being. This leads them to reject the traditional view of a private encapsulated self, and to offer in its place a transactionally situated self which is an embodied, enculturated agent. Through their emphasis on the importance of the qualitative aspects of Dewey’s understanding of a situation, the pervasive quality of the situation emerges as the most plausible criterion for the evaluation of well-being. The authors use Dewey’s theories of inquiry, ethics, value and art to establish the naturalistic conditions under which such pervasive quality enters into a situation as either settled or unsettled, in other words, as peace in motion. Consequently, a problematic situation becomes the primary condition under which all inquiry initiates whether it is in the context of science, ethics, values, art or ordinary living. Lubling and Evans conclude that a Deweyan account of well-being involves embodied knowing instead of the traditional view of cognitive knowledge. By using such an account, it is possible to explain the conditions and mechanisms under which well-being contributes to the enlargement and enrichment of individual and collective human experience.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In this book Yoram Lubling and Eric Evans offer a Deweyan reconstruction of our philosophical understanding of well-being. They begin with Dewey’s critique of the «philosophical fallacy» to examine the legitimacy and value of theories of well-being offered by traditional philosophy. However, such theories fail to provide an authentic account of well-being due to a false understanding of experience as either epistemic or cognitive. Next, using Dewey’s theory of experience, they reconstruct «happiness» as the target for evaluation of well-being. This leads them to reject the traditional view of a private encapsulated self, and to offer in its place a transactionally situated self which is an embodied, enculturated agent. Through their emphasis on the importance of the qualitative aspects of Dewey’s understanding of a situation, the pervasive quality of the situation emerges as the most plausible criterion for the evaluation of well-being. The authors use Dewey’s theories of inquiry, ethics, value and art to establish the naturalistic conditions under which such pervasive quality enters into a situation as either settled or unsettled, in other words, as peace in motion. Consequently, a problematic situation becomes the primary condition under which all inquiry initiates whether it is in the context of science, ethics, values, art or ordinary living. Lubling and Evans conclude that a Deweyan account of well-being involves embodied knowing instead of the traditional view of cognitive knowledge. By using such an account, it is possible to explain the conditions and mechanisms under which well-being contributes to the enlargement and enrichment of individual and collective human experience.

More books from Peter Lang

Cover of the book Hochqualifizierte externe Mitarbeiter in gemischten Projektteams by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Nationale und regionale Standardvarianten des Deutschen im Unterricht von Deutsch als Fremdsprache fuer Chinesen by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Boko Haram au Cameroun by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Priests of My People by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Dreams, Hallucinations, Dragons, the Unconscious, and Ekphrasis in German Romanticism by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Die Transgressionen der Bibelfiguren in der Prosa von Georg Trakl by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book La Métaphore par-delà linfini by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book «Denken und Handeln.» Philosophie und Wissenschaft im Werk Johann Gottlieb Fichtes by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Sind Adjektiv und Adverb verschiedene Wortarten? Deutsche Wortarten im Visier by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Language Therapy Space by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Haftungsfragen bei Unfaellen zwischen Radsportlern by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Dramatic Minds by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Ideologies and Forms of Leisure and Recreation in Victorian Manchester by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book Littérature et sacré : la tradition en question by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
Cover of the book inklings Jahrbuch fuer Literatur und Aesthetik by Eric Evans, Yoram Lubling
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy