Abstract The hard problem of consciousness has historically been a major driver of discussions pertaining to emergence. As the only forms of emergence on offer in these discussions were strong and weak emergence, very little progress was made. Herein a new type of emergence is offered to move forwards. Contextual emergence (CE) holds that the world is structured as follows: properties and...
The Hard Problem of consciousness asks why physical processes give rise to subjective experience rather than proceeding without phenomenal character. In simpler terms, it asks why it feels like something to perceive, hurt, or want. The question rests on the assumption that the same functional processes could occur in the absence of experience. This paper rejects that assumption. The account is...
Perspective is standardly treated as either a phenomenological concept — something it is like to have — or as a representational concept — a viewpoint from which the world is modeled. This paper argues for a third position: perspective is a structural-operational concept. A system has perspective not by virtue of representing the world but by virtue of organizing its processing recursively...
In this paper, I explore the young Foucault's engagement with phenomenology in his master's thesis, The Constitution of a Historical Transcendental in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. I begin by outlining the context of this early work (Section 1), followed by a brief summary of the thesis and its overall argumentative structure (Section 2). In Section 3, I analyze Foucault's critique of Kant,...
Abstract This empirical study questioned the experience of intuition among private company owner-executives from a phenomenologically informed perspective. The study included three participants from Brazilian organizations operating in the service provision (technology and education) and agribusiness (rice farming) sectors, who shared their experiences through written reports and interviews....
This article examines how digital technologies are fundamentally transforming the nature of religious experience, creating new modes of encounteringthe sacred that challenge traditional phenomenological and theological frameworks. Moving beyond debates about authenticity or mediation, weargue that algorithmic environments actively reshape the very conditions of spiritual engagement, generating...
In the past three decades, psychiatric research has increasingly focused on the early subthreshold stages of psychosis, with the aim of improving the early identification and treatment of individuals at increased risk of psychotic disorder. Yet, despite considerable research effort, current early psychosis research faces several limitations. In this Personal View, we consider how integrating...
Computational phenomenology has emerged as a powerful framework for investigating advanced meditation states and stages, and meditative development and endpoints. Various models have been proposed to mechanistically explain the diverse experiences associated with these practices, including enhanced well-being, shifts in attentional control, the loosening or 'defabrication' of perceptual...
Since its introduction in 1972 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness Based Interventions (MBIs) have progressively become part of medical and mental health protocols, and many levels of society. Barker [1] points out that MBIs have become a popular and paradigmatic alternative healing practice and one of the frequently used tools from the toolbox of contemporary Mind-Body or Integrative medicine. Two...
PsyArXivFebruary 18, 2026Emma Černis, Milan Antonović, Katie Lofthouse et al.
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ObjectiveResearch indicates higher prevalence of dissociative experiences in adolescents than in adults. However, the exact phenomenology and underlying mechanisms of dissociation in adolescence have yet to be clarified. The current study explores the presentation of, and possible psychological factors underlying, dissociation in this population.MethodTwo online self-report surveys captured...