Although a nice overview of the history of psychology, Morton Hunt's Story of Psychology isn't objective or serious enough to be considered a seminal work in the social science. To his credit, however, he does attempt to take an increasingly drab subject matter and bring it into the context of modern humanistic literature. As a result, what you end up with is a tweener book: not serious (or accurate) enough for the psychological ...

As a few of you know, I've been taking some psychology courses in what little spare time I have left in each week. This spring, one of my courses is titled History and Modern Systems of Psychology. The textbook is Morton Hunt's lengthy The Story of Psychology. Since the book is available on the Amazon Kindle, I bought it and decided to get a jump on the reading. At 800+ pages, it's ...

One of my favorite blog posts deals with Meister Eckhart and the whole existence/non-existence battle between theologians, philosophers, etc. A few days ago, I received an email from someone who was presenting a similar argument to a professor at a Catholic university and was inquiring about any additional evidence/thoughts backing up Eckhart's conclusions. After a bit of back-and-forth, the last email I sent to him provided what I felt was a solid ...

An ouroboros is an ancient Egyptian symbol depicting a snake eating its own tale. It can signify many things in both the ancient and the modern world. One of the significant things that it symbolizes is the circular revolution of life, such as birth and renewal. The ouroboros, much like any cyclical symbol, is often seen as never-ending, a dance among eternal compliments, a game.

Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play ...