A philosophy of madness Flashcards
(31 cards)
nadir
the lowest or most unsuccessful point in a situation.
Prosaic
having or using the style or diction of prose as opposed to poetry; lacking imaginativeness or originality.
Adduce
Cite as evidence
Semiotic
relating to signs and symbols.
distantial
Remote in place; distant.
phenominology
Phenomenology is the study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view.
impassive
not feeling or showing emotion
impetus
the force or energy with which a body moves.
something that makes a process or activity happen or happen more quickly.
eudaimonia
Aristotle identifies eudaimonia as the highest good
Summum bonum
Summum bonum is a Latin expression meaning the highest or ultimate good, which was introduced by the Roman philosopher Cicero to denote the fundamental principle on which some system of ethics is based — that is, the aim of actions, which, if consistently pursued, will lead to the best possible life.
Transmarginal
Inpsychology,transmarginal inhibition, or TMI, is an organism’s response to overwhelming stimuli.Ivan Pavlovenumerated details of TMI on his work ofconditioninganimals to pain. He found that organisms had different levels of tolerance. He commented “that the most basic inherited difference among people was how soon they reached this shutdown point and that the quick-to-shut-down have a fundamentally different type of nervous system.”[1]
Patients who have reached this shutdown point often become socially dysfunctional or develop one of severalpersonality disorders. Often patients who dissociate during and after the experience, will more easily dissociate or shut down during stressful or painful experiences, and may experiencepost traumatic stress disorderfor the remainder of their lives.
frenetic
fast and energetic in a rather wild anduncontrolledway.
cogitate
think deeply about something; meditate or reflect.
Modality
In philosophy: Anything to do with possibility and necessity
what are necessity and possibility to eachother
opposites
what are primary and secondary properties
Primary properties are objective, secondary qualities are added by us (subjective)
recalcitrant
having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.
intersubjective
existing between conscious minds; shared by more than one conscious mind.
ineluctable
unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.
denouement (day-neu-mon)
the final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
equivocal
open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous. (equal voice) opposite to unequivocal (unequal voice)
implacable
unable to be appeased or placated.
hyperreflexivity
intensified self-consciousness in which subjects disengage from normal forms of involvement with nature and society, often considering themselves as objects of focal awareness
capricious
given to sudden andunaccountablechanges of mood or behaviour.
