Readings 2006 Winter Chaos Conference

 

 

Ames, R.T. & Hall, R. Dao De Ching. Ballantine. [This a new translation of the ancient text and incorporates newly discovered fragments of text.  The philosophical depth and perspective that the authors provide is very appealing to me and I recommend it if you like the Dao De Ching.] (TM)

 

Arrow, H., and K. L. Burns, K.L. (2004). "Self-Organizing Culture: How Norms Emerge in Small Groups." In The Psychological Foundations of Culture, edited by Mark Schaller, M. & Crandall, C.S. (Eds.), pp. 171-99. Erlbaum. (CN)

 

Bateson, G. (1972/2000). Steps to an ecology of mind. Chicago. (Originally Ballantine.) (TM)

 

Bateson, G. (1979/2002). Mind and nature: A necessary unity. Hampton. (Originally Bantam.) (TM)

 

Bateson, G. & Bateson, M. C. (1987). Angels fear: Toward an epistemology of the sacred. MacMillan. (TM)

 

Changeux, J-P., & Chavaillon, J. (Eds.) (1995). Origins of the Human Brain. Oxford. (FDA)

 

Fiske, A.P. (1991). Structures of Social Life. The Free Press. (CN)

 

Fiske, A.P. (1992). The Four Elementary Forms of Sociality: Framework for a Unified Theory of Social Relations. Psychological Review, 99, 689-723. (CN)

 

Fiske, A.P. (2000). Complementarity Theory: Why Human Social Capacities Evolved to Require Cultural Complements. Personality and Sociology Review, 4, 76-94. (CN)

 

Fromberg, D.P. (2006?). The Power of Play: Gender Issues in Early Childhood Education. (DPF)

 

Gardiner, M. (1996). Learning improved by arts training. Nature, 381, 284. (FDA)

 

Hayles, N.K. (Ed).  Chaos and disorder: Complex dynamics in literature and science.  Chicago. (RF)

 

Holland, J.H. (1995). Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity. Helix. (CN)

 

Leary, David, E. (Ed.).  (1995). Metaphors in the history of psychology. Cambridge studies in the history of psychology. Cambridge. (RF)

 

Madson, Patricia Ryan (2005). Improv Wisdom: Don't Prepare, Just Show Up. (RWS)

 

Miller, D. (2003). The Web and the Cloth: Science, Consciousness and Homeodynamics. BTR Publishing. (DM)

 

Nachmanovich, S. (1990). Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art. Tarcher. (FDA)

 

Pattison, Skull Mantra. (Others in series: Water Touching Stone, Bone Mountain, Beautiful Ghosts.) They are set in and describe a highly informed realistic portrayal of the brutal Chinese police state, including the protagonist being an innate in a concentration camp.  It describes (besides the mystery and adventure) the relationship of Tibetan Buddhism to this context at the spiritual level.  It's sometimes emotionally difficult reading but very informative about what is happening right now in Tibet.  Each book also manages to deal with ecological issues and the earth itself is subtly always one of the characters that is involved in the plot resolution.  I recommend that the books be read in order.
 (TM)

 

Reed, Eric, S.  (1998).  From soul to mind: The emergence of psychology, from Erasmus Darwin to William James.  Yale. (RF)

 

Richards, Graham, (1992).  Mental Machinery: The origins and consequences of psychological ideas: Part 1 1600-1850.  Johns Hopkins. (RF)

 

Torre, C.A. (1995). Chaos in the triadic theory of psychological competence in the academic setting. In Abraham & Gilgen (Eds.), Chaos Theory in Psychology. Praeger. (FDA)

 

Wolmark, J. (Ed.) (1999). Cybersexualities. Edinburgh. (FDA)

 

Quotes of Korzybski, Leibniz, Stevens, in Abraham, Abraham, & Shaw, p. III-21, relate to liberalization of education. Other comments relate to homeodynamics and to philosophical and methodological implications of dynamical systems theory. Papers by Vandervert and by Abraham on neurological positivism share the holistic view of Miller’s MBSS (mind, body, spiritual system).

 

Submitted by:

 

FDA:       Frederick David Abraham

RF:           Robert Faux

DPF:        Doris Pronin Fromberg

DM:        Dan Miller

TM:         Tom Malloy

CN:          Charles P. Nelson

RWS:      Roulette William Smith

 

Created 2/11/06; updated 2/17/06