May 10, 2022
Robin Carhart-Harris, Richard E. Daws, David Nutt
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This document details an authors' response to a critique of their work entitled: Skepticism About Recent Evidence that Psilocybin Opens Depressed Minds.
HUMAN Review International Humanities Review / Revista Internacional de Humanidades
May 9, 2022
Antonio Duarte
Following the Peirce’s proposal drawn in the Neglected Argument, here we focus on the equivalence, from the generative and methodological point of view, of what we will call the religious and scientific abductive experiences. To articulate these connections, we also rely on William James's Gifford Lectures (1901-1902) collected under the title The Varieties of Religious Experience. Moreover, we...
Communicative & Integrative Biology
May 8, 2022
Marco Masi
According to the current scientific paradigm, what we call 'life', 'mind', and 'consciousness' are considered epiphenomenal occurrences, or emergent properties or functions of matter and energy. Science does not associate these with an inherent and distinct existence beyond a materialistic/energetic conception. 'Life' is a word pointing at cellular and multicellular processes forming organisms...
Research Square
May 5, 2022
N.O. Outschoorn, E.a.s.k. Somarathne, H.m.n.n. Dasanayaka et al.
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Background: Buddhist-derived meditation is a well-known phenomenological practice that enhances overall well-being of individuals. However, broad and less-rigorous criteria in recruiting suitable meditation practitioners affect the reliability of results obtained through meditation research. Therefore, we aimed at developing an instrument to identify and recruit skilled meditators to be used in...
Preprints.org
May 5, 2022
Andrei Bretan
1 citation
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AbstractEliadean analysis reveals the passive or the receiving aspect of the symbol of the presence of God, the Aron ha-Berit or the Ark of the Covenant of the ancient Hebrews. Consequently, we are able to establish the inner mode or the symbolic structure of Yahweh. The Sefirotic Tree of medieval Kabbalists replicates the symbolic structure of Yahweh as revealed by the Ark of the Covenant. The...
Quantum International Relations
May 5, 2022
Leonardo Orlando
Building on new trends in neuroscience and philosophy of mind, this chapter provides a roadmap for incorporating consciousness into social research, by introducing a method of guided introspection that has the potential to revolutionize our understanding of agency. This method, whose epistemological situation is isomorphic to that of quantum physics, enables researchers to gain insight into the...
University Press of Florida eBooks
May 3, 2022
Patricia Ochoa Castillo
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In the communities of Central Mexico during the Early Formative period (1400–800 BCE), the site of Tlatilco stands out for the abundance of materials recovered during the four major excavations. The more than 500 burials and their accompanying grave goods offer a wide possibility of studies. The burial records allow for insight into individual and collective ritual activities, in which,...
Minds and Machines
May 3, 2022
Danaja Rutar, Wanja Wiese, Johan Kwisthout
3 citations
Abstract Whilst the topic of representations is one of the key topics in philosophy of mind, it has only occasionally been noted that representations and representational features may be gradual. Apart from vague allusions, little has been said on what representational gradation amounts to and why it could be explanatorily useful. The aim of this paper is to provide a novel take on gradation of...
Say Something Theological The Student Journal of Theological Studies
May 1, 2022
Christine Gabaly
This paper will argue that yoga is not just a mind-body practice, but a spiritual practice that is experienced through the body and the senses, including sight, sound and physical sensation. This is of importance because most of the emphasis within yoga scholarship is on the mind as the doorway to spiritual practice and not the sensory experience as the key to opening the door. We will look at...
The FASEB Journal
May 1, 2022
Dino Luethi, Deborah Rudin, Marius C. Hoener et al.
Background Various ring‐substituted phenethylamines and amphetamines are used recreationally due to their mind‐altering effects. Furthermore, such psychedelic substances have recently gained increased interest as prospective therapeutics. Here, we studied the pharmacological properties of 4‐alkylated 2,5‐dimethoxyamphetamines in vitro. Specifically, we assessed the effect of the 4‐alkyl chain...