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...
HORIZON / Fenomenologicheskie issledovanija/ STUDIEN ZUR PHÄNOMENOLOGIE / STUDIES IN PHENOMENOLOGY / ÉTUDES PHÉNOMÉNOLOGIQUES
2024
Diana E. Gasparyan
Nativism as a theory that interprets certain abilities and ideas as innate [The contexts we will consider prefer to speak precisely of innateness in the sense of New European philosophical discussions and avoid the notion of “a priori”/“a posteriori”, respectively, and we will stick to this terminological pair.], is considered by some contemporary philosophers as an echo of outdated...
Civitas Augustiniana
2024
Roy Rituparna
n contemporary theories, it is thought that the subject essentially initiates conscious perception. St. Augustine is one of the philosophers who acknowledges this idea via his active perception notion. In Section 1, I will address Augustine’s distinction between vision or visio and cognition or cogitatio. In Section 2, I will focus on Augustine’s notion of intentio to demonstrate the supremacy...
International Journal of Philosophical Practice
2024
Imi Pui Yin Lo
This study explores the convergence and disparities between The Dhammapada, a classic Buddhist text, and Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, aiming to synthesize their social and ethical doctrines as practical life directives. Over five months, the researcher meticulously analyzed the texts, elucidating core arguments and linguistic nuances. Three main sections delineate shared principles,...
2024
Steve Haberlin
Research shows that a highly stressed brain does not absorb or remember information, causing learning to essentially shut down. Today’s students are more stressed and anxious than ever, and classrooms have become tense places. Educators require knowledge and skills to facilitate and teach students stress-management techniques and find creative ways to embed them in the classroom culture and...