Neuroscientists agree on the value of locating the source of consciousness within the brain. Anaesthesiologists are no exception, and have their own operational definition of consciousness based on phenomenological observations during anaesthesia. The full functional correlates of consciousness are yet to be precisely identified, however rapidly evolving progress in this scientific domain has...
Os principais objetivos do presente artigo são: a) rememorar os precedentes e explicar os desdobramentos do conceito de psicodelia através da história da filosofia; b) apresentar as evidências que definem como psicodélico não apenas o efeito de substâncias transformadoras da mente, mas também um conjunto integrado de práticas místicas, um espectro amplo de estados conscienciais e um movimento...
Abstract Questions are currently being posed concerning the implications of the clinical uptake of psychedelics. While enthusiasm surrounds the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics and critique surrounds their appropriation to commercial ends, limited attention has been given to the role of psychedelics in generating social transformation. Herbert Marcuse contended radical change...
Nowadays, it is seen that individuals often do yoga as a way to improve their physical and psychological health with the pursuit of feeling good. In this study, it was aimed to examine the relationship of yoga transformation effect on depression, anxiety, stress and mindfulnes (Conscious Awareness) in individuals who practice yoga. A total of 236 subjects voluntarily participated in the study,...
The idea of applying the experience of cognitive analysis to visual works of art served as a prerequisite for studying the mental representations of hell and heaven on the basis of the most vivid cinematic images. Two films — “What Dreams May Come” (V. Ward, USA, 1998) and “Heavenly Judgement” (A. Zvantsova, Russia, 2011—2014) — were chosen as the research material. The center of scientific...
This research focuses on how the problem of the reflexive cogito returns in Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s ontology of the flesh. In the first place, the concepts “reflexive cogito” and “tacit cogito” are developed according to Phenomenology of Perception (1945). Subsequently, the article describes the conceptual transformation of these concepts into the ones of “perceptive faith” and “reflexive...
Immersive art is a new form of media art that relies on the theory of stream of consciousness, on the stimulation of various human senses, often using light to achieve a deep psychological and physiological immersion of the audience in a trance-like empathy with the art. From the point of view of technical means it can be divided into virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and...
Self-induced cognitive trance (SICT) is a voluntary non-ordinary state of consciousness characterized by a lucid yet narrowed awareness of the external surroundings. It involves a hyper-focused immersive experience of flow, expanded inner imagery, modified somatosensory processing, and an altered perception of self and time. SICT is gaining attention due to its potential clinical applications....
The second chapter starts with a discussion of René Descartes’ dualist legacy, followed by an overview of twentieth-century reactions to Cartesian dualism, such as behaviourism, identity theory, functionalism, fictionalism, and computationalism. This section then shifts to the more recent 4E approaches in the field of philosophy of mind, which view the mind as interlinked with body and world, a...
Purpose The purpose of this conceptual paper is to demonstrate how memes perpetuate trauma with a schematic. This conceptual paper uses the “begin with the end in mind” meme to format the presentation of the necessary components for the schematic of how trauma persists across generations. It is the third paper in a series of applications of the recursive, test-operate-test schematic to the...