"died in 1982, and work on the book proceeded despite her disapproval. ""The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand"" was first published by as a hardcover book by the University of Illinois Press in 1984. They released it as a paperback in 1986. Sidney Gendin gave ""The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand"" a positive review in ""Library Journal"", writing that the work redressed the neglect of Rand's work by academic philosophers, avoided being uncritical of Rand, and revealed interesting parallels between Rand and writers such as Gilbert Ryle and J. L. Austin. However, he noted that the book assumed that the"
"Thought Police In the novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" (1949), by George Orwell, the Thought Police (""Thinkpol"") are the secret police of the superstate Oceania, who discover and punish ""thoughtcrime"", personal and political thoughts unapproved by the Party. The Thinkpol use criminal psychology and omnipresent surveillance (telescreens, microphones, informers) to search for and find, monitor and arrest all citizens of Oceania who would commit ""thoughtcrime"" in challenge to the ""status quo"" authority of the Party and the regime of Big Brother. George Orwell's concept of ""thought policing"" derived from the intellectual self-honesty shown by a person's ""power of facing unpleasant facts""; thus,"
"to the actual or perceived enforcement of ideological orthodoxy in the political life of a society. Thought Police In the novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" (1949), by George Orwell, the Thought Police (""Thinkpol"") are the secret police of the superstate Oceania, who discover and punish ""thoughtcrime"", personal and political thoughts unapproved by the Party. The Thinkpol use criminal psychology and omnipresent surveillance (telescreens, microphones, informers) to search for and find, monitor and arrest all citizens of Oceania who would commit ""thoughtcrime"" in challenge to the ""status quo"" authority of the Party and the regime of Big Brother. George Orwell's concept of ""thought"
"dangerous thoughts from the mind. The term has been adopted into the English language to describe beliefs contrary to accepted norms and has retrospectively been used to describe some theological concepts such as disbelief or idolatry, or a rejection of strong philosophical or social principles. The Thought Police (""thinkpol"" in Newspeak) are the secret police of the novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"". It is their job to uncover and punish ""thoughtcrime"". The Thought Police use surveillance and psychological monitoring to find and eliminate members of society who challenge the party's authority and ideology. The Thought Police of Orwell and their pursuit of"
"Thoughtcrime A thoughtcrime is an Orwellian neologism used to describe an illegal thought. The term was popularized in the dystopian novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" by George Orwell, first published in 1949, wherein thoughtcrime is the criminal act of holding unspoken beliefs or doubts that oppose or question Ingsoc, the ruling party. In the book, the government attempts to control not only the speech and actions, but also the thoughts of its subjects. To entertain unacceptable thoughts is known as crimethink (or wrongthink) in Newspeak, the ideologically purified dialect of the party. Crimestop is a way to avoid crimethink by immediately purging"
"Union, Maoist China, and Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge. Works: Thoughtcrime A thoughtcrime is an Orwellian neologism used to describe an illegal thought. The term was popularized in the dystopian novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" by George Orwell, first published in 1949, wherein thoughtcrime is the criminal act of holding unspoken beliefs or doubts that oppose or question Ingsoc, the ruling party. In the book, the government attempts to control not only the speech and actions, but also the thoughts of its subjects. To entertain unacceptable thoughts is known as crimethink (or wrongthink) in Newspeak, the ideologically purified dialect of the party."
"state. Among the means for maintaining social control, the Thought Police operate a false flag resistance movement, to lure ideologically disloyal members of the Party to identify themselves for arrest. One such agent of the Thinkpol is O'Brien, a member of the inner Party and an ""agent provocateur"", who identifies himself to Winston Smith as a member of The Brotherhood, the fake opposition to the Party's régime. O’Brien gives Smith a copy of the forbidden book, ""The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism"", authored by the opposition’s leader, Emmanuel Goldstein; yet the factual reality of The Brotherhood in Oceania remains"
"introduced a similar concept in his 1948 novel ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" using the term thoughtcrime to describe illegal thoughts which held banned opinions about the ruling government or intentions to act against it. A large part of how it differs from pre-crime is in its absolute prohibition of anti-authority ideas and emotions, regardless of the consideration of any physical revolutionary acts. However, Orwell was describing behaviour he saw in governments of his day as well as extrapolating on that behaviour, and so his ideas were themselves rooted in real political history and current events. In Philip K. Dick's 1956 science fiction"
"The Thought Exchange The Thought Exchange: Overcoming Our Resistance To Living A Sensational Life is a self-help book written by David Friedman, published in 2011. A response to the law of attraction, it claims that positive thinking techniques and self-help books cannot work unless the person becomes aware of his/her physical sensations and is willing to experience them. The book also suggests that we are invisible 'avatars' who experience the world by noticing sensations and thoughts. The book was promoted on the Today Show on April, 2011. The methods mentioned in the Thought Exchange are also taught by Friedman in"
"amongst them, planting rumors to identify and eliminate any proletarian man or woman who shows intelligence and the capacity for independent thought, which might lead to rebellion against the Party's cultural hegemony. In the early twentieth century, before the publication of ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"", the Empire of Japan (1868–1947), in 1911, established the Special Higher Police (""Tokubetsu Kōtō Keisatsu""), a political police known as the ""Shiso Keisho"", the Thought Police who investigated and controlled native political-groups whose ideologies were considered a threat to the public order of the countries colonised by Japan. In contemporary usage the term ""Thought Police"" often refers"
"and let it surface again at the very moment of his execution so that ""the bullet would enter a free mind"" which the Thought Police would not have a chance to tamper with again. Since 1949 (when ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"" was published) the word ""doublethink"" has become synonymous with relieving cognitive dissonance by ignoring the contradiction between two world views—or even of deliberately seeking to relieve cognitive dissonance. Some schools of psychotherapy such as cognitive therapy encourage people to alter their own thoughts as a way of treating different psychological maladies (see cognitive distortions). Orwell's ""doublethink"" is also credited with having"
"identified the tactics used by Chinese communists to cause drastic shifts in one's opinions and personality and ""brainwash"" American soldiers into making demonstrably false assertions. The book was first published in 1961 by Norton in New York. The 1989 reprint edition was published by University of North Carolina Press. Lifton is a Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York. In the book, Lifton outlines the ""Eight Criteria for Thought Reform"": ""Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism"" popularized the term ""thought-terminating cliché"". This refers to a cliché that is a"
"Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control is a 2004 popular science book explaining mind control, which is also known as brainwashing, thought reform and coercive persuasion, by neuroscientist and physiologist Kathleen Taylor. It explains the neurological basis for reasoning and cognition in the brain, and proposes that the self is changeable while describing the physiology of neurological pathways. It reviews case studies including Patty Hearst, the Manson Family, and the mass murder/suicide of members of Peoples Temple at Jonestown, and compares the techniques of influence used by cults to those of totalitarian and communist"
"Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy is a 1999 book by Simon Blackburn, intended to serve as an introduction to philosophy. Blackburn covers subjects such as epistemology, philosophy of the mind, free will and philosophy of religion. Blackburn's book was reviewed in ""Mind"" by philosopher Mark Sainsbury. Peter Edidin wrote in ""The New York Times"" that ""Think"" ""found a sizable audience"", noting that more than 30,000 hardcover copies had been sold and that ""Oxford has asked Mr. Blackburn to follow up with ""Being Good,"" a guide to the philosophy of ethics"". The philosopher Anthony"
"Quinton wrote in 2005 that very short books such as ""Think"" form part of a recent new development ""in the field of popularization by professionals."" Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy is a 1999 book by Simon Blackburn, intended to serve as an introduction to philosophy. Blackburn covers subjects such as epistemology, philosophy of the mind, free will and philosophy of religion. Blackburn's book was reviewed in ""Mind"" by philosopher Mark Sainsbury. Peter Edidin wrote in ""The New York Times"" that ""Think"" ""found a sizable audience"", noting that more than 30,000 hardcover copies had"
"pejorative phrase became widespread amongst conservatives in the US. It became a key term encapsulating conservative concerns about the left in culture and political debate more broadly, as well as in academia. Two articles on the topic in late 1990 in ""Forbes"" and ""Newsweek"" both used the term ""thought police"" in their headlines, exemplifying the tone of the new usage, but it was Dinesh D'Souza's ""Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus"" (1991) which ""captured the press's imagination."" Similar critical terminology was used by D'Souza for a range of policies in academia around victimization, supporting multiculturalism through"
"""thoughtcrime"" were inspired by the methods used by the totalitarian states and ideologies of the 20th century. The term ""Thought Police"", by extension, has come to refer to real or perceived enforcement of ideological correctness. Technology played a significant part in the detection of ""thoughtcrime"" in ""Nineteen Eighty-Four""—with the ubiquitous telescreens which could inform the government and misinform and monitor the population. The citizens of Oceania are watched by the Thought Police through the telescreens. Every movement, reflex, facial expression, and reaction is measured by this system, monitored by the Ministry of Love. At times, it seems as if the"
"York Times"" critic Allen D. Boyer gave a positive review of her book ""The Burden of Bad Ideas"" (2000), writing that ""among discussions of urban malaise, where so much hot air has been recycled, this book has the freshness of a stiff, changing breeze"". Tim Lynch, the director of the Cato Institute's project on criminal justice, gave her 2016 book ""The War on Cops"" a negative review in ""Reason"", concluding, ""What Mac Donald calls a 'war on cops' is better described as a much-needed debate about crime, law enforcement tactics, and how to deal with systemic police misconduct,"" and adding,"
"that this assessment places Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple group in the same classification as the tabloid press. A review in ""Financial Times"" by Jerome Burne was also critical, and he commented that Taylor does not convey ""a clear enough message"" in the work. Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control is a 2004 popular science book explaining mind control, which is also known as brainwashing, thought reform and coercive persuasion, by neuroscientist and physiologist Kathleen Taylor. It explains the neurological basis for reasoning and cognition in the brain, and proposes that the self"
"The Concept of Mind The Concept of Mind is a 1949 book by philosopher Gilbert Ryle, in which the author argues that ""mind"" is ""a philosophical illusion hailing chiefly from René Descartes and sustained by logical errors and 'category mistakes' which have become habitual."" The work has been cited as having ""put the final nail in the coffin of Cartesian dualism"" and has been seen as a founding document in the philosophy of mind, which received professional recognition as a distinct and important branch of philosophy only after 1950. In the chapter ""Descartes' Myth,"" Ryle introduces the term ""the dogma"
"the book, inhabitants of an authoritarian future state are made to engage in doublethink, replacing their own conscience and beliefs with those imposed from above. The ""Thought Police"" in the novel coerce self-aware citizens into admitting that two plus two equals five to prove the point that even though two plus two does not logically equal five, logic does not matter when no one else is willing to agree that two plus two equals anything else, under threat of pain or death. The phrase 'hail to the thief', from which the album took its name, appears in this song. It"
"of disparate intellectual backgrounds. Another stimulus was the publication in 1991 of ""Consciousness Explained"" by Tufts University philosopher Daniel Dennett, which incorporated the meme concept into a theory of the mind. In his 1991 essay ""Viruses of the Mind"", Richard Dawkins used memetics to explain the phenomenon of religious belief and the various characteristics of organised religions. By then, memetics had also become a theme appearing in fiction (e.g. Neal Stephenson's ""Snow Crash""). The idea of ""language as a virus"" had already been introduced by William S. Burroughs as early as 1962 in his book ""The Ticket That Exploded"", and"
"in the Thought World"". Atkinson was the editor of ""New Thought"" magazine and the author of more than 100 books on an assortment of religious, spiritual, and occult topics. The following year, Elizabeth Towne, the editor of ""The Nautilus"", published Bruce MacLelland's book ""Prosperity Through Thought Force"", in which he summarized the ""Law of Attraction"" as a New Thought principle, stating ""You are what you think, not what you think you are."" These magazines were used to reach a large audience then, as others are now. ""Nautilus"" magazine, for example, had 45,000 subscribers and a total circulation of 150,000. One"
"the book is ""to gather a hundred of the most brilliant minds in the world in a room, lock them in, and have them ask each other the questions they were asking themselves"". Members of the Edge Foundation were asked this question in 2006: The question was suggested by Steven Pinker, a psychologist. People answered to this question in entries, some of which lasted several pages. These entries were posted in the Edge community forum. The ideas which were best expressed on the forum were posted in the book, organized according to subject. These ideas cover topics in physics, biology,"
"How to Create a Mind How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed is a non-fiction book about brains, both human and artificial, by the inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil. First published in hardcover on November 13, 2012 by Viking Press it became a New York Times Best Seller. It has received attention from ""The Washington Post"", ""The New York Times"" and ""The New Yorker"". Kurzweil describes a series of thought experiments which suggest to him that the brain contains a hierarchy of pattern recognizers. Based on this he introduces his Pattern Recognition Theory of Mind (PRTM)."
"first book, ""Le Discours de la Guerre"", was published in 1968. In 1975 he published the anti-Marxist book ""La Cuisinière et le Mangeur d'Hommes"" - subtitled ""Réflexions sur l'État, le marxisme et les camps de concentration"", in which he argued that Marxism leads inevitably to totalitarianism, tracing parallels between the crimes of Nazism and Communism. In his next book ""Les maitres penseurs"", published in 1977 and translated into English as ""Master Thinkers"" (Harper & Row, 1980), he traced the intellectual justification for totalitarianism back to the ideas articulated by various German philosophers such as Fichte, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche. In"
"Philosophical Thoughts Philosophical Thoughts () is a 1746 book composed by Denis Diderot; it was his first original work. In this book, Diderot argued for a reconciliation of reason with feeling so as to establish harmony. According to Diderot, without feeling there would be a detrimental effect on virtue and no possibility of creating any sublime work. However, since feeling without discipline can be destructive, reason was necessary to rein in feeling. At the time Diderot wrote this book he was a deist. Hence there is a defense of deism in this book, and some arguments against atheism. The book"
"Philosophical Thoughts Philosophical Thoughts () is a 1746 book composed by Denis Diderot; it was his first original work. In this book, Diderot argued for a reconciliation of reason with feeling so as to establish harmony. According to Diderot, without feeling there would be a detrimental effect on virtue and no possibility of creating any sublime work. However, since feeling without discipline can be destructive, reason was necessary to rein in feeling. At the time Diderot wrote this book he was a deist. Hence there is a defense of deism in this book, and some arguments against atheism. The book"
"""Modern Thought."" By the early 1890s Chicago had become a major centre for New Thought, mainly through the work of Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Atkinson decided to move there. Once in the city, he became an active promoter of the movement as an editor and author. He was responsible for publishing the magazines ""Suggestion"" (1900–1901), ""New Thought"" (1901–1905) and ""Advanced Thought"" (1906–1916). In 1900 Atkinson worked as an associate editor of ""Suggestion, a New Thought Journal"", and wrote his probable first book, ""Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life"", being a series of lessons in personal magnetism, psychic influence, thought-force, concentration,"
"The Mind Parasites The Mind Parasites is a science fiction horror novel by English author Colin Wilson. It was published by Arkham House in 1967 in an edition of 3,045 copies. It was Wilson's first and only book published by Arkham House. The book is based on H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The novel was published earlier in 1967 by Arthur Barker (London), but with a different introduction. It was then reprinted by Oneiric Press (Berkeley,CA) from 1972–75, initially by Michael Besher (aka Misha PanZobop; Paris, France) and Chellis Glendinning; then by Besher and his brother Alexander Besher. In 1986,"
"mind control model put forward by the author here. Combatting Cult Mind Control Combatting Cult Mind Control is a non-fiction work by Steven Hassan described as a ""Guide to Protection, Rescue, and Recovery from Destructive Cults."" The author discusses theories of mind control and cults based on the research of Margaret Singer and Robert Lifton as well as the cognitive dissonance theory of Leon Festinger. Park Street Press, a New age and alternative beliefs publisher, first published the book in 1988. In 2015, Hassan's own Freedom of Mind Press issued a revised 25th anniversary edition, Combating Cult Mind Control, featuring"
"The Stuff of Thought The Stuff of Thought: Language As a Window Into Human Nature is a 2007 book by experimental psychologist Steven Pinker. In the book Pinker ""analyzes how our words relate to thoughts and to the world around us and reveals what this tells us about ourselves"". Put another way, Pinker ""probes the mystery of human nature by examining how we use words"". The book became a ""New York Times"" best seller. Pinker argues that language provides a window into human nature, and that ""analyzing language can reveal what people are thinking and feeling."" He asserts that language"
"the New Thought movement, including RS/SOM. Ernest Holmes was especially strongly influenced by Emma Curtis Hopkins, a former student of Christian Science, especially her ""Scientific Christian Mental Practice"", a direct precursor to Holmes' ""Spiritual Mind Treatment"", and by the writings of Judge Thomas Troward and Ralph Waldo Emerson, as he developed his own synthesis, which became known as Religious Science or Science of Mind. In 1926 Holmes published ""The Science of Mind"", which references the teachings of Jesus Christ the Bible and Buddha. Holmes established the Institute for Religious Science and School of Philosophy in Los Angeles. This organization would"