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Balanced Wonder

Jan B. W. Pedersen
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      In Balanced Wonder: Experiential Sources of Imagination, Virtue, and Human Flourishing, Jan B. W. Pedersen digs deep into the alluring topic of wonder and argues in a scholarly yet accessible way that the experience of wonder, when balanced, serves as a strong contributor to human flourishing. Along the way, Pedersen describes seven properties of wonder and shows how wonder it is distinct from other altered states, including awe, horror, the sublime, curiosity, amazement, admiration, and astonishment. Examining the contribution of both emotion and imagination in the experience of wonder--—filtered through the Neo-Aristotelian work of philosophers Douglas Rasmussen, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Martha Nussbaum--—Pedersen also makes it clear that wonder may contribute to human flourishing in various ways, such as the widening of perception, extension of moral scope or sensitivity, a wondrous afterglow, openness, humility, an imaginative attitude, reverence, and gratitude. Importantly, for wonder to act as a strong contributor to human flourishing one needs to wonder at the right thing, in the right amount, in at the right time, in the right way, and for the right purpose.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Jan B. W. Pedersen EAN: 9781498587792 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 372 g HEIGHT: 224 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Lexington Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2023-05-15 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics WIDTH: 154 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

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      Jan B. W. Pedersen is lecturer at University College Diakonissestiftelsen.
      In Balanced Wonder: Experiential Sources of Imagination, Virtue, and Human Flourishing, Jan B. W. Pedersen digs deep into the alluring topic of wonder and argues in a scholarly yet accessible way that the experience of wonder, when balanced, serves as a strong contributor to human flourishing. Along the way, Pedersen describes seven properties of wonder and shows how wonder it is distinct from other altered states, including awe, horror, the sublime, curiosity, amazement, admiration, and astonishment. Examining the contribution of both emotion and imagination in the experience of wonder--—filtered through the Neo-Aristotelian work of philosophers Douglas Rasmussen, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Martha Nussbaum--—Pedersen also makes it clear that wonder may contribute to human flourishing in various ways, such as the widening of perception, extension of moral scope or sensitivity, a wondrous afterglow, openness, humility, an imaginative attitude, reverence, and gratitude. Importantly, for wonder to act as a strong contributor to human flourishing one needs to wonder at the right thing, in the right amount, in at the right time, in the right way, and for the right purpose.
      Format: Paperback / softback CONTRIBUTORS: Jan B. W. Pedersen EAN: 9781498587792 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 372 g HEIGHT: 224 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Lexington Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2023-05-15 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics WIDTH: 154 cm SPINE:

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      Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

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      Jan B. W. Pedersen is lecturer at University College Diakonissestiftelsen.

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