Philosophy Study
October 20, 2026
Paul C. Mocombe
Since the 1960s, with the advent of postmodern and poststructural theories—with their emphasis on Parole—into the theoretical discourses of social science academics, a new struggle regarding the origins and nature of identity and consciousness has dominated social science and philosophical theories. The issue centers on several factors raised by postmodern and poststructural thinkers in the...
Philosophy Study
April 14, 2026
Weicheng Cui
In 2005, Richard Conn Henry from Johns Hopkins University published “The Mental Universe” in Nature, advancing the idealistic claim that the universe is fundamentally mental and conscious, and that matter has no objective reality. Grounded in a one-sided interpretation of the observational effects in quantum mechanics, this view has sparked long-standing debates across physics, philosophy,...
Philosophy Study
August 25, 2025
Paul C. Mocombe
This work describes and explains how the concept of God as utilized amongst the human species emerged using Mocombe's consciousness field theory.I conclude the work by positing, from the revelations of near-death experiences and other aspects of the categories of the in-itself, how consciousness is manifested as a universal consciousness in the absolute vacuum once it is no longer a part of the...
Philosophy Study
September 28, 2023
Timur Uçan
How to think a unique and determinative turn in analytic philosophy of mind?To answer this question this article first presents an attempt to render clear that analytic phenomenology, by contrast with conceptions of phenomenology of the XXth century, beneficially dispenses with several methodological and conceptual assumptions that were assumed to be compulsory, as phenomenological reduction, a...
Philosophy Study
September 28, 2023
Hai Song
The discourse on spirit versus materials delves into the exploration of human nature and the comprehension of human existence, particularly in the realms of free will, consciousness, and the search for meaning.Materialists assert that consciousness is a product of physical processes.Kant argues that consciousness actively constructs our reality, challenging materialist reductionism; Chalmers...
Philosophy Study
August 28, 2023
Paul C. Mocombe
Against behaviorism, humanism, and cognitive psychology, this work explores Mocombe's antihuman psychology as a product of his consciousness field theory.The paper critically assesses Mocombe's consciousness field theory within the larger body of contemporary ontological debates regarding the nature, origin, and constitution of consciousness, especially human consciousness, vis-à -vis their...
Philosophy Study
February 28, 2023
Jinchang Wang
Self-awareness, or self-consciousness, refers to reflective recognition of the existence of “subjective-self”. Every person has a subjective-self from which the person observes and interacts with the world. In this article, we argue that self-consciousness is an enigmatic phenomenon unique in human intelligence. Unlike many other intelligent and conscious capabilities, self-consciousness is not...
Philosophy Study
August 28, 2019
Peter Sena Gawu, Husein Inusah
This paper sparks the debate of qualia and knowledge in the works of Plato and Aristotle. The debate on the relevance and logical chronology of qualia and knowledge has been an implicit tension in the works of Plato and Aristotle. However, we seldom find scholars exploring these aspects of Plato-Aristotle philosophy and connecting it to the contemporary debate of qualia. It is on this account...
Philosophy Study
April 28, 2019
F. Găiseanu
12 citations
Since ancient times, the humanity has contemplated his relationship with the universe and with itself existence, wondering “who we are”, “how our body/mind works”, and “where we are going to”. Understanding consciousness has been and still remains an issue of debate in this broad context (Gaiseanu, 2018b; 2018d; 2019b). From the perspective of the society which we live in today, flooded by the...
Philosophy Study
September 28, 2018
Cameron Bosinski
1 citation
Higher Order Theories of consciousness assert that the nature of consciousness is hierarchical.A mental state enters into awareness when it becomes the object of a higher order mental state.One limitation of this theory is that it does not adequately explain how the consciousness of humans is different from the consciousness of non-human animals.The solution proposed in this paper suggests that...
Philosophy Study
August 28, 2018
Florin Gaiseanu
17 citations
Information was a frequently used concept in many fields of investigation.However, this concept is still not really understood, when it is referred for instance to consciousness and its informational structure.In this paper it is followed the concept of information from philosophical to physics perspective, showing especially how this concept could be extended to matter in general and to the...
Philosophy Study
August 28, 2018
Xue-Jiao Zhang, Huili Wang, Dan Guo
Embodied cognition is an approach to cognition that departs from traditional Descartes’ mind-body dualism for its emphasis on bodily interactions with the environment. The paper firstly describes three distinctive features of embodied cognition. Furthermore, from the perspective of philosophical methodology, the paper outlines Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory and his contributions to the...
Philosophy Study
April 28, 2018
Marc Jean-Bernard
The philosophical horizon of this essay is theoretically comparative and hermeneutically dialogic. Its main philosophical and theological tonality expresses, in first person and through three discursive moments, the differentiated fusion of horizons between phenomenological and grammatical description and understanding of experience. After a philosophical overture—outlining the éthos of the...
Philosophy Study
April 28, 2017
Juichiro Tanabe
2 citations
While addressing global problems including conflict and violence is a common human agenda, they are human-caused: They are created and sustained through our thoughts. Though external causes and conditions cannot be ignored, the most fundamental problem is an epistemological one—our way of knowing and viewing the world. As the shape of the global conditions relies on our thoughts or ways of...
Philosophy Study
October 28, 2016
Bradley Y. Bartholomew
This paper presents an original interpretation of the Upanishads that the inner self is located in the embryo brain region of the brain.This is the part of the brain already present in the embryo and consists of the brainstem, hypothalamus, thalamus, and midbrain.It is also the part of the brain that operates during dreaming and deep sleep and causes the transition from sleeping to waking...