Accounts of consciousness routinely borrow vocabulary from physics — field, phase, coherence, superposition — and the borrowing carries an unpaid debt: a term imported from a discipline arrives with that discipline's warrant attached. This essay defends a compositional practice I call the seam, the requirement that a work mark, in its sentences, whether a given claim is formal, empirical, or...
The nature of the psychedelic experience, and the distinctive phenomenological features it generates, leaves it susceptible to an unresolved epistemological tension between first-person phenomenological reports and claims about the fundamental nature of consciousness and reality. This tension is examined through the concept of ontological tourism: the practice of treating phenomenological data...
Frontiers in PsychologyJuly 28, 2026Hercules Morais, Débora Regina de Aguiar, Matheus Hissa Lourenço Ferreira et al.
BackgroundMindfulness-based artistic–contemplative interventions, including auditory “sound pills,” have increasingly been investigated using neurophysiological measures such as electroencephalography (EEG) to promote psychological well-being and attentional regulation. However, the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying these interventions remain poorly understood.MethodsThis pilot,...
This article examines how relational environments shape the structure of consciousness in contexts that require the temporary suspension of cognitive control. Through the case of birthing consciousness, conceptualized as an adaptive altered state that may emerge during physiological labor, the article argues that certain forms of consciousness are constitutively relational. While dominant...
Abstract: Contemporary debates between physicalism and idealism often generate more heat than light—critics charge idealism with denying science while defenders of physicalism insist emergence handles everything. This essay argues that the core disagreement is not about mechanisms, complexity, or scientific legitimacy, but about something more fundamental: where explanation is allowed to stop....
The article presents an analysis of the work of an American researcher, a specialist in the field of philosophy of science and technology, as well as the phenomenology of perception, Don Ihde, "Listening and Voice: Phenomenology of Sound", which was first published in 1976, and its second edition was published in 2007. expanded edition. In many ways, this book became the starting point for...
Abstract This paper aims to contribute to the growing interest in the role of imagination in Merleau-Ponty’s thought by exploring how the phenomenon of mental imagery would be characterised under Merleau-Ponty’s framework, and questioning whether or not his conception of mental imagery is of relevance to contemporary research and debates on the topic. To frame the investigation, I will...
Contemporary neuroscience and the philosophy of mind have long operated under the implicit assumption that subjective experience—qualia—is generated exclusively by the brain. Despite remarkable progress in identifying the neural correlates of consciousness, this assumption has failed to explain why objective physical processes give rise to subjective, felt experience. We demonstrate that...
The article examines the Buddhist philosophy of consciousness through a comparative analysis with key trends in Western thought: Husserl’s phenomenology, analytical philosophy, and modern cognitive neuroscience. The work focuses on a comprehensive comparative analysis of the reception, transformation, and structural similarities between Buddhist philosophy and the Western intellectual...
Evidence suggests that transcendent end-of-life experiences (ELEs) are common and impact the dying; however, there is a shortage of longitudinal studies. To evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of ELEs in terminally ill patients. This multicenter longitudinal mixed‑methods study collected demographic, clinical, and ELE‑related data-including prevalence, content, and comfort/distress...