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Zen philosophy of spiritual development: Insights about human development and spiritual diversity for social work education

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...

Making Worlds in a Waking Dream: Where Bion Intersects Friston on the Shaping and Breaking of Psychic Reality

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...

Nietzsche on conscious and unconscious thought

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...

The philosophy of artificial consciousness in the first season of TV series 'Westworld'

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...

DOI: 10.21847/1728-9343.2017.5(151).117438 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Artificial consciousness Artificial intelligence Science fiction Television +1

Seventy Years in Philosophy of Mind: An Overview, with Emphasis on the Issue of Mental Causation

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...

Statistical spin, linguistic obfuscation or how 14 per cent is turned into 50 per cent

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...

Mind, Consciousness, and Free Will

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...

تأثیر آموزش کاهش استرس مبتنیبر ذهنآگاهی بر سرزندگی تحصیلی، خودتنظیمی تحصیلی و ذهنآگاهی دانشآموزان دبیرستانی

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...

Psychometric properties of the Iranian version of mindful eating questionnaire in women who seeking weight reduction

Journal of Eating Disorders September 21, 2018 Zahra Abbaspoor, Nahid Javadifar, Mahsa Miryan et al. 23 citations

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to test the validity, reliability and factor structure of the original Mindful Eating Questionnaire (MEQ) for use in an Iranian population. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study conducted on 150 women who attended four athletic gyms and met the inclusion criteria in Ahvaz city in July of 2015. After linguistic validation of the Iranian version of...

Role of Simplified Kundalini Yoga (SKY) Practices on Academic Performance and Stress Management of School Students

SSRN Electronic Journal September 21, 2018 D Sugumar, V Ponnuswamy 1 citation preprint

In Indian Educational system, most the schools were adopting rote learning. This makes the student loose motivation and self confidence. Our current educational system is lack of practical knowledge. Hence it leads the children to face different level of stress in the class room environment. The Indian education system must be reinvented to bring about any change at the grass root level. We...