Music Perception
March 1, 2002
Vijay Iyer
The dual theories of embodied mind and situated cognition, in which physical/temporal embodiment and physical/social/cultural environment contribute crucially to the structure of mind, are brought to bear on issues in music perception. It is argued that cognitive universals grounded in human bodily experience are tempered by the cultural specificity that constructs the role of the body in...
Anthropology of Consciousness
March 1, 2002
C. Jason Throop
40 citations
This paper explores Dilthey's "descriptive psychology "and its significance for the anthropology of consciousness. To do justice to the complexities of Dilthey's project a significant portion of the paper is devoted to an exposition of the basic tenets of his"descriptive psychology." Most notably, his views on"experience,""aconsciousness,""introspection,"and"objectified mind"are discussed...
What Am I?
February 21, 2002
Joseph Almog
Abstract: This chapter takes up the task of examining the three essential Cartesian elements of the human mind, the human body, and the human being. It poses the problem of integration: how does Descartes integrate mind and body into a single human being whose mind and body they are? Opposing approaches to the question of dualism are distinguished: classical separatist dualism and integrative...
February 21, 2002
Joseph Almog
Abstract: This book articulates and defends Descartes's dual key project: the separation of human mind and body as distinct substances and their integration into a single human being. The central challenge faced by Descartes's dualism is the prove too much/prove too little dilemma: too keen a separation of mind and body gets in the way of reuniting them into a full bloodied real human subject,...
Oxford University Press eBooks
January 17, 2002
Zara Houshmand, Anne Harrington, Clifford D Saron et al.
9 citations
This chapter sees into the mountain slopes of the Himalayas, where Tibetan monks who have spent many years in training and learning Buddhist philosophy and psychology, live in a retreat far from the secular world. These well educated monks have taken the brave step of joining forces with scientists to help with the understanding of how hours of meditation can have a substantial effect on...
Swinburne figshare
2002
Arran Gare
10 citations
While some process philosophers have denigrated the emergent theory of mind, what they have denigrated have been ‘materialist’ theories of emergence. My contention is that one of the most important reasons for embracing process philosophy is that it is required to make intelligible the emergence of consciousness. There is evidence that this was a central concern of Whitehead. However, Whitehead...
MacSphere
2002
CLayton S. Chrusch
I use Northrop Frye's theory of symbols (from Anatomy of Criticism) as a methodological guide for my literary analysis of Thich Nhat Hanh's Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha. I also offer a significant interpretation of Frye's theory of symbols and its five phases of poetic language. Finally I compare the conceptions of freedom that Frye offers with conceptions of...
2002
William W. Demastes
Staging Consciousness argues that theater is a living invalidation of the Western dualism of mind and body, activating human consciousness through its embodiment of thought in performance. While consciousness theory has begun to find ways to bridge dualist gaps, Staging Consciousness suggests that theater has anticipated these advances, given the ways in which the physical theater promotes...
International Journal of Yoga Therapy
2002
Barbara Newborn
Life-threatening illness throws many survivors into chaos, dramatically altering and affecting their lives. They are physically and mentally forced out of their daily living routine to figure out other ways of doing things. Everything around them is falling apart. They feel cut off—physically and mentally isolated—without having any sense of belonging. The situation, however, does not have to...
International Journal of Transpersonal Studies
2002
S. I. Shapiro, Grace W. Lee, Philippe L. Gross
20 citations
The authors compiled 80 chronologically ordered passages from the contemporary psychology literature that address the essence of transpersonal psychology.A thematic analysis of these passages revealed that the two most frequent categories, occurring 53 (66.2%) and 49 (61.2%) times respectively, were: (a) Going beyond or transcending the individual, ego, self, the personal, personality, or...