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2026 James Mensch
This book approaches the mind-body problem from the perspective of an extended phenomenological analysis of consciousness. Its goal is to show how the very definition of mind involves embodiment. Just as words cannot be defined without syllables, and syllables without the letters composing them, the sense of consciousness includes its embodiment. The two, it is argued, are not definitionally...
Goldsmiths (University of London) 2026 Max Velmans
This paper develops Reflexive Monism (RM), a panentheist, psychophysical, dual-aspect monist form of cosmopsychism, as a framework for understanding how consciousness relates to energy/matter in both the ground of being and the manifest world. I begin by distinguishing “mind,” largely constituted by unconscious information processing in contemporary cognitive science, from “consciousness,”...
JOURNAL OF EMERGING TRENDS AND NOVEL RESEARCH 2026 Soumili Das, S. Mandal
- In the history of philosophy, there have been many disagreements regarding the existence of consciousness and its basis. The main question is whether consciousness is produced from matter or whether it has an independent existence. Some philosophers claim that consciousness originates from matter; they are called materialists. Others believe that the world is composed of two substances—matter...
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science 2026 Mahesh Shrestha
Modern cosmology has established that ordinary baryonic matter constitutes only a small fraction of the cosmic mass–energy budget, while dark matter and dark energy account for the dominant remainder. Although their gravitational and cosmological effects are strongly supported by observation, their underlying physical nature remains incompletely understood. At the same time, consciousness...
2026 Josephine Jörke, Lena Erdmann, Michael A. Rapp et al. preprint
High ventilation breathwork (HVB) has received growing interest as a potential therapeutic tool in the context of the psychedelic renaissance and the expanding scientific research on mind–body practices. It involves intentionally increasing the speed and/or depth of breathing and is often conducted in groups, guided by facilitators and accompanied by evocative music. HVB has been reported to...
2026 Mac Gallen, Vince Polito preprint
Practices involving altered states of consciousness (ASCs) are receiving increasing scientific and public attention, particularly in domains such as psychedelic assisted therapy and mindfulness-based interventions (Lee et al., 2021; Nichols et al., 2017). There is also an increasing interest in a broader range of practices involving altered states, including breathwork, ice-bath immersions,...
2026 Romulus D. Stefanut
Philos Therapeutae is the best exemplum for what a Hellenistic Jewish contemplative life would look like in first century CE Alexandria. In constructing the contemplative life of the Therapeutae, Philo brings together various insights from Hellenistic philosophy and religion.
Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education 2026 Raaghav Pandya, Christopher Emdin
As the post-pandemic classroom and pedagogy evolve to remedy oppressive norms, young people’s mental health and alienation has taken front stage (Rahmani & Zitouni, 2022). Traditional STEM learning spaces often teach inquiry as a linear, non-deviated approach to problems about self and nature (Hrisa & Psillos, 2022). Furthermore, because our classrooms often strip students and educators of...
Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education 2026 Kari Van Gelder
Death is generally unspoken, ignored, and considered too difficult to bring forward into our classrooms. Bringing death to my contemplative pedagogy has been essential for me as a teacher and on behalf of my middle school students. The deepest and most reverential way that we do this in my classroom is through an annual remembrance ritual. On this day, we remember people and pets in our lives...
Epistemology & Philosophy of Science 2026 Pietro Perconti
The mind has a subjective side. This is evidenced by a number of cognitive processes, including self-consciousness, first-person perspective, qualia, and individual differences in perception and emotion. In the early decades of cognitive science, these types of mental events were studied very cautiously. It was feared that they would compromise the experimental character of the new science of...