Philosophical Anthropology
2021
Alexander Gusev
The article deals with panpsychic conceptions in contemporary analytical philosophy of mind. According to some influential philosophers, panpsychism has theoretical resources for solving both the old riddle of R. Descartes about the causal relationship between the realms of the mental and the physical, and the hard problem of consciousness by D. Chalmers — "Why do some physical systems generate...
ProtoSociology
2021
David Henderson, Terry Horgan, Matjaž Potrč et al.
We argue that introspection reveals a ubiquitous aspect of conscious experience that hitherto has been largely unappreciated in philosophy of mind and in cognitive science: conscious appreciation of a large body of background information, and of the holistic relevance of this information to a cognitive task that is being consciously undertaken, without that information being represented by any...
IGI Global eBooks
2021
Aleksandar Stojanović, Ana Starčević
The quantum mind or quantum consciousness group of hypotheses propose that classical mechanics cannot explain consciousness. Quantum theory is used to insert models of cognition that target to be more innovative than models based on traditional classical probability theory, which includes cognitive modeling phenomena in science. At the moment we can say that there is no clearly defined...
Explore
2021
Kanupriya Sharma, Viraaj Pannu, Natasha Sayal et al.
To examine the molecular effects of mindful activities such as yoga and meditation DESIGN: This was an open label single arm exploratory yoga intervention study. 64 healthy individuals within the age of 18-60 years were recruited for this one month yoga intervention study. Common Yoga Protocol (CYP) is a standardized yoga protocol released by Ministry of AYUSH, India for International Yoga Day....
2021
Kelsey T. Laird, Felipe A Jain, Helen Lavretsky
Mind–body therapies that include meditation (e.g., mindfulness-based therapies, transcendental meditation, mantra meditation, and yoga) have demonstrated efficacy for enhancing mental health in a range of clinical and healthy populations. Of the forms of meditation, empirical research has most commonly focused on mindfulness-based approaches. Existing evidence suggests that, on average, both...
2021
John Rothfork
ABSTRACT Can Xue’s Chinese novel, Frontier, seems to have little coherence. It is often thought to offer a pastiche of dream images. However, an understanding of Zen Buddhism, provided by T. P. Kasulis’ Zen Action Zen Person, offers a vocabulary to explain how the characters in the novel seek answers to koans as they struggle to find meaning in their dreams, perceptions, and meditation. Liujin,...
EPH - International Journal of Humanities and Social Science
2021
Subrata Sharma
Norman Malcolm, a 20th-century philosopher, is particularly known for his contributions to epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language. One of his major concerns in epistemology, particularly in relation to self-awareness and consciousness, revolves around the nature of knowledge about oneself and the paradoxes that arise in understanding the limits and conditions of this...
Advancing Innovation and Sustainable Outcomes in International Graduate Education
2021
F. Travis
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...
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...