Studies on the electrophysiological and phenomenological aspects of dream experiences provide insight on consciousness during sleep. Whole night polysomnography (PSG) studies were conducted among 29 healthy young participants with high dream recall abilities. Dreams reports were collected during the second night by multiple awakening protocol. On the third night, participants were presented...
The philosophies of Edmund Husserl and the mystical insights of Ibn 'Arabi are the main subjects of this essay, which examines the idea of the self from the twin views of Islamic Sufism and Western phenomenology. Phenomenology emphasizes the self as the pure consciousness that constitutes the world through intentionality, while Sufism views the self (nafs) as something to be purified on the...
In this article I have dealt with the salient features of the Mind and the Body, the Mind-Body Relationship; Dualism and Interactionism , the Relationship between the Mind and the Machine through the lens of Functionalism, Computational Functionalism and Mind and lastly the chapter will be emphasized on the conceptual orientations, argumentations with regard to determining the gap of Research...
When we say that a theory is able to account for our subjective experience, we simply mean that if this theory were true—e.g., if our brain were as this theory stipulates—then our subjective experience would be indeed as we experience it. A scientist would formulate this idea using the notions of observation and prediction: A theory is able to account for our subjective experience if and only...
Preprints.orgJune 20, 2025Lida‐alkisti Xenaki, Nikos C. Stefanis
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Psychosis constitutes a profound alteration in the individual's relationship with the self and the world, expressed through symptoms signalized by loss of reality testing. Mainstream psychiatric approaches often rely heavily on descriptive psychopathology, which may overlook the multifaceted subjective experiences of affected individuals. This paper outlines an integrative framework to enhance...
Recent studies intensively explore psilocybin's antidepressant potential, but variables like previous experience, repeated use, setting, and sex remain underexplored. This study examines acute and long-term effects of psilocybin in healthy individuals. A double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over study included 40 healthy participants (20 females, mean age 38). Each received two doses of...
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, attentional shifts, and defabrication, as well as minimal phenomenal experiences and...
In his book, A Phenomenological Approach to Quantum Mechanics: Cutting the Chain of Correlations, Steven French argues that quantum mechanics, understood through the phenomenological lens of London and Bauer, turns physics into a "genuine science", and thus completes the project Edmund Husserl had started in his last major publication, The Crisis of European Sciences. What makes quantum...
Abstract This chapter reviews the history of psycho-physical parallelism with a concentration on the context and unfolding of Freud’s 1895–1896 Project for a Scientific Psychology and later on genetic phenomenology. Contextualization includes Herbart’s “reduction” of acts of consciousness to dynamic, mathematizable units; Mach’s bodies approached in their worlds; and Brentano’s approach to time...
This article aims to provide a comparative analysis between Husserl’s phenomenology and the Pāli Abhidhamma. To conduct this analysis, I will mainly draw on some books of the Abhidhamma and three works by Husserl. What emerges from this study are interesting convergences between the two systems of thought, which allow us to consider, in some respects, a true Buddhist phenomenology codified in...