LibGuides: CNS5842: Week 1 Resources

Week 1 Required Resources

Textbook

The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe
Lent, Jeremy (2021). The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers.
This text reviews major concepts explored in the CPT program and will serve as a companion on the summative journey taken in this course. The introduction sets the context for the exploration, and the first chapter begins a discussion of the mystery, nature, and developmental potentials of human consciousness.

Articles

Handout - Types of Definitions Cheat Sheet
This handout provides examples of different types of definitions, which will help you as you begin exploring the articulation of your definitions of key concepts from the program.
Handout - Differentiating Concepts from Principles
This handout draws distinctions between concepts and principles, focusing on their constitutive elements, as a support to your articulation of major PLO-related concepts and principles for the CPT program.
Handout - Defining Concepts
This handout outlines five helpful rules for the formulation of robust conceptual definitions.

Optional Resources

Texts, your notes, and your written papers or other assignments from the Paradigms of Consciousness and Human Development and the Evolution of Consciousness core courses.

These resources will help you identify key concepts and principles related to PLO 1, particularly as explored through the two core courses, Paradigms of Consciousness and Human Development and the Evolution of Consciousness.