Journal of Contemplative and Holistic Education
2024
Lee Fergusson, Javier Ortiz Cabrejos, Anna Bonshek et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic dealt a devastating blow to the social fabric of Perú, with the highest orphans per death (OPD) ratio of any country in Latin America. Therefore, 260,000 orphans now require care because of 216,000 parent, custodial grandparent, and caregiver deaths between 2020 and 2022. The purpose of this research is to examine whether the practice of Transcendental Meditation, an...
Aristotelica
2024
António de Castro Caeiro
This paper is conceived in the footsteps of The Undivided Self: Aristotle and the ‘Mind-Body Problem’ by David Charles, OUP 2021. It examines the intricate relationship between mind and body through the lens of Aristotle’s ‘Snubness-structure’ (‘S-structure’) according to David Charles’s interpretation in The Undivided Self. I explore how this conceptual framework, exemplified by the...
Bulletin of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Philosophy
2024
Y. Sobolievskyi
B a c k g r o u n d . In the history of early American philosophy, the movement of American transcendentalism occupies a special place. Its peculiarity was that it combined great literature, idealistic philosophy and an irrational worldview. Exploring the phenomenon of nature in their philosophical reflections, American transcendentalists turn to the cosmic levels, endowing the universe with...
Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics
2024
Tarun Jain, Ashish Kumar, Vivek Kumar Verma et al.
In this paper, we embark on a groundbreaking journey to understand one of the most profound mysteries of the human mind: consciousness. Our approach is unique because we use a branch of mathematics called Topological Data Analysis (TDA) to explore the complex workings of the brain. Imagine trying to understand the shape and connections of a vast network of roads without a map; TDA helps us...
Journal of Data Science
2024
Momiao Xiong
The exploration of whether artificial intelligence (AI) can evolve to possess consciousness is an intensely debated and researched topic within the fields of philosophy, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence. Understanding this complex phenomenon hinges on integrating two complementary perspectives of consciousness: the objective and the subjective. Objective perspectives involve...
Theoria, Beograd
2024
Aleksandar Risteski
In this paper I will address the specifics of Peirce?s concept of qualia. Peirce is the first philosopher to ever use the term qualia as philosophical, but his understanding of it differs considerably from the contemporary philosophy of mind. There are certain tendencies to present Peirce in this regard as a forerunner of contemporary debates. Although such an interpretation is not unfounded, I...
Interdisciplinary Studies in Society, Law, and Politics
2024
Faraz Tajallinasr
Symbolism and Surrealism, as two artistic and literary movements, aim to discover hidden and spiritual realities through the deep layers of the human mind and imagination. Symbolism, which emerged as a reaction against Naturalism and Positivism, believes in a reality beyond the perceptible world that is depicted through symbols, dreams, and imagination. Meanwhile, Surrealism, deeply influenced...
Buddhist-Christian Studies
2024
Chad Thralls
abstract: This paper uncovers similarities and differences between Zen Buddhist and Christian understandings of contemplative practice through a comparison of the writings of the Japanese Zen master Bankei Yotaku and the contemporary Christian contemplative writer Martin Laird. Though both claim that human beings are fundamentally connected to their spiritual goal, Zen emerges from the...
2024
Kenneth Rose
Calling for a revival of intellectual intuition in metaphysics long after its banning by Kant, Kenneth Rose overcomes the forgetfulness of being through contemplative ontology. Rose argues for the reinstatement of intellectual intuition in metaphysics long after its banning by Kant. His claim is not merely the conclusion of a thought-experiment or of an exercise in conceptual analysis. It is...
Journal of Applied Consciousness Studies
2024
Vinod D. Deshmukh
Feeling safe, awesome, calm, and present is our default, natural, and effortless state of conscious existential being. But, unfortunately, most of us do not know what it is like to be in that awesome state of awareness. It is because we mostly feel unsafe, uninspired, restless, and preoccupied with a wandering mind and restless eyes. So, we follow some spiritual or meditative pathway. But we do...