Philosophies
January 11, 2023
Brian L. Ott
Technologies of communication condition human sense-making. They do so by creating the social environment we inhabit and extending their structural biases and logics through human use. As such, this essay inquires into the prevailing habits of mind in the digital era. Employing a media ecology of communication, I argue that digital computers and microprocessors are defined by three structural...
Rudn Journal of Philosophy
January 10, 2023
Pavel N. Baryshnikov
This article will focus on the mechanistic origins of the computer metaphor, which forms the conceptual framework for the methodology of the cognitive sciences, some areas of artificial intelligence and the philosophy of mind. The connection between the history of computing technology, epistemology and the philosophy of mind is expressed through the metaphorical dictionaries of the...
January 9, 2023
Seiso Paul Cooper
This chapter explores the problematic relationship between zazen (Zen meditation) and normal thinking processes since its inception within the Chan tradition in China and which continues in the present. This difficulty has typically been expressed in terms of the conflict between quietist and insight-oriented practices. On the one hand, a misunderstanding of meditation creates the impossible...
Literature
January 9, 2023
Á. Lovász
In his main work, Matter and Memory, Henri Bergson presents a panpsychist ontology which cuts through the Gordian knot of the mind vs. matter problem. Taking this age-old philosophical topic, Bergson pushes the dualism of mind and matter beyond breaking point. Matter is reconceived as the sum of all images. Bergson introduces the dual concepts of cosmic “perception” and cosmic “memory”. Matter...
Religions
January 5, 2023
Andrew Oberg
6 citations
The question of self-aware artificial intelligence may turn on the question of the human self. To explore some of the possibilities in play we start from an assumption that the self is often pre-analytically and by default conceptually viewed along lines that have likely been based on or from the kind of Abrahamic faith notion as expressed by a “true essence” (although not necessarily a static...
Outlines Critical Practice Studies
January 2, 2023
Anne Maj Nielsen
In this article, I present a sensory-based transmethodological research approach based on body-phenomenological conceptualizations of embodied memory and lived experiences, and on cultural-historical conceptualizations of modes of socializing behavior and mediating means as the nexus for personal learning and development. The transmethodology combines sensory methods to study individual...
South African Journal on Human Rights
January 2, 2023
Sebastian William Foster
3 citations
The principle of cognitive liberty is assessed as a ground for challenging the constitutionality of the criminalisation of psilocybin mushrooms. To do so, s 12 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, is analysed, determining that s 12(2) is not a numerus clausa and is capable of enforcing further protections and/or entitlements, such as cognitive liberty. Further, it is...
Research Outreach
2023
Richard Ambron
1 citation
ave you ever found yourself pondering philosophical questions like, 'What is consciousness?'In its simplest form, consciousness is our awareness that we exist.But how do we become aware that we exist?The answer lies in solving the mind-body paradox, namely, how does consciousness, a property of our non-physical mind, emerge from the workings of our physical nervous system and brain?This...
Yoga Mimamsa
2023
Atmika Ramsahaye, B. Bharathi, K. Sasidharan et al.
Introduction: Research evidence and theoretical models point to the need to implement yoga and mindfulness interventions as they impact different physiological and psychological functioning associated with addiction and relapse. To ensure the safe application of yoga, a standardized yoga module that can be practiced across any drug type of substance addiction is required. This study focuses on...
Journal of Pharmaceutical Negative Results
2023
Manpreet Kaur Rattan Meenakshi Sood Gurvinder Pal Singh
Background: Stress and well being are the two important key aspects of the mental health. Objective: impact of mindfulness meditation on perceived stress levels and subjective well- being Methods: The quasi-experimental research design was used for the present study without randomization. Participants in the first phase had undertaken baseline pre-test evaluation by using two standardized...