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The argument from morality is noteworthy in that one cannot evaluate the soundness of the argument without attending to almost every important philosophical issue in meta-ethics. German philosopher Immanuel Kant devised an argument from morality based on practical reason .
Michael James Harner (April 27, 1929 – February 3, 2018) was an American anthropologist, educator and author. His 1980 book, The Way of the Shaman: a Guide to Power and Healing, [1] has been foundational in the development and popularization of core shamanism as a New Age path of personal development for adherents of neoshamanism. [2]
Shamanism is a spiritual practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spiritual energies into the physical world for the purpose of healing, divination , or to aid human beings in some other way.
Max Scheler, Formalism in Ethics and Non-Formal Ethics of Values, 1913/1916; Martin Buber, I and Thou, 1923; Martin Heidegger, Being and Time, 1927; Edmund Husserl, Cartesian Meditations, 1931; Alfred Schütz, The Phenomenology of the Social World, 1932; Albert Camus, Myth of Sisyphus, 1942; Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1943
According to Reformed epistemology, belief in God can be rational and justified even without arguments or evidence for the existence of God. More specifically, Plantinga argues that belief in God is properly basic, and due to a religious externalist epistemology, he claims belief in God could be justified independently of evidence.
The shaman is called ixht'. He was the healer, and the one who foretold the future. He was called upon to heal the sick, and drive out those who practiced witchcraft. [4] [5] It is a misnomer to call him "witch doctor" as the practices of the ixht' and the "witch" are completely different.
The Archaeology of Shamanism is an academic anthology edited by the English archaeologist Neil Price which was first published by Routledge in 2001. Containing fourteen separate papers produced by various scholars working in the disciplines of archaeology and anthropology, it looks at the manner in which archaeologists can interpret shamanism in the archaeological record.
Korean philosophy focuses on a totality of world view. Some aspects of Shamanism , Buddhism , and Neo-Confucianism were integrated into Korean philosophy. Traditional Korean thought has been influenced by a number of religious and philosophical thought-systems over the years.