Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development
2021
M. Gurubatham
The heart of creative thinking is the incubation stage, in which ideas freely move on a subconscious level going beyond the limits of the problem space to create new solutions. The incubation stage might be fostered through meditation practices that lead to transcending, such as the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique that cultures greater brain integration in which the brain functions...
Mindfulness
2021
Fang Guan, Yun Wu, Wei Ren et al.
The outbreak of contagious diseases and their associated non-pharmaceutical interventions can lead to negative mental health consequences. This study aimed to investigate online self-compassion exercises' effectiveness in alleviating people's negative affect (anxiety and negative emotions) during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Study 1 examined the associations between self-compassion and...
Epistemology & Philosophy of Science
2021
Sergei Yu. Shevchenko
The article deals with the problem of compatibility of the extended mind thesis with the concept of epistemic responsibility. This compatibility problem lies at the intersection of two current trends in Virtue Epistemology (VE): the study of extended cognition, and the return of VE to the topic of epistemic responsibility. I give objections to two seemingly independent positions; their...
2021
Stuart Alan Kauffman, Dean Radin
3 citations
preprint
If all aspects of the mind-brain relationship were adequately explained by classical physics, then there would be no need to propose alternative views. But faced with possibly unresolvable puzzles like qualia and free will, other approaches are required. We propose a non-substance dualism theory, following a suggestion by Heisenberg, whereby the world consists of both ontologically real...
2021
Alexander I. Muss
This article studies the concept of mind, problems of consciousness, and its solutions through opportunities and limitations of the continental and analytical philosophy in contemporary science and humanities. This research shows that, on the one hand, analytical and scientific perspective shows mind and consciousness as a methodological concrete process that could be divided into separate...
Journal of Sung-Yuan studies
2021
Joshua Capitanio
Reviewed by: Taming the Wild Horse: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Daoist Horse Taming Pictures by Louis Komjathy Joshua Capitanio Louis Komjathy. Taming the Wild Horse: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Daoist Horse Taming Pictures. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. Pp. 264. $75.00 (cloth). ISBN 978-0231181266. In Taming the Wild Horse: An Annotated Translation and...
Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology
2021
Can the imaginary brains described in Chapter 1 have only representations of perceived patterns, objects, and events? Can hierarchical structures of neurons also represent feelings, beliefs, emotions, and other higher mental states? Creating feelings requires giving emotional perceptions, memories, plans, beliefs, and intentions. How can this be achieved? How are perceived objects and events...
Journal of Science Humanities and Arts - JOSHA
2021
Robert M. Kaplan
In the sixties, RD "Ronnie" Laing was the most famous psychiatrist in the world. He became the leading figure of the British anti-psychiatry movement and a public celebrity. Laing saw existentialism as the explanation for the problem of psychosis, leading to alienation. He was the charismatic spokesman for an era that wanted to hear that psychiatry was the punitive arm of the state and that...
Frontiers Research Topics
2021
1 Research Institute for Neuroscience, Education and Didactics (RINED), Patrizio Paoletti Foundation for Development and Communication, Assisi, Italy, Department of Cognitive Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India, Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, India, Department of Criminology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, 5...
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2021
Ying Yao, Likun Ge, Qian Yu et al.
Deep involvement in the negative mood over long periods of time likely results in emotional disturbances/disorders and poor mental health. Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) is regarded as a typical mind-body practice combining aerobic exercise and meditation to prevent and treat negative mood. Although there are an increasing number of TCC studies examining anxiety, depression, and mental stress, the...