This research paper delves into the intricate portrayal of the human-Android divide in Philip K. Dick's renowned novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, and its profound implications on the notion of authenticity. Set in a dystopian future, the novel presents a world where advanced androids blur the lines between human and artificial emotions, raising existential questions about identity...
The idea of applying the experience of cognitive analysis to visual works of art served as a prerequisite for studying the mental representations of hell and heaven on the basis of the most vivid cinematic images. Two films — “What Dreams May Come” (V. Ward, USA, 1998) and “Heavenly Judgement” (A. Zvantsova, Russia, 2011—2014) — were chosen as the research material. The center of scientific...
Introduction: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental illness caused by exposure to a traumatic event. The current treatment includes trauma-focused psychotherapy along with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI). It is estimated that for about 40-60% of patients it does not bring the desired improvement, which prompted scientists to look for new methods of pharmacotherapy....
In this essay, I would like to suggest that the historical transition of psychedelics from an association with counter culture to becoming part of the mains tream is related to the rise of what late cultural theorist Mark Fisher termed “capitalist realism”—the notion that there is no alternative form of social organization and, as such, capitalism simply is reality. For Fisher, the economic and...
Georg Northoff is a philosopher, psychiatrist and neuroscientist working at the University of Ottawa in Canada. This, his most recent book, contributes to the now two-decade-old interdisciplinary attempt called neuropsychoanalysis to understand how neural activity in the brain transforms into psychic activity. Divided into nine chapters with titles inherently intriguing to psychoanalytic...
AI and EthicsSeptember 12, 2023Mois Navon6 citations
Abstract The dream of making conscious humanoid robots is one that has long tantalized humanity, yet today it seems closer than ever before. Assuming that science can make it happen, the question becomes: should we make it happen? Is it morally permissible to create synthetic beings with consciousness? While a consequentialist approach may seem logical, attempting to assess the potential...
Sleep is such a complex and dynamic process and dream that it still is a scientific enigma. Over more than a century of research has established a wide range of dream-relevant theories, whereas, no one has yet reached an accurate conclusion about the function and meaning of dreams. So, in this project, I desire to review the relationship between sleep and dream and illustrate what is the...
This research investigates the activities of Islamic education within the context of women’s mysticism consultation at Babussalam Langkat using a qualitative approach with a phenomenological lens. Drawing on data from observations, interviews, documentation studies, and triangulation involving Tuan Guru, Mu’allimah Thariqat Naqsyabandiyah participants, and female salik in Babussalam Langkat,...
Altered states of consciousness have long been a topic scientific investigation. They include states such as dreaming and hypnosis. Other altered states of consciousness, particularly those induced by psychedelics, include alterations in perception. These altered states of consciousness have seen an increase in academic research. Deep Dream is a popular computer vision algorithm that replicates...
The Karimojong prophet Apaokere was called by Divinity in a dream to sacrifice. In this vision, Divinity instructed him to kill a prized dark ox for the women of his household to avoid the onset of “nothingness.” This two-part essay (the second part to appear in the following issue of Hau) theorizes that the sacrifice of the “Dark One” was a unique iconic poem and that, in general, prime...