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Figshare October 29, 2026 Jason Voelker preprint
This essay presents an interdisciplinary, lyrical meditation exploring the continuity of physical matter, the mechanics of biological identity, and the persistence of human consciousness within an evolving universe. Frame-anchored in the personal narrative of family life at the San Rafael Yacht Harbor, the text bridges cold physical realities with profound philosophical inquiry.Key thematic and...
Entangled Religions October 29, 2026 Kristina Schubert
Contemporary Sufi-inspired healing practices in German-speaking contexts draw on concepts and practices whose meanings are reshaped as they enter contemporary healing discourses. Drawing on historical and conceptual scholarship on Sufi traditions and on previously published qualitative findings from a doctoral study of contemplative and healing practices in Germany, the analysis focuses on four...
Spirituality in Clinical Practice October 29, 2026 Megan Sherman, Cynthia J Price
Research links the neural processes of spiritual experiences, or 'peak experiences' of eudaimonic well-being, to substance abuse recovery. Studies also identify health improvements among substance use disorder (SUD) treatment approaches that include interoceptive awareness training. However, the relationship between interoceptive awareness and spiritual experience within substance use recovery...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) October 29, 2026 Daniel Kogel preprint
This paper presents a philosophical and interdisciplinary investigation into the role of difference, discontinuity, and sensory adaptation in the formation of perception. Its central thesis is that perception fundamentally depends on distinctions across space or time, rather than the passive reception of continuous, unchanging stimuli. Drawing upon established findings in visual perception,...
Journal of Philosophical Investigations October 29, 2026 Dhananjay Trivedi
Contemporary discourse on Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) increasingly raises questions about machine consciousness, self-awareness, and the possibility of a soul. Although AI systems now exhibit learning, adaptation, and self-modeling, the philosophical status of these capacities remains contested. This paper examines whether AGI can possess a soul by drawing on the distinction between...
Routledge eBooks October 28, 2026 Kobi Tiberg
This chapter examines complex trauma and dissociation through a neuropsychoanalytic perspective that integrates psychoanalytic theory, attachment research, and contemporary neuroscience within a predictive processing framework. Beginning with the classical psychoanalytic view of trauma as a breach in the system’s capacity for binding, the chapter examines dissociation as the consequence of...
Routledge eBooks October 28, 2026 Kobi Tiberg
This chapter examines binary structures in psychoanalytic theory and asks whether such dualities may reflect underlying neurodynamic distinctions. Drawing on Ignacio Matte Blanco’s distinction between symmetrical and asymmetrical modes of thought, it describes how unconscious processes blur difference, context, and sequence, whereas secondary-process functioning supports differentiation,...
University Of Wales Trinity Saint David Research Repository October 28, 2026 Adel Aldaha
Background: Depression continues to be a serious public mental health issue in Saudi Arabia. Cultural stigma, fewer resources, and reliance on medication limits access to evidence-based psychotherapies. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a third-wave cognitive-behavioural intervention that promotes the use of mindfulness, psychological flexibility, and values-based living, which has...
October 28, 2026 Rhys S. Bezzant
Abstract This chapter provides the existential basis for the book, namely, that Edwards’s own conversion was focused on his new sense of the kingdom of God, which he experienced while walking in the fields near his parents’ home. The biblical text that prompted this new experience included the language of the kingdom, and his prolonged meditation on his conversion involved the kingdom of God at...
PsyArXiv October 28, 2026 Burhan Ogut, Michelle Yin preprint
The debate over machine consciousness has been dominated by top-down approaches that extract indicator properties from theories of consciousness. Developmental cognitive psychology, which has characterized how self-related capacities are assembled in humans, has been largely absent. We propose the Autobiographical Architecture Model (AAM), a five-layer developmental framework in which embodied...