Fr S Stephen Jayard (7 results)

Condition: New. pp. 123.

Condition: New. pp. 123.

Condition: New. pp. 123.

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789351482628,xiv+123pp.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. To Widen Our Approaches. 2. To Deepen Our Spirituality. 3. To Enlighten the Youth. 4. To Tap the Resources of Our Psychic Power. 5. To Enliven Relationships. 6. To Live Out Death. 7. To Discipline the Desire for Wealth. 8. To Realize the Love and Mercy of God. 9. Parting Reflections. The picture on the cover page clearly conveys, as the author believes, the theme and the spirit of the book. Yes, a piece of rock here is being hammered and chiseled out to create a particular sculpture. Interestingly, the sculptor himself emerges out of his own efforts to chisel it out. Similarly, the ideas and the insights in this book are given to the readers and they have to situate these ideas in their own life-situations, to find out what they mean to them. They have to draw their own lessons.and lo and behold, there will emerge, in a way, `their own book'! In today's ultra modern world, people have no time to "think" or to "reflect"; for them time is money; but unfortunately they don't seem to realize that what runs on the dial of a clock are not just the hands of the clock but their very life! Due to lack of introspection and interiorization, the deeper dimension in life is lost and they end up `absolutizing what is relative and relativizing what is absolute', but in both the cases they are the losers! The author, therefore, has purposefully left the book without a title and he is very much interested in what the readers are going to gain personally from the book. Therefore, the freedom and the responsibility of giving a title is meaningfully left to the readers themselves, and that justifies the title of the book: `A BOOK THAT CANNOT BE TITLED' (by the author, of course).…

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9789395457477,xxiv+617pp.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Part I: Revisiting the Construal of Science Section A: Issues of Rationality/Methodology 1. Intuition An Interface between Mysticism and Science 2. Some Observations on Observation in Philosophy of Science: An Attempt to Realize the Need to Go Beyond Science 3. Reasonableness: The Defining Characteristic of Human Beings 4. Rationality 5. Rationality (Reasonableness) in Science 6. The Role of Reasonableness in the Construal of Human Fullness - A Philosophy of Science Perspective 7. Is Popper Proper? Reflections on Popper's Views on Inductive Reasoning in Science 8. Inductive Reasoning A Thorn in the Flesh? Implications of Inductive Reasoning for Natural Sciences and Human Lives Section B: Considerations of Values/Morality 9. Are Values Valuable in Science? - A Kuhnian Perspective 10. Struggles of Science and Relevance of Religion 11. Healing Ministry and Palliative Care in Christianity 12. Nanotechnology and the Risk of Scientism Philosophy of Science Perspectives Section C: Contemplations on Consciousness/Mind 13. Mysticism and Quantum Physicists: Friends or Foes? 14. Dissent: A Demand for Ascent An Essential Lesson from the Existential Nature of Science 15. A Complete Construal of Consciousness Comprehensible? Some Reflections on the Understanding Human Consciousness 16. Artificial Intelligence: Intelligent, Yet Artificial Reflections on Interfacing Philosophy and AI 17. Mathematics: A Mesmerizing Mystery Part II: Insights, Implications andInstructions of the New Construal Section D: For Science 18. Learning to Learn Dudley Shapere's Invitation to Learn from the Contemporary Science 19. Science as a Hermeneutical Enterprise Implications for India, Science and Humanity 20. Mr. Stephen Hawking, Who Is That "Tailor"? - Reflections on Hawking's Ideas on God Section E: For Spirituality 21. Why Do You (not) Laugh When I Crack a Joke? - Some Existential Reflections from Physical and Metaphysical Perspectives 22. Meaning and Meaningfulness of Life. …