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Synthese April 10, 2024 Amy Kind
AbstractWork in philosophy of mind often engages in descriptive phenomenology, i.e., in attempts to characterize the phenomenal character of our experience. Nagel’s famous discussion of what it’s like to be a bat demonstrates the difficulty of this enterprise (1974). But while Nagel located the difficulty in our absence of an objective vocabulary for describing experience, I argue that the...
Problemos April 10, 2024 Biplab Karak
With its strategic consideration of phenomenal consciousness illusorily seeming to us, illusionism claims to deny phenomenality and thereby obviate the hard problem of consciousness. The problem with illusionism, however, is that, although its thesis appears persuasively simple, it strikes as absurd insofar as the phenomenal illusions themselves also seem as much as phenomenality, keeping no...
PsyArXiv April 9, 2024 Valeria Becattini preprint
The practice of meditation consists in allocating attention on sensory stimuli. As it is commonly known, attention allocation tends to increase both the cortical and the phenomenal response to the target. Yet, in deep contemplative states practitioners often report to feel a complete dissolution of body boundaries, i.e. the state of banga (in Pali). This phenomenon creates a tension with...
Frontiers in Psychology April 8, 2024 Bruno Forti 3 citations
According to Loorits, if we want consciousness to be explained in terms of natural sciences, we should be able to analyze its seemingly non-structural aspects, like qualia, in structural terms. However, the studies conducted over the last three decades do not seem to be able to bridge the explanatory gap between physical phenomena and phenomenal experience. One possible way to bridge the...
Stance: an International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal April 6, 2024 Hieronymus Wold
In this paper I argue that meditation has a direct bearing upon philosophical discourse by enabling us to distance ourselves from the basic structure of subjectivity that often limits the scope of reason. Recent neurobiological hypotheses are discussed in conjunction with the method of hermeneutic phenomenology to argue that interpretations on the level of our neurobiology underly and construct...
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics April 5, 2024 Smita Panda, Prabir Chandra Padhy
The chapter digs into the confluence of digital and human consciousness, a frontier where neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and AI studies come together. The chapter demonstrates the varied nature of consciousness by exploring several perspectives, including subjective experience, cognitive processes, and ethical implications. Ethical quandaries regarding merging AI and human consciousness...
Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics April 5, 2024 V. Devaki
In an era marked by rapid AI evolution, this chapter explores the interplay between digital and human consciousness. It compares computational models of digital consciousness with historical philosophical perspectives, examining shared cognitive processes and ethical considerations. The study delves into the ethical implications of creating conscious digital entities and raises unresolved...
Neuron April 4, 2024
Anesthesia and the neurobiology of consciousness.
Philosophy and the Mind Sciences April 4, 2024 E. O. Lawson, Evan Thompson 9 citations
Research on the specific features of daydreaming compared with mind-wandering and night dreaming is a neglected topic in the philosophy of mind and the cognitive neuroscience of spontaneous thought. The extant research either conflates daydreaming with mind-wandering (whether understood as task-unrelated thought, unguided attention, or disunified thought), characterizes daydreaming as opposed...
Yoga Mimamsa April 3, 2024 Vipin Rathore
Stress has become a prevalent concern in modern society, necessitating effective strategies for management and alleviation. This article explores stress management techniques derived from the Yog Sutra of Patanjali, an ancient text offering insight into the human experience and practical guidance for attaining balance and inner peace. The study employs a literature review from PubMed, Science...