bioRxivMarch 24, 2025Kenneth Shinozuka, Mattia Rosso, Clayton R. Coleman et al.3 citations
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Abstract Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and other psychedelic substances profoundly alter human consciousness. While several studies have demonstrated changes in brain function and connectivity associated with psychedelics, we still have a limited understanding of how LSD reshapes brain networks operating across different frequency bands. In this study, we applied the recently developed...
This research examines the intersection of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological philosophy with artificial intelligence (AI) to reframe the concept of perception in the modern age. Merleau-Ponty critiques traditional Cartesian dualism, which separates mind and body, asserting that perception is not an isolated mental process but an existential act rooted in the "lived body." His seminal...
This study delves into how the Bhagavad Gita serves as a guiding framework for sustainable leadership and organizational sustainability through self-transcendence. It emphasizes key concepts in the Gita that involves rising above ego-driven desires and personal ambitions to embrace a higher purpose. The study highlights how the core teachings of the Gita, including nishkama karma (selfless...
The aim of this research is to determine the influence of the poetics of dreams and nightmares on the nature of the fantastic in the works of H. P. Lovecraft. The article raises the question of the place of dreams, nightmares, and altered (liminal) states of consciousness in "genre-conditioned" fantastic literature, and on the features of their depiction directly in "Lovecraftian horrors." The...
Saul Kripke’s still largely unpublished views on functionalism in the philosophy of mind are expounded on the basis of a transcript of a 1984 lecture of his on the topic, and some unresolved questions identified.
Whether one person's subjective experience of the "redness" of red is equivalent to another's is a fundamental question in consciousness studies. Intersubjective comparison of the relational structures of sensory experiences, termed "qualia structures", can constrain the question. We propose an unsupervised alignment method, based on optimal transport, to find the optimal mapping between the...
How should we characterize the nature of conscious occurrent thought? In the last few years, a rather unexplored topic has appeared in philosophy of mind: cognitive phenomenology or the phenomenal character of cognitive mental episodes. In this paper I firstly present the motivation for cognitive phenomenology views through phenomenal contrast cases, taken as a challenge for their opponents....
ABSTRACT Islamic rulings on intoxicants prohibit psychoactive compounds which : veil the faculties of the mind (khamr), intoxicate (Sakr), do harm and cause enmity between people (Quran 5:91). Psychedelic drugs, recognised by some as not being within this category of intoxicants [Ibn Taymiyyah on Henbane alFataawa al-Kubra, 3/423], are still deemed intoxicants by both the Muslim world and...
This paper presents a new hypothesis: Time is not an independent physical phenomenon but merely a tool used by consciousness to measure change. By re-examining relativity, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics, and consciousness studies, this paper argues that humanity has long confused time with the speed of light, leading to a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of time in science. Through...
This paper proposes the "4D Consciousness Hypothesis," suggesting that time is not a unidirectional linear flow but rather a Time Field influenced by both gravity and consciousness, within which multiple timelines coexist and intersect. While traditional physics acknowledges that time can be altered by gravity through special and general relativity, it does not adequately explain phenomena such...