Synthese
March 2, 2018
Philipp Berghofer
59 citations
The aim of this paper is to shed light on and develop what I call a phenomenological conception of experiential justification (PCEJ). According to this phenomenological conception, certain experiences gain their justificatory force from their distinctive phenomenology. Such an approach closely connects epistemology and philosophy of mind and has recently been proposed by several authors, most...
Journal of Educational Leadership in Action
March 1, 2018
Rachel Blair
1 citation
Flourishing is a modern term which, when used in the field of Positive Psychology, communicates positive growth both in oneself and in one’s interactions with the world. Flourishing is the goal of lifelong learning in terms of Positive Psychology. Though there are established models of flourishing, including Martin Seligman’s PERMA theory, none of these theories account for the role of the body...
March 1, 2018
Y. Shibolet
Contact Improvisation (CI) has grown into perhaps the most influential form of contemporary dance improvisation, yet is relatively seldom reflected upon in academic discourse. This article argues for a closer understanding of embodied and environmental aspects of consciousness and lived experience in the study of CI. Broaching the challenge of capturing such corporeal insight in the form of...
Military Medicine
March 1, 2018
Paul N Kizakevich, Randall Eckhoff, Janice Brown et al.
Post-traumatic stress and other problems often occur after combat, deployment, and other military operations. Because techniques such as mindfulness meditation show efficacy in improving mental health, our team developed a mobile application (app) for individuals in the armed forces with subclinical psychological problems as secondary prevention of more significant disease. Based on the...
Studies in Philosophy and Education
February 27, 2018
David Lewin
3 citations
This paper provides a review of Reconstructing ‘Education' through Mindful Attention: Positioning the Mind at the Center of Curriculum and Pedagogy by Oren Ergas. The review examines the central argument of the book, namely that present educational theory and practice avoids substantial self-inquiry, paying lip service to reflective practice but stopping short of any real encounter with the...
NeuroQuantology
February 20, 2018
Amrit Šorli, Steve Kaufman
5 citations
Consciousness research of the last few decades approaches consciousness using classical research methodology, namely, as if consciousness was an object similar to quantum fields or elementary particles. This approach is not able to grasp the subjective aspect of consciousness, namely, one has the ability to observe, to be conscious of how one’s mind is creating a scientific model of...
Amazônica - Revista de Antropologia
February 10, 2018
Maria Betânia Barbosa Albuquerque
1 citation
Trata o presente artigo de uma reflexão sobre as potencialidades educativas de determinadas plantas com destaque para aquela que é considerada a planta professora por excelência, a ayahausca, beberagem de origem indígena, também conhecida por uma diversidade de nomes, entre os quais: natema, yagé, nepe, kahi, caapi, nixi pae, shori, kamarampi, cipó, além de daime, vegetal e outros. Resultado de...
Философи, шашин судлал
February 9, 2018
Ишеков Н. С.
Key words: dhyāna, samādhi, the King of Concentration (Samādhirāja) Sūtra, the disturbing emotions (kleśa), single-pointed concentration, the meditative stages of Buddhist path, the nine mental states, Samatha meditation, “Calm abiding meditation, mindfulness on, resultant liberation (nirvāṇa); selflessness of phenomena,
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
February 7, 2018
Gabriel Axel Montes
6 citations
Virtual reality (VR) technology is currently seeing a surge of interest in industry, academia, and the public. Myriad developments are already underway, aiming to bring the technology directly to users\nin ways that offer access to rich virtual multisensory experiences. The immersivity that VR offers is enabled by the brain’s constraints on processing bodily self-consciousness (BSC), which...
Ai & Society
February 7, 2018
M. Wheeler
Some thinkers have claimed that expert performance with technology is characterized by a kind of disappearance of that technology from conscious experience, that is, by the transparency of the tools and equipment through which we sense and manipulate the world. This is a claim that may be traced to phenomenological philosophers such as Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty, but it has been influential in...