Plotinus the Platonist

2020 ◽  
pp. 224-246
Author(s):  
Lloyd P. Gerson
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Correct Version ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Foundational Principle ◽  
Intractable Problems ◽  
Systematic Framework

This chapter assesses the contributions of Plotinus to the completion of the Platonic project. In the time between Plato and Plotinus, there were some six hundred years of reflections on the dialogues, Aristotle's testimony, and the indirect tradition. These reflections left multiple seemingly intractable problems and a susceptibility among self-declared Platonists to various charges of inconsistency. The chapter outlines Plotinus's efforts to solve these problems and to introduce consistency into the systematic framework. The three basic principles or hypostases of Plotinus's system unite the elements of Ur-Platonism and the foundational principle. That is, antinominalism, antimaterialism, antimechanism, antiskepticism, and antirelativism have their theoretical foundation in the hierarchically and causally ordered series One/Good, Intellect, and Soul. What this means, among other things, is that the correct version of what Aristotle calls the science of ultimate principles and causes will arrive at this triad. The chapter then looks at Plotinus's critique of Stoicism, distinguishing between Platonic and Stoic wisdom.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Part of the "Third Wave" in the Behavioral Tradition

2012 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Springer
Keyword(s):  
Acceptance And Commitment Therapy ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Private Events ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Commitment Therapy ◽  
Acceptance And Commitment ◽  
Behavioral Tradition

As described by Hayes, Strosahl, and Wilson (1999), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is one of several methods for integrating mindfulness concepts into mental health treatment. Unlike many counseling approaches, ACT does not assume that the goal of treatment is to better control thoughts, feelings, or other private events. Individuals are taught to notice phenomena and take a nonjudgmental stance toward them rather than trying to control, avoid, or otherwise minimize them. Although relatively new, ACT has increasing support for its effectiveness in addressing a variety of problems (Pull, 2009). This article addresses the theoretical foundation and basic principles of ACT, reviews the research, presents a case study to illustrate how it can be applied, and discusses the counseling implications.

scholarly journals The Role of Concept of Ideology in Construction of Marx's Historical Materialism: 1842—1852

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Xue Rui
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Historical Materialism ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Philosophical Theory ◽  
Economic Interests ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Ideological Criticism

Marx's concept of ideology plays an important role in construction of historical materialism from 1842-1852. To some extent, it was through the intermediary of ideological criticism that Marx realized the transformation from idealism to materialism, and thus constructed and developed historical materialism. Specifically, through the systematic criticism of concrete ideology, Marx gradually discovered the decisive role of civil society in the superstructure, which helped him transform from idealism to materialism, and lay the foundation for the final discovery of historical materialism; through the discussion of the general ideology, Marx mainly expounded the basic principles of historical materialism, which helped him subvert the basis of the western philosophical metaphysics since Plato, and realize the logical transcendence of the previous philosophical theory; through the analysis of class ideology, Marx revealed the decisive role of economic interests on class consciousness, which helped him develop historical materialism and lay the theoretical foundation for criticism of political economy in his later writings.

Compressed air energy storage in aquifers: basic principles, considerable factors, and improvement approaches

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Li ◽  
Yi Li ◽  
Yaning Liu ◽  
Xiaoyuan Cao
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Compressed Air ◽  
Compressed Air Energy Storage ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Energy Storage Technology ◽  
Geological Factors ◽  
Engineering Practices ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Compressed air energy storage in aquifers (CAESA) can be considered a novel and potential large-scale energy storage technology in the future. However, currently, the research on CAESA is relatively scarce and no actual engineering practices have yet been performed due to a lack of detailed theoretical and technical support. This article provides a summary and analysis of the current research about the key problems in CAESA. The theoretical foundation and evaluation methods are first addressed, and then the aquifer selection criteria are proposed by analyzing the impact of the main geological factors on the performance. Subsequently, the optimal design of wellbore and the operation parameters are discussed, and different possible enhanced methods are proposed for extending the application of CAESA. Finally, conclusions are made and application outlook is addressed.

Current Issues: Evidence-Based Practice for the Real World: Thoughts on Clinical Education in Communication Disorders

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne K. Bothe
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Education ◽  
Real World ◽  
Evidence Based Practice ◽  
Communication Disorders ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The Real ◽  
Language Pathology

This article presents some streamlined and intentionally oversimplified ideas about educating future communication disorders professionals to use some of the most basic principles of evidence-based practice. Working from a popular five-step approach, modifications are suggested that may make the ideas more accessible, and therefore more useful, for university faculty, other supervisors, and future professionals in speech-language pathology, audiology, and related fields.

Scoring divergent thinking tests: A review and systematic framework.

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roni Reiter-Palmon ◽  
Boris Forthmann ◽  
Baptiste Barbot
Keyword(s):  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Systematic Framework

Basic Ideas and Principles for Quantifying Regional Blood Flow with Nuclear Medical Techniques

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (05) ◽  
pp. 181-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Herzog
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Nuclear Medicine ◽  
Regional Blood Flow ◽  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Regional Cerebral Blood ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Parametric Images ◽  
Major Application ◽  
Basic Ideas ◽  
The Brain

SummaryThe measurement of blood flow in various organs and its visual presentation in parametric images is a major application in nuclear medicine. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the most important nuclear medicine procedures used to quantify regional blood flow. Starting with the first concepts introduced by Fick and later by Kety-Schmidt the basic principles of measuring global and regional cerebral blood are discussed and their relationships are explained. Different applications and modifications realized first in PET- and later in SPECT-studies of the brain and other organs are described. The permeability and the extraction of the different radiopharmaceuticals are considered. Finally some important instrumental implications are compared.

SARI : A User-Oriented Data Bank System for Medical Applications

1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 69-74
Author(s):  
M. Goldberg ◽  
B. Doyon
Keyword(s):  
Data Base ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Data Bank ◽  
Medical Applications ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Base Management ◽  
General Data ◽  
Privacy Problem ◽  
Bank System ◽  
Made In

This paper describes a general data base management package, devoted to medical applications. SARI is a user-oriented system, able to take into account applications very different by their nature, structure, size, operating procedures and general objectives, without any specific programming. It can be used in conversational mode by users with no previous knowledge of computers, such as physicians or medical clerks.As medical data are often personal data, the privacy problem is emphasized and a satisfactory solution implemented in SARI.The basic principles of the data base and program organization are described ; specific efforts have been made in order to increase compactness and to make maintenance easy.Several medical applications are now operational with SARI. The next steps will mainly consist in the implementation of highly sophisticated functions.

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