This paper examines the intersection between religiosity and the psyche in the work of Carl Gustav Jung, focusing on the concepts of symbol, collective unconscious, and archetype. Based on the Jungian definition of religion as an experience of the ‘numinous’, we analyze how these notions underpin the understanding of religiosity as an expression of universal psychic structures. The study...
It is unquestionable to have a theory of consciousness in Thomas Reid (1710 - 1796). However, at least two antagonistic positions are presented to describe this theory. Is Reid's theory of consciousness different from contemporary higher order theories, as Rebecca Copenhaver (2007) argues? Or would Reid agree with the "higher order theory", as Udo Thiel (2010) thinks? In this article I will...