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2005
Chien-Hui Liou, Chang-Wei Hsieh, Chao-Hsien Hsieh et al.
Since different meditations may activate different regions in brain, we can use functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate it. Chinese original quiet sitting is mainly one kind of traditional Chinese meditation. It contains two different parts: a short period of keeping phrase and intake spiritual energy, and a long period of relaxation with no further action. In this paper,...
International Journal of Philosophical Practice
2005
Ben Mijuskovic
The article offers a brief set of definitions of metaphysical and epistemological principles underlying three distinct theories of consciousness and then relates these paradigms to a triad of contemporary therapeutic modalities. Accordingly, it connects materialism, empiricism, determinism and a passive interpretation of the “mind”=brain to medication interventions and behavioral and cognitive...
Journal of Near-Death Studies
2005
Peter Fenwick
Spirituality is increasingly acknowledged in medicine as a legitimate topic of instruction and focus of research. I highlight some findings of my own and others' retrospective research on near-death experiences (NDEs), review recent prospective research by myself and others, and describe veridical perception research I plan to undertake. After reviewing findings regarding approaching-death...
Psychopathology
2005
Benedetto Farina, Maurizio Ceccarelli, Massimo Di Giannantonio
The French psychiatrist Henri Ey developed his organo-dynamic theory of the mind function and consciousness 50 years ago incorporating Hughling Jackson's thinking, along with psychiatric and philosophical theorizations by Janet and Bergson. This model has not received the attention it deserved, but recent advances in neuroscience rekindled interest for Ey's theory. By overcoming the Cartesian...
Progress in Brain Research
2005
Christopher C. French
70 citations
Near-death experiences (NDEs) have become the focus of much interest in the last 30 years or so. Such experiences can occur both when individuals are objectively near to death and also when they simply believe themselves to be. The experience typically involves a number of different components including a feeling of peace and well-being, out-of-body experiences (OBEs), entering a region of...
Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks
2005
Stanley Krippner
2 citations
For several years, I have been interested in the Brazilian churches that use a particular mind-altering brew as a sacrament. This brew is referred to as "ayahuasca,""yage,""hoasca," etc., depending on the part of the country in which one encounters it. I am often invited to participate in evening ceremonies by the church elders, and one visit was especially memorable.
University of Toronto quarterly
December 1, 2004
John V. Walker
Reviewed by: In the Houses of the Holy: Led Zeppelin and the Power of Rock Music John V. Walker (bio) Susan Fast. In the Houses of the Holy: Led Zeppelin and the Power of Rock Music Oxford University Press 2001. vii, 248. $22.00 The prologue of Marcus Boon's The Road of Excess: A History of Writers on Drugs, aside from violating the unwritten law that the PhD candidate's tortuous attempt to...
Mind A Brief Introduction
November 1, 2004
John R Searle
Abstract The aim of this book is to introduce the reader to the philosophy of mind. I have three objectives. First, the reader should get an understanding of the most important contemporary issues and discussions in this field, and also get some understanding of their historical background. Second, I want to make clear what I think is the correct way to approach these problems, and I even hope...
Mind A Brief Introduction
November 1, 2004
John R Searle
Abstract We ended the last chapter with an apparent contradiction of the sort that is typical in philosophy. On the one hand we accept a view that seems overwhelmingly convincing—the universe is material—but that seems inconsistent with another view that we cannot give up—minds exist. This pattern occurs over and over in philosophy. We will see in chapter 7 that the free-will problem exhibits...
Mind and Emergence
October 28, 2004
Philip Clayton
Abstract It is not possible to engage in reflection on the relationship of mind and brain without considering the evolutionary history that produced brains in the first place. Or rather, it is certainly possible, since many have written treatises in the philosophy of mind without considering evolution. A dualist might well conclude that she is not required to consider evolution since, however...