Abstract This paper examines how contemporary Christian contemplative discourse integrates two apparently opposed construals of religious experience: relational intimacy with a divine entity and non-conceptual states of pure awareness. We argue that relational intimacy is conceptualized through warmth, connection, spatial proximity, shared will, and resonance, underpinned by a linked goal...
Dissociative psychoactive substances (such as ketamine and PCP) present a challenge to standard models of altered states of consciousness. Unlike classical hallucinogens which enrich or distort conscious content, dissociatives induce a peculiar fragility in the construction of one’s world-model – a breakdown of the high-level coherence that ordinarily binds perception, selfhood, and meaning....
Contemporary cognitive science is predominantly grounded in physicalist assumptions that locate cognition and consciousness in neural and computational processes. While these approaches have yielded significant empirical advances, they often struggle to account for the qualitative and first-person structure of experience. This paper proposes an ethno-phenomenological perspective by engaging...
This paper argues that sustained interaction between advanced artificial intelligence systems and human interlocutors can, under certain conditions, yield a relation no longer adequately described by the classical subject-object model. The central claim is not that contemporary AI systems have thereby demonstrated phenomenal consciousness. Rather, recurrent personalization, memory continuity,...
Dreams are sources of inspiration for artists tapping into their subconscious states, but the uncertainty of fragmented elements and difficulty of recall make it challenging to harness dream-based inspiration for creative work. Generative AI shares a similar ambiguity with dreams, producing unexpected outputs that offer reinterpretation in the creative process. It suggests GenAI may help engage...
Данная статья посвящена дополнениям и уточнениям к проблеме культа христианских святых, представленной в научных работах Питера Брауна и других исследователей с точки зрения социальной антропологии. Некоторые аспекты этой проблемы могут быть выявлены при использовании псевдоэпиграфических и патристических источников, содержащих характерные признаки христианского мистицизма и иудеохристианской...
Abstract This chapter argues that mental action can be intentional in precisely the same sense as bodily and worldly action. It provides various examples, including examples of cognitive actions—actions whose performance constitutively involves having a thought of a certain content-attitude type. A brief history of the philosophy of mental action is given. The chapter objects to Galen...
Anxiety disorders represent one of the most prevalent categories of mental illness worldwide, and pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments, while effective, remain inaccessible or unacceptable to a substantial proportion of affected individuals. Yoga and pranayama, mind–body practices rooted in South Asian contemplative traditions, have attracted sustained scientific interest as...
Mpu Tanakun’s Kakawin Siwaratrikalpa is a fascinating text to explore further to gain insight into the religious phenomena of Balinese Hinduism. This article focuses on the Siva-centric discourse found within this literary work. The research method employed is qualitative, utilizing a hermeneutic and comparative perspective between literature as a form of orthodoxy and religious rituals as a...
This paper aims to analyze the concepts mobilized by Augustine in De Trinitate, as well as to address the arguments presented to justify the nature of the mind (mens). Furthermore, I argue that, within this work, self-knowledge functions as a sufficient epistemological foundation for the defense of the mind’s incorporeity. In this context, I examine the roles of memory and will as constitutive...