A few days ago, I was invited to the English Teaching Workshop on "Effective FEL Strategies" (EFL means English as a Foreign Language). The American Teaching fellow, Ms. Kathy Schenider, gave the participant...A few days ago, I was invited to the English Teaching Workshop on "Effective FEL Strategies" (EFL means English as a Foreign Language). The American Teaching fellow, Ms. Kathy Schenider, gave the participants, teachers of English from the universities in Beijing, an展开更多
This work explores the axiology of consciousness in Mocombe’s consciousness field in the material world.The paper critically assesses Mocombe’s consciousness field theory(CFT)within the larger body of contemporary o...This work explores the axiology of consciousness in Mocombe’s consciousness field in the material world.The paper critically assesses Mocombe’s consciousness field theory(CFT)within the larger body of contemporary ontological debates regarding the nature,origin,and constitution of consciousness in the universe.The work goes on to highlight the manifestation of Mocombe’s consciousness field in the material resource framework that is the earth,and the nature and origins of ethics and values.展开更多
Against behaviorism,humanism,and cognitive psychology,this work explores Mocombe’s antihuman psychology as a product of his consciousness field theory.The paper critically assesses Mocombe’s consciousness field theo...Against behaviorism,humanism,and cognitive psychology,this work explores Mocombe’s antihuman psychology as a product of his consciousness field theory.The paper critically assesses Mocombe’s consciousness field theory within the larger body of contemporary ontological debates regarding the nature,origin,and constitution of consciousness,especially human consciousness,vis-à-vis their relations to the psychological theories of behaviorism,humanism,and cognitivism,concluding that consciousness field theory posits an alternative psychological theory of the mind,i.e.,antihuman psychology,to behaviorist,humanist,and cognitivist conceptions of the mind.展开更多
This article attempts to outline Paul C.Mocombe’s nominalism as highlighted in his theory of phenomenological structuralism(PS).Mocombe posits that the human mind or consciousness is presented with brute facts and th...This article attempts to outline Paul C.Mocombe’s nominalism as highlighted in his theory of phenomenological structuralism(PS).Mocombe posits that the human mind or consciousness is presented with brute facts and things of the multiverse,which it attempts to reify and universalize through concepts of language and mathematics.So,the facts and things of the world exist irrespective of the human mind,which simply highlights and categorizes them in order to experience being-in-the-world with others and things they encounter.展开更多
This article argues that the Haitian Vodou spirits(lwas)of fertility and death,Gede,do not promote homosexuality or the fluidity of sexuality in Haitian culture.The latter position is a Western reading of Gede grounde...This article argues that the Haitian Vodou spirits(lwas)of fertility and death,Gede,do not promote homosexuality or the fluidity of sexuality in Haitian culture.The latter position is a Western reading of Gede grounded in postmodern and post-structural identity theorizing.Gede in Haitian ontology and epistemology is lwas of fertility and death not sexual identity confusion or fluidity.展开更多
This work explores the phenomenological structural basis of Mocombe’s consciousness field theory.The paper critically assesses Mocombe’s consciousness field theory within the larger body of contemporary ontological ...This work explores the phenomenological structural basis of Mocombe’s consciousness field theory.The paper critically assesses Mocombe’s consciousness field theory within the larger body of contemporary ontological debates regarding the nature,origin,and constitution of consciousness in the universe.The work goes on to highlight how human consciousness and society are constituted from Mocombe’s consciousness field to societal social structure,which Mocombe calls social class language game.展开更多
文摘A few days ago, I was invited to the English Teaching Workshop on "Effective FEL Strategies" (EFL means English as a Foreign Language). The American Teaching fellow, Ms. Kathy Schenider, gave the participants, teachers of English from the universities in Beijing, an
文摘This work explores the axiology of consciousness in Mocombe’s consciousness field in the material world.The paper critically assesses Mocombe’s consciousness field theory(CFT)within the larger body of contemporary ontological debates regarding the nature,origin,and constitution of consciousness in the universe.The work goes on to highlight the manifestation of Mocombe’s consciousness field in the material resource framework that is the earth,and the nature and origins of ethics and values.
文摘Against behaviorism,humanism,and cognitive psychology,this work explores Mocombe’s antihuman psychology as a product of his consciousness field theory.The paper critically assesses Mocombe’s consciousness field theory within the larger body of contemporary ontological debates regarding the nature,origin,and constitution of consciousness,especially human consciousness,vis-à-vis their relations to the psychological theories of behaviorism,humanism,and cognitivism,concluding that consciousness field theory posits an alternative psychological theory of the mind,i.e.,antihuman psychology,to behaviorist,humanist,and cognitivist conceptions of the mind.
文摘This article attempts to outline Paul C.Mocombe’s nominalism as highlighted in his theory of phenomenological structuralism(PS).Mocombe posits that the human mind or consciousness is presented with brute facts and things of the multiverse,which it attempts to reify and universalize through concepts of language and mathematics.So,the facts and things of the world exist irrespective of the human mind,which simply highlights and categorizes them in order to experience being-in-the-world with others and things they encounter.
文摘This article argues that the Haitian Vodou spirits(lwas)of fertility and death,Gede,do not promote homosexuality or the fluidity of sexuality in Haitian culture.The latter position is a Western reading of Gede grounded in postmodern and post-structural identity theorizing.Gede in Haitian ontology and epistemology is lwas of fertility and death not sexual identity confusion or fluidity.
文摘This work explores the phenomenological structural basis of Mocombe’s consciousness field theory.The paper critically assesses Mocombe’s consciousness field theory within the larger body of contemporary ontological debates regarding the nature,origin,and constitution of consciousness in the universe.The work goes on to highlight how human consciousness and society are constituted from Mocombe’s consciousness field to societal social structure,which Mocombe calls social class language game.
