The encapsulated man : an interdisciplinary essay on the search for meaning /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Royce, Joseph R., De author
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Van Nostrand, [1964]
Series:Insight book ; no. 16.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction and overview
  • Part I: The dilemma
  • 2. Man's search for reality
  • Four approaches to reality
  • Psycho-epistemological analysis of the special disciplines of knowledge
  • Scientific and religious knowledge
  • 3. The problem of encapsulation
  • Encapsulation and ultimate reality
  • Encapsulation and finite reality
  • Why we are all encapsulated
  • 4. The encapsulation of science and logical positivism
  • A synthesis of scientific methods of observation
  • On scientific theory
  • Logical positivism
  • 5. The problem of meaninglessness
  • The relativity of values
  • Thought control
  • Meaninglessness and philosophic awareness
  • Part II: The way out?
  • 6. The development of meaning
  • The psychobiological basis of meaning
  • The concept of structure
  • 7. Meaning, value, and personality
  • The psycho-epistemological profile and the value hierarchy
  • Psychology, existentialism, and religion: toward a common theory of man
  • 8. Symbol, myth, and reality
  • Sign and symbol
  • The views of Jung, Cassirer, and Tillich
  • The philosophy of "As if"
  • 9. The unencapsulated man
  • Boundless mind
  • Levels of awareness
  • Educating the generalist
  • The unencapsulated reality image.