Philosophy Study
April 28, 2019
F. Găiseanu
12 citations
Consciousness is an informational projection in the mind of seven subsystems: three form an operative system for short-term adaptation, three form a programmed operating system for body maintenance and long-term survival, and the seventh is an information pole connecting the organism to external information, including extra-sensorial properties. The human body is a bipolar info-matter structure managed by the brain, absorbing and emanating information as a reactive system for adaptation, operating with both matter-related (codified) and non-matter-related (virtual) information. This model allows investigation of consciousness using information science tools and addresses the mind-body problem and the hard problem, showing correspondences with ancient philosophies.
Philosophy Study
April 28, 2017
Juichiro Tanabe
2 citations
Human-caused global problems like conflict and violence stem from an epistemological issue: how humans know and view the world. This paper argues that since global conditions depend on collective thoughts, critical analysis of the mind is essential. It introduces the Buddhist concept of the "conditioned mind," shaped by social frames of reference, as a source of trouble, and the "unconditioned mind," free from attachment to such frames, as an antidote. A "global mind" combining both, through mindful practice, dialectical contemplation, and compassion, enables people to recognize universal humanity and co-create new values and norms with those holding different perspectives, fostering interdependent relationships.
Philosophy Study
April 14, 2026
Weicheng Cui
A paper critiques Richard Conn Henry's 2005 claim that the universe is fundamentally mental, arguing instead for an ether-mind dualistic ontology. The analysis identifies fallacies in Henry's conceptual definitions, logical deductions, and scientific boundaries. It reviews debates in quantum mechanics, neuroscience, epigenetics, and parapsychology to argue that quantum measurement involves material interactions, not consciousness; consciousness emerges from mind-body interaction and depends on a material substrate; science applies only to the finite observable world and cannot assert absolute truths; and monism is inadequate as an ontological foundation, with ether-mind dualism offering greater explanatory power.
Philosophy Study
August 25, 2025
Paul C. Mocombe
The work uses Mocombe's consciousness field theory to explain how the concept of God emerged among humans. Drawing on near-death experiences and other aspects of the in-itself, it argues that consciousness manifests as a universal consciousness in the absolute vacuum once it leaves the world of phenomena—a state humans equate with God. In Mocombeian epistemology and ontology, God is the human reification of the universality of the absolute vacuum, which is ontologically real.
Philosophy Study
April 28, 2018
Marc Jean-Bernard
This essay argues that phenomenological and grammatical approaches to mystical experience can be brought into productive dialogue, particularly through the work of Husserl, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Levinas. It first outlines the ethical and dialogic character of this philosophical problem, then explores how Husserlian phenomenology and Wittgensteinian grammar converge on the shapes of mystical experience. The essay clarifies key terms—experience, the mystical, ecstasy, evidence, truth—and situates this inquiry within Christian theological thought, emphasizing French thinkers from Maritain to Marion. Finally, it considers aesthetic expressions of mysticism in visual art and music, proposing a theology of musical logos that reveals the sacramentality of music and the mystery of silence.
Philosophy Study
August 28, 2019
Peter Sena Gawu, Husein Inusah
The paper re-examines the debate on qualia and knowledge in the works of Plato and Aristotle, arguing that the relationship between subjective experience and knowledge has been an implicit tension in their philosophies. It connects this historical debate to the contemporary problem of qualia, as raised by Clarence I. Lewis and others in the mid-20th century, and explores how Plato and Aristotle's views have influenced theories of sense data. The core objective is to resurrect this debate as a contribution to modern philosophical discussions about qualia.