Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
August 7, 2023
Rod Swenson
38 citations
The modern scientific world view was built on the incommensurability between cognition (mind) and physics (matter) and later life and physics (the autonomy of biology). Fuelled by Boltzmann's view of the second law of thermodynamics as a 'law of disorder', the idea of 'two opposing rivers', the river of physics 'flowing down' to disorder and the river of life and mind 'flowing up' to higher...
August 4, 2023
Francesco Saldarini, Kaho Yamasaki, Hiromitsu Miyata
preprint
Objectives: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) can reduce chronic stress, but their therapeutic mechanisms remain unclear. MBIs may train attention monitoring and acceptance skills that have been impaired by chronic stress exposure, and the interaction between these skills might lead to chronic stress reduction. In the present study, we aimed at directly replicating one of the few existing...
Anthropology of Consciousness
August 3, 2023
Melinda Kiefer Santiago
My multidisciplinary art practice which includes collages, paintings, and sculptures (Figures 1-8) aim to illustrate the porous boundary of oneself with the living world. Materials range from paint to objects found in the woods alongside post-consumer detritus and photography. Through photograph collage and assemblage, I juxtapose perspectives to challenge the narrative of a singular identity...
The Journal of Theological Studies
August 3, 2023
Mary Morrissey
In Experiencing God in Late Medieval and Early Modern England, David Davis considers discourses of divine revelation, and he includes in that term a variety of phenomena that late medieval and early modern English men and women reported as giving them a sense of direct connection with God. He considers accounts of mystics’ experiences from before and after the Reformation, devotional literature...
Mindfulness
August 3, 2023
Paul Gilbert, William van Gordon
49 citations
Abstract The editors to this volume posed a series of fascinating questions relating to how seeing compassion as a skill can help us understand its nature, cultivation and effects within secular contexts. This paper addresses these questions by comparing evolutionary with contemplative approaches to compassion. Recent scientific approaches have explored the evolved roots and biopsychosocial...
Journal of Indian Philosophy
August 3, 2023
Daisy S. Y. Cheung
The eleventh-century Indian Buddhist master Ratnākaraśānti presents a unique Yogācāra interpretation of tantric maṇḍala visualisation in the *Guhyasamājamaṇḍalavidhiṭīkā. In this text, he employs the neither-one-nor-many argument to assert that the qualities of the mind represented by the deities in the maṇḍala are neither the same nor different from the mind itself. He also provides five...
August 2, 2023
Mary Midgley
Questions about subjectivity – about the soul or spirit – did not seriously arise until the start of the twentieth century. At that time behaviourist psychologists suddenly ruled that consciousness must be banished from academic consideration altogether because it was unscientific. They campaigned vigorously to solve the mind–body problem by removing the mind. Thomas Nagel’s proposal calls in...
مجلة کلية الاداب جامعة المنصورة
August 1, 2023
آية محمد إبراهيم
مفهوم الوعي صعب التعريف، وربما أنه بحد ذاته مفهوم غير بسيط، ويوصف بأنه حالة ذهنية مرتبطة بالفاعليات الفسيولوجية للجهاز العصبي المركزي، وخاصة القشرة المخية كما يرتبط بالحالة الشعورية الداخلية أو الذاتية، أي أن محتوي الواعي الذاتي لا يمكن وصفه من الخارج.لماذا يبدو الوعي رغم وضوحه وبداهته أمراً محيراً وغامضاً ومعقداً في الوقت نفسه؟ مما جعل الفيلسوف الإسترالي ديفيد سالمرز D. Chalmers. يطلق على...
Preprints.org
August 1, 2023
Guangjun Shan
preprint
Current artificial intelligence (AI) technology is still considered weak AI. However, the progression towards strong AI unavoidably involves grappling with concerns surrounding consciousness, the mind, and creativity. This paper focuses on analyzing consciousness, creativity, and the generation of emotions to explore the possibility of machine-based consciousness, creativity, and emotion. We...
Stress and Health
August 2023
Michelle M Hospital, Rachel D Clarke, Staci Leon Morris et al.
Latinx youth with mental health disorders have worse outcomes when compared to their White (non-Hispanic) counterparts. Latinx youth also have less access to and lower utilization of mental health services. Emerging research supports the psychological and physical benefits of engaging in yoga and yoga may function as a complimentary treatment option for patients with mental health challenges....