The Open Information Science Journal
February 8, 2011
Rousseau David
4 citations
In this paper I identify a link between the problem of explaining anomalous access to information ('psi' or 'psychic ability') and the problem of giving an account of the nature of consciousness ('the mind-body problem'). I argue that progress with understanding psi requires selecting a suitable ontological model for dealing with the mind-body problem. I review alternatives and argue, on...
Oxford University Press eBooks
February 2, 2011
Nevill Drury
Abstract This chapter profiles three notable twentieth-century occultists—Dion Fortune, Austin Osman Spare, and Rosaleen Norton. All three can be regarded as key bridging figures linking earlier generations of magical practitioners with the contemporary neopagan movement. Dion Fortune (1890–1946) studied psychoanalysis at the University of London. Through her friend Maiya Curtis-Webb, Violet...
Oxford University Press eBooks
February 1, 2011
Kevin Kimble, Timothy O'Connor
8 citations
The argument from consciousness maintains that correlations between brain states and conscious states of persons require explanation but cannot be given an adequate scientific explanation. The chapter then argues that the best explanation of these correlations is that they are the result of the work of a purposeful supernatural agent. The aim is two-fold. First, the chapter considers and rebuts...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
February 1, 2011
Beverly Rubik
This study had two aims: (1) to explore the inner experiences associated with increased production of gamma brainwaves in an initial neurofeedback experience; and (2) to measure and compare neurofeedback-enhanced increased output from the prefrontal cortical region of meditators and non-meditators, using the Peak Brain Happiness Trainer(™) neurofeedback system. This was a controlled pilot...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
January 31, 2011
Helané Wahbeh, Heather Zwickey, Barry Oken
31 citations
OBJECTIVES: Home practice is frequently prescribed as part of mind-body medicine interventions, although rarely objectively measured. This brief methods report describes one method for objectively measuring home practice adherence using a custom monitoring software program. DESIGN: Methods for objectively measuring adherence were developed as part of a randomized controlled trial on the...
Frontiers of Philosophy in China
January 25, 2011
Simone De la Tour, Kevin De la Tour
This article will investigate the issue of accessingbenxin本心 (original mind), subsequent operation from Self and, in that process, union with the “greater universe” orbenti本体 (original substance)—a state expressed in the West as “cosmic consciousness.” It is proposed that this allows one to participate as a partner in the creative process of one’s own life and the surrounding world. The equally...
IGI Global eBooks
January 18, 2011
David Casacuberta, Saray Ayala, Jordi Vallverdu
7 citations
After several decades of success in different areas and numerous effective applications, algorithmic Artificial Intelligence has revealed its limitations. If in our quest for artificial intelligence we want to understand natural forms of intelligence, we need to shift/move from platform-free algorithms to embodied and embedded agents. Under the embodied perspective, intelligence is not so much...
Oxford University Press eBooks
January 6, 2011
Robin Le Poidevin
35 citations
One of the many mysteries surrounding the Christian doctrine of incarnation is the so—called ‘scandal of particularity’: if becoming incarnate was necessary for God to enter into the closest possible union with us, why was the incarnation a unique event, not replicated elsewhere? Brian Hebblethwaite has suggested that the grounds for the uniqueness of the incarnation are metaphysical: God the...
Cambridge University Press eBooks
January 6, 2011
Wesley J Wildman
INTRODUCTION Time and Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness, and Culture was recently launched with great fanfare, thanks to a controversial article in its very first issue. Benny Shanon, a Professor of Psychology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, published a speculative hypothesis about “biblical entheogens” (Shanon 2008). This hypothesis involves Moses ingesting mind-altering...
Oxford University Press eBooks
January 6, 2011
Anna Marmodoro
10 citations
The human mind often relies on external mechanisms for carrying out its cognitive processes, for example by using a calculator. Vehicle externalism and in particular the Extended Mind theory (Clark and Chalmers 1998) explore whether such external mechanisms, under specified conditions, are more than mere instruments for the mind; the claim is that they are parts of the mind and thus extend it...