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Work #703 · Late

Full Catastrophe Living

Jon Kabat-Zinn
1990 (revised 2013) · English
Secular contemplative practical psychology · Secular mindfulness / Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

Kabat-Zinn's 1990 foundational text — Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and secular mindfulness

Attribute Fingerprint

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Attribute Full Catastrophe Living (Late)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Linear
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Single
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency None
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

Full Catastrophe Living

The temporal time of mindful presence.

Space

Full Catastrophe Living

The contemplative-secular medical space.

Matter

Full Catastrophe Living

The embodied chronically-ill person.

Observer

Full Catastrophe Living

The mindful subject.

Energy

Full Catastrophe Living

Energies of mindful attention.

Information

Full Catastrophe Living

Foundational secular mindfulness framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

Full Catastrophe Living

Kabat-Zinn foundational for secular mindfulness movement; controversial in relation to Buddhist tradition.