TAJDID: Jurnal Ilmu Ushuluddin
December 31, 2023
Kholid Al Walid, Bil Hamdi
This research aims to analyze the perspective of Spiritual Atheism. Philosophically, Spiritual Atheism is grounded in the epistemological framework of empiricism-saintism and the ontological framework of materialism. Its view on spirituality is based on the theory of mind-brain identity and atheistic mystical experiences. The thought framework and arguments of Spiritual Atheism are assessed to...
SCT Proceedings in Interdisciplinary Insights and Innovations
December 31, 2023
Juan Carlos Ávila García
In the immense realm of the human mind, there is a border territory between light and darkness, we will find that consciousness transforms and expands beyond the limits of the everyday. This very little explored territory is inhabited by altered states of consciousness, a phenomenon that has generated all kinds of intrigue for philosophers, scientists and spiritual seekers throughout history...
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China
December 31, 2023
Xianjun Xu
The unconscious is a central concept in psychoanalysis, and alaya-consciousness is a central concept in Buddhism. Although the unconscious is not a dominate concept in Western philosophy and psychology, there is a great deal of correspondence between the unconscious in psychoanalysis and alaya-consciousness in Buddhism. Psychoanalysis and Buddhism agree that the conscious is only a small part...
AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research
December 31, 2023
Yvonne Eadon
Entering “best online yoga classes,” into Google Search returns lists from fitness websites like VeryWell Fit, Yogi Times, Prevention, Self, and Shape—most of these sites will include Gaia.com, a subscription-based streaming video platform, in their recommendation lists, labeling it variously as “best for the whole family,” “best intermediate/advanced,” and, most notably, “best for delving into...
Research Review Journal of Social Science
December 31, 2023
Sandip Kumar Pati
This essay explores the Advaita Vedānta's concept of Māyā as cosmic ignorance and its connection to avidyā, emphasizing how these concepts explain reality, perception, and emancipation. It contends that Māyā is a sophisticated philosophical theory that explains the appearance of plurality in a fundamentally non-dual world rather than just an illusion. Avidyā functions at the individual level as...
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
December 31, 2023
David Fabregat-Safont, Alex Gomez-Gomez, Francisco Madrid-Gambin et al.
Psychedelics are classical hallucinogen drugs that induce a marked altered state of consciousness. In recent years, there has been renewed attention to the possible use of classical psychedelics for the treatment of certain mental health disorders. However, further investigation to better understand their biological effects in humans, their mechanism of action, and their metabolism in humans is...
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie
December 31, 2023
Francisco Madrid-Gambin, David Fabregat-Safont, Alex Gomez-Gomez et al.
12 citations
Psychedelics are classical hallucinogen drugs that induce a marked altered state of consciousness. In recent years, there has been renewed attention to the possible use of classical psychedelics for the treatment of certain mental health disorders. However, further investigation to better understand their biological effects in humans, their mechanism of action, and their metabolism in humans is...
Neurology and Neuroscience
December 30, 2023
Louis N Irwin
Notwithstanding the power of the cell assembly concept, which holds that specific patterns of neuronal activity constitute the substrate of perceptual awareness that rises into consciousness, a explanatory gap remains between the phenomenological experience of consciousness and the brain processes from which that experience arises. A number of compelling and insightful theories have been...
Futurity Philosophy
December 30, 2023
Svitlana Namestiuk
With the progression of technology, scientists are dealing with the challenges brought about by the creation of smart AI models designed for actual use. This paper aimed to explore the complex boundary between consciousness and self-awareness in artificial intelligence (AI) systems from a philosophical perspective. Methods - The literature review conducted as part of this study was based on...
December 30, 2023
Stefano Poletti, Prisca R. Bauer, Antoine Lutz
preprint
Objective: Worldviews (WVs) are the set of beliefs that underlie the way we conceive of reality and selfhood. Buddhist meditation allegedly leads to long-lasting changes in WVs and trait-like neurophysiological and behavioral differences between novice and expert meditators support this possibility. Yet, this claim has not yet been fully tested and there is still no qualitative evidence. The...