International Journal of Green Economics
2011
Peter Doran
1 citation
This article draws on recent Foucauldian scholarship and Michel Foucault’s writings on askēsis (from the Greek: ἄσκησις, áskēsis, ‘exercise’ or ‘training’) to explore the emerging role of contemporary mindfulness practices and associated teachings in advancing our understanding of consumerism and promoting sustainable consumption, as lifestyle change is forced up the international policy agenda...
Manusya Journal of Humanities
2011
Saipan Puriwanchana
1 citation
This article aims at studying the narratives of Phra Kechi Achan, (monks with mystical power) in central Thailand. Four monks’ life narratives, two from the Vipassana group and two from the Vidayagom group, are used as case studies. The study reveals that the narratives of all monks follow the structure of the Buddha’s life due to the Buddhist tradition of using the Buddha’s life as a paradigm...
Journal of North Carolina Academy of Science
2011
Roger A. Hegstrom, Gwen M J Adshead
Abstract Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an area of modern psychology that provides a successful method for preventing the recurrence of depression. The standard theory of MBCT may be interpreted in terms of a simple theoretical model that employs incompatible variables as its fundamental observable quantities. Although the MBCT theory is not related to or derived from quantum...
Explore
2011
Dean Radin, Cassandra Vieten, Leena Michel et al.
Advanced meditators occasionally report experiences of timelessness, or states of awareness that seem to transcend the usual boundaries of the subjective present. This type of experience was investigated in eight experienced meditators and eight matched controls by measuring 32 channels of EEG before, during, and after exposure to unpredictable light and sound stimuli. The experiment postulated...
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications
2011
Despite the great interest for externalist oriented models of the mind (enactivism, the extended mind, various forms of externalism, embodiment, embeddedness), most current artificial agents are designed as though the mind “is still in the head”. In other words, in the field of AI, the prevailing view still assumes that the relevant information is processed inside the system that provides the...
2011
Jennifer M. Johnston
3 citations
The goal of this study was to evaluate the impact of yoga on post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, resilience, and mindfulness in military personnel. Participants were 12 military members who met the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. The study assessed pre-post within-subject scores on PTSD, resilience and mindfulness measures. It also compared, through benchmarking, results obtained from...
Rutgers University Community Repository
2011
Karen L. Shanton
Many philosophical positions depend on claims about the mind. Though it‟s tempting to think that the claims that matter – at least from a philosophical perspective – are claims about the conscious mind, emerging evidence suggests that the unconscious plays a surprisingly significant role in our mental lives. Given the centrality of claims about the mind to philosophical positions, and the...
Frontiers in Psychology
2011
Domenico Parisi
37 citations
Embodied theories of mind tend to be theories of the cognitive half of the mind and to ignore its emotional half while a complete theory of the mind should account for both halves. Robots are a new way of expressing theories of the mind which are less ambiguous and more capable to generate specific and non-controversial predictions than verbally expressed theories. We outline a simple robotic...
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
2011
Evelyn Tribble, Nicholas Keene
Spatial environments constitute a key component of our cognitive ecologies, helping to configure the form of religious worship, directing the attention of worshipers and providing physical shape to the construction and transmission of religious forms. This chapter applies Extended Mind theory to aspects of early modern English religion within the context of the parish church in order to deepen...
Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks
2011
Evelyn Tribble, Nicholas Keene
2 citations
The philosopher Andy Clark has explored the relationship between cognition and environment through an extended meditation upon the predicament of the mole cricket. These creatures attract their mates through song, but their minute size renders them incapable of producing sounds loud enough to travel. However, they solve this problem environmentally: by creating underground burrows that greatly...