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| | Consciousness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The change in state of consciousness in Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity and Islam is reported to be quite similar. | | | In most types of Buddhism, serenity meditation is followed by a philosophical "insight meditation" that focuses on the idea that the universe is consciousness only, one that is perhaps indistinguishable from Monism. | | | It is also maintained by some religions and religious factions that the universe itself is consciousness. |
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| | Consciousness - Eric Lormand |
| | Rather, on a more natural view, the causal chain goes directly from the table to a perception of the table, and then (in cases in which the table-perception is introspectively conscious) to an inner perception of the perception of the table. | | | Dennett argues that inner perception of a ‘Cartesian Theater’ of consciousness would be too sharp to explain the vague conscious/unconscious distinction, and that inner perception is wasteful - ‘once a discrimination has been made once [in outer perception], it does not have to be made again’ (1991, p. | | | A nearer equivalent to ‘introspective consciousness’ is the Sanskrit term ‘manas,’ used widely in Hindu texts for a ‘mind-organ’ that functions like the external sense organs (Smart, 1964). |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Consciousness |
| | But the prospect of constructing a general philosophy of consciousness on idealistic lines that will harmonize with sundry theological doctrines which the Church has stamped with her authority, does not seem promising. | | | The peculiar reflective activity exhibited in all forms of self-consciousness has led modern psychologists who defend the spirituality of the soul, increasingly to insist on this operation of the human mind as a main argument against materialism. | | | This feature of our mental life has been adduced in evidence of the immateriality of the soul by former writers, but under the title of an argument from the unity of consciousness it has been stated in perhaps its most effective form by Lotze. |
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| | Center for Consciousness Center . Tucson . Arizona |
| | Paul is the author of numerous scientific articles and popular books including"The fifth miracle: The search for the origin and meaning of life", "Mind of God: The scientific basis for a rational world", "About time: Einstein’s unfinished revolution", and many others. | | | In the Meditation session, Antoine Lutz and John Dunne will discuss their findings (e.g. | | | Professor Hofstadter is now writing a book about consciousness and will speak to us about his new ideas. |
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| | Consciousness - Free Encyclopedia |
| | In the past the origin of consciousness was looked for in a soul separate of the body. | | | This might contrast to being asleep or being in a coma. | | | Suppose we answer "No." Then of course what we'd be saying is that there are some mental events that do not include an element of consciousness. |
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