Religions
August 26, 2026
David H. Nikkel
4E cognition offers resources supporting an anthropology and an ontology that overcome mind/body and related dualisms that contradict the original understandings of some major world religions, including the Western monotheisms and some Asian religions. 4E cognition embraces a holism with respect to the human organism, enabling a rapprochement with the Hebrew biblical, New Testament, and...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 25, 2026
David (daoud) Matta
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A companion paper argued that consciousness science makes explanatory claims of five distinguishable strengths, and that the strongest—why physical organization is accompanied by experience—remains open. This paper asks a prior question: what is referred to when Buddhist sources speak of consciousness? The answer is not one thing. Early Buddhist analysis treats viññāṇa as constitutively...
Journal of Psychology and Social Sciences
August 25, 2026
D. Anuroopa, G Uma
Mental health disorders have emerged as a profound global public health challenge, with escalating rates of anxiety, depression, professional burnout, loneliness, and emotional distress underscoring the necessity for holistic and culturally responsive therapeutic paradigms. The Indian Knowledge System (IKS) presents a comprehensive civilizational framework that conceptualizes human well-being...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 25, 2026
David (daoud) Matta
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Two companion papers examined the Western scientific and Buddhist analyses of consciousness separately. This paper puts them together and argues that the common framing is wrong: across much of their range the traditions address different questions sharing an English word. The argument maps referents. Consciousness science divides its object into level, content, access, and phenomenality,...
August 25, 2026
Adá Agadá
I argue in this chapter that commitment to the holistic perspectives in the vital force tradition advanced by African philosophers like Kwame Gyekye, Motsamai Molefe, and Ada Agada motivates the reconceptualisation of the vital force in terms of an ubiquitous consciousness principle. I point out that this reconceptualisation of the concept of vital force presents panpsychism as an attractive...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 25, 2026
Frederick A.P. van der Sypt
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Abstract In contemporary, predominantly cognitively oriented society, many lack interoceptive literacy: the ability to recognize the underlying bodily signals of emotions, thoughts, and behavior. Because both clients and therapists are shaped by this societal framework, psychotherapeutic interventions risk remaining at a purely intellectual level, where cognitive restructuring occurs without...
Journal for person-oriented research
August 24, 2026
Lars‐gunnar Lundh
In this book, Metzinger develops a theory of pure consciousness, while presenting empirical findings from more than 500 experiential reports from practitioners of meditation. Pure consciousness is what we experience when we attend to awareness itself – when attention is refocused to the normally unnoticed medium through which we experience the world. The practice of meditation is likely to...
Scientia et Fides
August 24, 2026
Stanisław Szeląg
The rise of ChatGPT and various other publicly available AI chatbots has brought the discussion regarding AI to the forefront of academic and public discourse. Yet when it comes to the most important question: how genuinely intelligent, or human-like can AI be, it seems that many philosophers are satisfied with the answers given in the past century. The essay surveys some philosophical visions...
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
August 24, 2026
Arvind Vedwan, Akansha Verma
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The contemporary educational landscape increasingly recognizes the importance of social-emotional learning (SEL) for the holistic development of students. Pro-social behaviour—actions intended to benefit others, such as helping, sharing, and cooperating—is a cornerstone of a healthy society and individual well-being. However, school children today face numerous stressors, including academic...
Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care
August 24, 2026
Ryan G. Erbe
Emotions such as desire, eros, or delight are sometimes treated with suspicion in Christian spiritual formation. However, some modern theologians propose a different perspective such as Philip Sheldrake who describes desire as the primary animator of the spiritual dimension of life. Building on this insight, this paper proposes an affective feedback loop where emotions such as desire draw...