This study offers a comprehensive analysis of David Bohm’s article “A New Theory of the Relationship of Mind and Matter” (Philosophical Psychology, 1990) — one of the most original attempts of the twentieth century to overcome Cartesian dualism on a physical foundation. The paper proceeds in sequence through the historical context of the mind–body problem, the physical basis of the causal...
ABSTRACT Intense aesthetic experiences are among the most complex responses arising from the interaction of mind, brain, and context. Observations from fMRI suggest that when viewers feel highly moved by artworks, the underlying neural states differ from those accompanying less intense responses, particularly through recruitment of the DMN. Using electroencephalography and Bayesian...
This paper proposes a reconceptualization of religious education within the contemporary educational landscape, framing it as a disposition of consciousness oriented toward self-knowledge. Moving beyond confessional and doctrinal approaches, religious education is examined as an integrative epistemic field capable of bridging science, philosophy, and spirituality. Grounded in the Brazilian...
Maladaptive Daydreaming (MD) is a proposed mental health condition characterized by compulsive, immersive daydreaming that interferes with daily functioning. Although MD is strongly associated with dissociative experiences, its relation to interoception remains unexplored. In this study, we investigated dissociative symptoms and self-reported interoception in individuals with MD compared to...
June 22, 2026Regine Rørstad Torbjørnsen, Miriam Kyselo
This chapter introduces key concepts and theories in the philosophy of artificial intelligence. The authors assess the difference between “natural” and “artificial” intelligence and discuss the assumptions under which it would make sense to describe AI as “intelligent” or “conscious”. The chapter critically reflects on mechanistic and functionalistic approaches to artificial intelligence and...
Yan Hui and Zhuangzi have often been read as representing two contrasting traditions of self-cultivation in early Chinese philosophy. Against the background of contemporary concern with psychological distress, this article argues that the Analects and the Zhuangzi illuminate a shared problem: how the heart-mind may be reoriented under conditions of suffering, instability, and attachment....
Abstract One hears a great deal about “Russellian physicalism”, “Russellian panpsychism”, and “Russellian monism”. They’re proposed as solutions to the so-called mind–body problem. There is, however, a great deal of unclarity about Russell’s views on this matter. This is partly his own fault. It’s well known that he endorses “neutral monism”, but he’s also prepared to call himself a materialist...
David Chalmers’ 'hard problem' of consciousness—how subjective experience arises from physical processes—has dominated philosophy of mind for decades. This paper argues that the hard problem is not a problem at all, but a category error—a confusion between classical and second-order cybernetic questions. By treating consciousness as an object to be explained from a third-person perspective,...
Abstract Technology is feared to foster alienation, and may even come to control us through superintelligence. Yet this fear is exacerbated by a reductionist assumption that humans are defined mentally by their intelligence. Human consciousness is broader than intelligence, but how does it actually function? This article will suggest that these two problems of technological alienation and...
The paper is the third article in the Pali-Psycho series. It compares the Pali Canon with the Desert Fathers, Rhineland Mysticism, Carmelite Mysticism, and Ignatian Spirituality. The analysis uses the convergence-type schema developed in the preceding integrative article and distinguishes empirical, structural-phenomenological, conceptual, and no-parallel relations. The central result is...