Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
July 3, 2023
Rob Faesen
A recurrent theme in many forms of contemplative practice is the need to come to a state of outward solitude (i.e., being without distractions); this provides a framework for contemplation, which ultimately can give way to a suspension of all efforts, opening up a state of inner letting-be. This contribution explores these elements in the Christian tradition following the Biblical typology of...
Frontiers in Psychology
July 3, 2023
Xiaochen Wen, Yaping Zhou, Yinan Li et al.
6 citations
Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic in China, the silent management (Lockdown) policy has caused severe sleep problems for university students. Long-term isolation may further deteriorate sleep quality, and it requires practical interventions. Today in mental and sleep health, interventions based on Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian ethics have been proven effective in reducing cognition and...
Interações
July 3, 2023
Ana Rosa Cloclet da Silva, Jéssica Martins Alves
A complexidade na configuração das religiões e formas de religiosidade contemporâneas tem desafiado os pesquisadores a buscarem parâmetros interpretativos, adequados ao estudo das recomposições inéditas entre práticas e saberes tradicionais com novos conteúdos. É este o caso do neoxamanismo, cujas práticas e conteúdos simbólicos ressignificam elementos do xamanismo ameríndio, com propósitos...
Mirror of Nature, Mirror of Self
July 2, 2023
Dimitry Shevchenko
Abstract This chapter takes a foray into a modern mirror model of consciousness, namely Lacan’s theory of the mirror stage. By comparing Lacan’s theory with Indian mirror models, the chapter brings forward the ontological basis of mirror-like interaction between consciousness, the mind, the society, and the world—that is, the illusory identity of different entities. The chapter also negotiates...
Jaqfi Jurnal Aqidah dan Filsafat Islam
July 2, 2023
Wa Ode Zainab Zilullah Toresano, Kholid Al Walid
Abstract The goal pf this research to examine Śadrâ’s view on the “soul-body relation” in order to solve the “explanatory gap and the hard problem of consciousness” which are the basic core of the mind-body problem in the philosophy of mind. The explanatory gap explains how physical property can give influence non-physical things conversely. Meanwhile, the hard problem mentions how physical...
Mirror of Nature, Mirror of Self
July 2, 2023
Dimitry Shevchenko
1 citation
Abstract This chapter explores the philosophical traditions of Sāṃkhya and Yoga, which developed a notion of mirror reflection to explain the illusory interaction between consciousness and the mind, regarded as ontologically distinct entities. These two schools made an implicit connection between mental representation of external objects by the mind and mental representation of consciousness....
Mirror of Nature, Mirror of Self
July 2, 2023
Dimitry Shevchenko
Abstract This chapter focuses on the non-dualist tradition of Advaita-Vedānta, which holds that the multiplicity of individual selves is nothing but reflections of one transcendent self. This school develops the notion of ahaṃkāra (the “I-maker”) as an entity supervenient upon the illusory identity between the mind and consciousness and mediating between the two. The chapter examines, for the...
July 2, 2023
Dimitry Shevchenko
3 citations
Abstract This monograph is about the metaphor of reflection in a mirror, frequently used in Indian philosophical traditions to address metaphysical, epistemological, and theological problems arising from a non-reductionist approach to consciousness. The metaphor stands for the idea that, just as a face, reflected in a mirror, appears where it is not, so do consciousness and its properties, such...
Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 7: Философия. Социология и социальные технологии
July 1, 2023
Natalia Nikolaevna Pluzhnikova
The article is devoted to a critical review of a qualitatively new project of human understanding, which has been developed in modern scientific interdisciplinary research. The latter refers to neuroscience research that affects not only neurophysiology, but also claims to revolutionize the philosophical understanding of human nature and spirituality. This revolution concerns, first of all, the...
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
July 1, 2023
Eduard Marbach
Abstract: In the context of «reassessing the relationship between explanation and phenomenology», the paper discusses the question in what ways Husserlian phenomenology as a descriptive science of consciousness has an explanatory potential in consciousness studies. It takes a very limited approach to the wide-ranging themes that may come to mind on this topic. At the center is an exploration of...