Studies in Digital Heritage
September 28, 2018
Perla Gianni Falvo, Giovanni Valeri Manera, Joel Zoss
2 citations
Daniel Goleman, best known for his worldwide bestseller “Emotional Intelligence,” is most recently co-author of “Altered Traits: Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain and Body.” A meditator since his college days, Goleman has spent two years in India, first as a Harvard Predoctoral Traveling Fellow and then again on a Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Dr. Goleman’s first book, “The...
Ratio
September 28, 2018
Amber D. Carpenter
4 citations
Abstract Buddhist ethics generally favour attention over action, and mental cultivation as the means of ethical transformation. Buddhaghosa’s treatment ofsamādhi– meditation – in thePath of Purification(Visuddhimagga) exemplifies this view that practices of attention are morally transforming. His detailed discussion of which forms of attentional exercises are transformative to whom reveal that...
Journal of Religion & Spirituality in Social Work Social Thought
September 27, 2018
Edward R. Canda, Sachiko Gomi
8 citations
This article explores Zen Buddhist philosophy of spiritual development by examining one of the most common representations within the Zen Buddhist religious tradition, the Ten Ox Herding Pictures, which illustrate both religiously and culturally specific ideas and cross-culturally common themes. Interpretations from the standpoints of Zen philosophy, Jungian and transpersonal theories, and...
Frontiers in Psychology
September 27, 2018
Matthew John Mellor
17 citations
With the publication of Wilfred Bion's text 'Learning from Experience,' psychoanalysis was afforded a new schema for understanding the processes and implications involved in an infant's contact with their caregivers. As a result, our conception of some of the most fundamental phenomena of psychic life was significantly enriched. By proposing his theory of alpha-functioning, Bion mapped out how...
Inquiry
September 27, 2018
C. Fowles
ABSTRACT While much recent attention has been directed towards Nietzsche’s reflections on the mind, and on consciousness in particular, his often-suggestive comments about thinking have thus far avoided comparable scrutiny. Starting from Nietzsche’s claims that we ‘think constantly, but [do] not know it’, and that only our conscious thinking ‘takes place in words,’ I draw out the distinct...
Cхід
September 27, 2018
Konstantin Rayhert
The study analyzes the philosophy of artificial consciousness presented in the first season of TV series 'Westworld' and as a result of the analysis shows the collision of two opposite philosophical views on consciousness and the possibility of creation of artificial consciousness from the standpoint of two characters of TV series - Arnold Weber and Robert Ford. Arnold Weber proceeds from two...
Frontiers of Philosophy in China
September 25, 2018
Terence E. Horgan
This paper is an opinionated overview of major developments in philosophy of mind during the past seventy years, with emphasis on the issue of mental causation. Its most prominent positions all embrace a broadly “naturalistic” or “materialistic” conception of human beings, and of mentalityand its place in nature. Included in this paper are discussions of analytical behaviorism, the...
September 25, 2018
Farhad Dalal
The participants were divided into two groups. One group, 71 people, received Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) as well as Treatment-As-Usual (TAU), and the other group, 66 people, received only TAU (sixth corruption). At the end of the 60 weeks, they found that out of the 71 people in the MBCT group, 31 had relapsed (44 per cent); and out of 66 in the TAU group, 38 people relapsed (58...
Frontiers of Philosophy in China
September 25, 2018
Paul Thagard
4 citations
This commentary discusses how philosophy and science can collaborate to understand the human mind, considering dialogues involving three philosophers and three cognitive scientists. Their topics include the relation of philosophy and science, the nature of mind, the problem of consciousness, and the existence of free will. I argue that philosophy is more general and normative than science, but...
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
September 23, 2018
Павел Сержантов, افسانه توحیدی, سید محمدحسین موسوینسب
1 citation
The aim of the present research was to explore the effectiveness of the mindfulness – based – stress reduction (MBSR) training on academic buoyancy and academic self-regulation of students at risk of addiction. The research method was experimental of the pretest-posttest design with experimental and control groups. The statistical population was all high school girl students in the city of...