Purpose and Procedure in Philosophy of Perception
June 10, 2021
Joshua Gert
Abstract Neopragmatism is an anti-metaphysical approach to philosophical problems. It addresses such problems by taking the focus off of metaphysics, and turning it onto language. That is, the neopragmatist seeks philosophically uncontentious explanations of the sort of talk that often gives rise to the sense that there is a deep philosophical puzzle to solve. In the domain of perception,...
Journal of Religion and Health
June 9, 2021
Barbara Stöckigt, Florian Jeserich, Harald Walach et al.
13 citations
The aim of this study is to explore experiences and perceived effects of the Rosary on issues around health and well-being, as well as on spirituality and religiosity. A qualitative study was conducted interviewing ten Roman Catholic German adults who regularly practiced the Rosary prayer. As a result of using a tangible prayer cord and from the rhythmic repetition of prayers, the participants...
PsyArXiv
June 8, 2021
Philip Davies
preprint
The purpose of this paper is to argue that (1) that the hard problem of consciousness is concerned with subjective experience; (2) subjective experience arises from the measure of absolute quantities directly by our senses; (3) objective experience, on the other hand, arises from the measure of relative quantities which are invariant to perception; (4) only relative quantities can be shared...
Experimental Neurology
June 4, 2021
Deborah Rudin, Matthias E. Liechti, Dino Luethi
48 citations
New psychoactive stimulants and psychedelics continue to play an important role on the illicit new psychoactive substance (NPS) market. Designer stimulants and psychedelics both affect monoaminergic systems, although by different mechanisms. Stimulant NPS primarily interact with monoamine transporters, either as inhibitors or as substrates. Psychedelic NPS most potently interact with...
Frontiers in Psychology
June 2, 2021
Due to their complexity and variability, placebo effects remain controversial. We suggest this is also due to a set of problematic assumptions (dualism, reductionism, individualism, passivity). We critically assess current explanations and empirical evidence and propose an alternative theoretical framework-the enactive approach to life and mind-based on recent developments in embodied cognitive...
Journal of Cell Science
June 1, 2021
Tom Seaver: Hey Yogi, what time is it?Yogi Berra: You mean now?Everyone knows this: If you drop something yummy, like a chocolate fudge brownie, on the floor, the nasty floor microbes gather around it, hovering, for precisely three seconds before storming in. This is why you can pick it up and eat it if less than three seconds have elapsed. How the microbes know to wait precisely three seconds...
Resonance
June 1, 2021
Cathy Thomas
Alexis Pauline Gumbs is a writer, poet, activist, and independent scholar whose experimental triptych (Spill, M Archive, Dub) offers both mundane and unearthly interventions for humanity’s struggles against histories of ecological extraction and Black feminist refusals. Sangodare is a multimedia artist, musician, and theologian drawing from Black feminist writings and African Diaspora wisdom....
Explorations in Media Ecology
June 1, 2021
Ian Angus
Communication may be understood through its manifest meaning or through the medium in which it is expressed. The latter approach begins from the material social relations and technologies that constitute the medium of communication. This approach has a certain similarity with affect theory understood as a pre-cognitive focus on bodies and technologies. An affective network sets up the manifest...
Wisdom Mind
June 1, 2021
C. Smart
In this session, a distinction is made between mindfulness (coming to the present moment) and awareness (what we find when we come to this moment). After a discussion of the prior week’s practices, you will then be introduced to a new practice, “Open Monitoring,” as a way to cultivate awareness and make space for our emotional reactivity. In this context, we will talk about the idea of “falling...
Neuroimage
June 1, 2021
Yi-Xuan Feng, Ren-Yuan Li, Wei Wei et al.
Volitional eye closure is observed only in conscious and awake humans, and is rare in animals. It is believed that eye closure can focus one's attention inward and facilitate activities such as meditation and mental imagery. Congenital blind individuals are also required to close their eyes for these activities. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (RS-fMRI) studies have found...