Phenomenological Ontology of Breathing

""If a very strong criterion for originality is that a philosophical work of intrinsic merit breaks from the past, constitutes a new beginning, inaugurates a new tradition, opens a new field of inquiry, is extremely different, innovative, or even revolutionary, given the scope, profundity, daring and novelty of its conception, then I find Berndtson’s book to be original in this sense. It genuinely extends our philosophical store, contributes a new dimension to our thinking, and adds a significantly different philosophical experience of intrinsic value."" Patrick Burke, Ph.D, Professor of Philosophy, Conzaga University in Florence ""This well researched book is an eloquent statement of the unsuspected importance of breathing not only in the domain of human experience but also by way of its ramifications for life in the natural world as a whole. It breaks new ground in phenomenology and phenomenological ontology by offering a decisive and insightful treatment of breath, which is otherwise passed over and taken for granted in human life, thereby overlooking the creative potential of this very basic human action. Replete with innovative thinking, this book promises to be a landmark study in an area whose importance is of increasing interest and concern."" Edward S. Casey, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, SUNY at Stony Brook; author of The World on Edge and Turning Emotion Inside Out. ""If a very strong criterion for originality is that a philosophical work of intrinsic merit breaks from the past, constitutes a new beginning, inaugurates a new tradition, opens a new field of inquiry, is extremely different, innovative, or even revolutionary, given the scope, profundity, daring, and novelty of its conception, then I find Berndtson’s book to be original in this sense. It genuinely extends our philosophical store, contributes a new dimension to our thinking, and adds a significantly different philosophical experience of intrinsic value."" Patrick Burke, Ph.D, Professor of Philosophy, Conzaga University in Florence ""This well-researched book is an eloquent statement of the unsuspected importance of breathing not only in the domain of human experience but also by way of its ramifications for life in the natural world as a whole. It breaks new ground in phenomenology and phenomenological ontology by offering a decisive and insightful treatment of breath, which is otherwise passed over and taken for granted in human life, thereby overlooking the creative potential of this very basic human action. Replete with innovative thinking, this book promises to be a landmark study in an area whose importance is of increasing interest and concern."" Edward S. Casey, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, SUNY at Stony Brook; author of The World on Edge and Turning Emotion Inside Out ""The book is described as the first of its kind to investigate the phenomenological ontology of breathing. As such it will most likely be a valuable contribution to this field of research, with its a decisive and insightful treatment of breath."" Petri Berndtson, Phd, Breathwork-Science