Psychology of the Self and Immediate Experience

The article analyses and assesses metaphysical personalism – a group of personalists including both Russian (L.M. Lopatin, A.A. Kozlov, P.E. Astaf’ev, S.A. Askol’dov, E.A. Bobrov) and German (G. Teichmüller) philosophers – in the context of modern discussions about the existence of God. The importance and potential of metaphysical personalism stems from its specific features: a conscious task of creating a personalistic metaphysics as a system, understanding of metaphysics as a rational philosophy, critical attitude to its own methods, use of rational controversial arguments in polemics, pursuance of metaphysical substantiation of the Christian theism. The article studies how metaphysical personalism sets and solves the problem of the reality of substance as the concept required to substantiate the existence of God. The concept of substance is given within the Aristotelian tradition as a real self-identical unity, the source and centre of active power. Personalism is particularly focused on proving the equal reality of both the substance and its actions. The concept of substance is substantiated based on the grounds of immediate consciousness (“inner experience”). Only the reality of spiritual, self-conscious individual substances is accepted. Other substances can be conceived by the analogy with the substance of a human subject. However, the criterion of differentiation of the substances of various ontological statuses remains unclear. The ontological argument requires to analyse the concept of being, which is also based on the structure of consciousness, including the substance of the self, its activity and the content of the activity. The immediate consciousness of a man is an archetype of any being. A man can directly access the reality of God in the consciousness of the own being. Therefore, the evidence of the existence of God results from the self-evidence of the consciousness of a substantial subject. Metaphysical personalism using the resources of the rational metaphysics has substantiated the existence of God through the structures and immediate experience of the consciousness of the subject.

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Free to Follow the Feeling

Enthusiasm ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198863595.003.0004 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 105-141

Author(s):

Monique Scheer

Keyword(s):

Personal Autonomy ◽

The Self ◽

Material Force ◽

Ethnographic Studies ◽

Material Practice ◽

Immediate Experience ◽

Bodily Movements ◽

Church Communities

Chapter 3 argues for the materiality of emotional practice, even when emotion is conceived of as immaterial or “immediate” experience. Emotions are especially important mediators of experience for Protestants because they can be conceived of as immaterial. Drawing on ethnographic studies of mainline and Charismatic church communities, this chapter shows that styles of enthusiastic practice (Enlightened, Romantic) make a difference as to what emotions are taken seriously. Emotions count as evidence in different ways for each: “depth” indicates for mainstream, liberal Protestants a real emotion, one that is in the immaterial part of the self, whereas for the Charismatics, “intensity” provides evidence, i.e. the material force of bodily movements and sensations counts as real. Their “belief” is framed as “knowledge”: they are certain. Rather appalled at this claim, the liberal Protestants engage in an emotional practice of doubt, which they view as essential to maintaining personal autonomy, even as they subscribe to conviction. Doubt is, however, also a material practice, dependent on a specific way of doing enthusiasm.

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Problem behavior in autism spectrum disorders: A paradigmatic self-organized perspective of network structures

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18001188 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Author(s):

Lucio Tonello ◽

Luca Giacobbi ◽

Alberto Pettenon ◽

Alessandro Scuotto ◽

Massimo Cocchi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Autism Spectrum Disorder ◽

Problem Behaviors ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

The Self ◽

Network Structures ◽

Self Organized ◽

Critical Equilibrium ◽

Self Organized Criticality ◽

Acute Agitation ◽

Spectrum Disorders

AbstractAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) subjects can present temporary behaviors of acute agitation and aggressiveness, named problem behaviors. They have been shown to be consistent with the self-organized criticality (SOC), a model wherein occasionally occurring “catastrophic events” are necessary in order to maintain a self-organized “critical equilibrium.” The SOC can represent the psychopathology network structures and additionally suggests that they can be considered as self-organized systems.

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The Nature of Rapidly Extracted Phycocyanin from the Blue-Green Alga Plectonema Boryanum

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100065870 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 366-367

Author(s):

M. Kessel ◽

R. MacColl

Keyword(s):

Self Assembly ◽

Analytical Ultracentrifugation ◽

Uranyl Acetate ◽

The Self ◽

Major Protein ◽

Subunit Structure ◽

Blue Green Alga ◽

Thin Sections ◽

Blue Green Algae ◽

Cacodylate Buffer

The major protein of the blue-green algae is the biliprotein, C-phycocyanin (Amax = 620 nm), which is presumed to exist in the cell in the form of distinct aggregates called phycobilisomes. The self-assembly of C-phycocyanin from monomer to hexamer has been extensively studied, but the proposed next step in the assembly of a phycobilisome, the formation of 19s subunits, is completely unknown. We have used electron microscopy and analytical ultracentrifugation in combination with a method for rapid and gentle extraction of phycocyanin to study its subunit structure and assembly.To establish the existence of phycobilisomes, cells of P. boryanum in the log phase of growth, growing at a light intensity of 200 foot candles, were fixed in 2% glutaraldehyde in 0.1M cacodylate buffer, pH 7.0, for 3 hours at 4°C. The cells were post-fixed in 1% OsO4 in the same buffer overnight. Material was stained for 1 hour in uranyl acetate (1%), dehydrated and embedded in araldite and examined in thin sections.

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Interrelationship of the cellular distribution and secretion of regular structure (RS) protein in Bacillus licheniformis nm 105

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100123969 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 712-713

Author(s):

Xiaorong Zhu ◽

Richard McVeigh ◽

Bijan K. Ghosh

Keyword(s):

Alkaline Phosphatase ◽

Bacillus Licheniformis ◽

Self Assembly ◽

Gel Electrophoresis ◽

Culture Supernatant ◽

Regular Structure ◽

The Self ◽

Cellular Distribution ◽

Structural Protein ◽

Laboratory Cultures

A mutant of Bacillus licheniformis 749/C, NM 105 exhibits some notable properties, e.g., arrest of alkaline phosphatase secretion and overexpression and hypersecretion of RS protein. Although RS is known to be widely distributed in many microbes, it is rarely found, with a few exceptions, in laboratory cultures of microorganisms. RS protein is a structural protein and has the unusual properties to form aggregate. This characteristic may have been responsible for the self assembly of RS into regular tetragonal structures. Another uncommon characteristic of RS is that enhanced synthesis and secretion which occurs when the cells cease to grow. Assembled RS protein with a tetragonal structure is not seen inside cells at any stage of cell growth including cells in the stationary phase of growth. Gel electrophoresis of the culture supernatant shows a very large amount of RS protein in the stationary culture of the B. licheniformis. It seems, Therefore, that the RS protein is cotranslationally secreted and self assembled on the envelope surface.

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Self-Compassion and Quality of Life in Adults Who Stutter

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ◽

10.1044/2020_ajslp-20-00055 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 29 (4) ◽

pp. 2097-2108

Author(s):

Robyn L. Croft ◽

Courtney T. Byrd

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Social Connectedness ◽

The Self ◽

Future Research ◽

Self Compassion ◽

Adults Who Stutter ◽

And Gender ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify levels of self-compassion in adults who do and do not stutter and to determine whether self-compassion predicts the impact of stuttering on quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Participants included 140 adults who do and do not stutter matched for age and gender. All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale. Adults who stutter also completed the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Data were analyzed for self-compassion differences between and within adults who do and do not stutter and to predict self-compassion on quality of life in adults who stutter. Results Adults who do and do not stutter exhibited no significant differences in total self-compassion, regardless of participant gender. A simple linear regression of the total self-compassion score and total Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering score showed a significant, negative linear relationship of self-compassion predicting the impact of stuttering on quality of life. Conclusions Data suggest that higher levels of self-kindness, mindfulness, and social connectedness (i.e., self-compassion) are related to reduced negative reactions to stuttering, an increased participation in daily communication situations, and an improved overall quality of life. Future research should replicate current findings and identify moderators of the self-compassion–quality of life relationship.

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AAC Collaboration Using the Self-Anchored Rating Scales (SARS): An Aphasia Case Study

Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication ◽

10.1044/aac21.4.136 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 21 (4) ◽

pp. 136-143

Author(s):

Lynn E. Fox

Keyword(s):

Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽

Rating Scales ◽

Rating Scale ◽

Therapeutic Process ◽

Family Counseling ◽

The Self ◽

Alternative Communication ◽

Her Family ◽

Solution Focused

Abstract The self-anchored rating scale (SARS) is a technique that augments collaboration between Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) interventionists, their clients, and their clients' support networks. SARS is a technique used in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, a branch of systemic family counseling. It has been applied to treating speech and language disorders across the life span, and recent case studies show it has promise for promoting adoption and long-term use of high and low tech AAC. I will describe 2 key principles of solution-focused therapy and present 7 steps in the SARS process that illustrate how clinicians can use the SARS to involve a person with aphasia and his or her family in all aspects of the therapeutic process. I will use a case study to illustrate the SARS process and present outcomes for one individual living with aphasia.

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Practioner Reflection That Enhances Interprofessional Collaborative Practices for Serving Children Who Are Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing

Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups ◽

10.1044/persp2.sig9.3 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (9) ◽

pp. 3-9 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Kristina M. Blaiser ◽

Mary Ellen Nevins

Keyword(s):

Young Children ◽

Professional Practice ◽

Hard Of Hearing ◽

Service Providers ◽

Interprofessional Collaboration ◽

The Self ◽

Self Awareness ◽

Collaborative Practices ◽

Interprofessional Teams ◽

Client Care

Interprofessional collaboration is essential to maximize outcomes of young children who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing (DHH). Speech-language pathologists, audiologists, educators, developmental therapists, and parents need to work together to ensure the child's hearing technology is fit appropriately to maximize performance in the various communication settings the child encounters. However, although interprofessional collaboration is a key concept in communication sciences and disorders, there is often a disconnect between what is regarded as best professional practice and the self-work needed to put true collaboration into practice. This paper offers practical tools, processes, and suggestions for service providers related to the self-awareness that is often required (yet seldom acknowledged) to create interprofessional teams with the dispositions and behaviors that enhance patient/client care.

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