Class consciousness

The theme behind both the Tetris scenario and Otto’s notebook is what Clark called the Parity Principle (PP): “If, as we confront some task, a part of the world functions as a process which, were it to go on in the head, we would have no hesitation in accepting as part of the cognitive process, then that part of the world is (for that time) part of the cognitive process.”(Clark, 2005) The Parity Principle infer to a ‘location’ based cognition, where it rejects the assumption that the location of…

Jessica, a young girl that has been unconscious since the day she was born, was given a cure so she could finally gain consciousness. After 10 years, Jessica would finally be aware of her surroundings for the first time. In this given scenario, we question what John Locke would say about Jessica after she is conscious. In addition, we will compare and contrast Locke’s theory of knowledge from Rene Descartes’ with respect to Jessica’s knowledge. If Jessica was to become suddenly conscious and…

What is a profound experience? Profound also is known as pro-fundas or “favorable base of origin” when translated from Latin. experience has the Latin stem of experiēns meaning past principle. So in my experience the most noticeable past principle I learned from my base if origin was to cherish what you have. but whats better the conclusion or the story? the story i have to tell is in the mid spring of 2011. Our spring started with a delightfull trip too new orleans where we ate baguets, saw…

Introduction Philosophical theories of personal identity consider the extent to which a person is considered the same in mind and body throughout the duration of their life. This is commonly characterised through a “sense of attachment or ownership” to oneself physically or mentally (Olsen, 2015). Bodily continuity is an idea which emerges from this, that one person has the same physical body for their lifespan. Various critiques of bodily continuity have been formed to oppose such abstract…

Everyone has this small voice that is in the back of their mind. This small voice is called your subconscious, which is very powerful. It's a voice that is so powerful that it makes people believe things and do things that they think are real and it is actually just all made up. Just like Payton Farquhar's subconscious in the short story, “ An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” by Ambrose Bierce. Payton Farquhar lets his subconscious take him on a journey throughout his last few minutes as he is…

In one of the opening lines of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" he says "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind" (Emerson). The universal theme and the meaning of this maxim is that one must fortify their own mind and be self reliant, not letting anyone take control or emerge outer thoughts into your own. In order to be self-reliant, one must listen to their own inner thoughts, not letting yourself be lulled into societies' customs by letting others think for you or…

He elucidated that the notion of identity of living things and identity of a physical body cannot be used to render personal identity. He explained the continuity of personal identity through time by three factors: memory, Self-awareness and consciousness. I support the view that personal identity over time consists in psychological continuity. In terms of memory, Locke believes that it is the memory of a person that defines your personal identity. There has to be a line through time that traces…

unconscious or conscious decision. The heroes that were interviewed emphasized that their reactions were more like instincts. One stated, “It was just a gut instinct. It wasn’t really a conscious decision” (Yoeli & Rand). When looking at the levels of consciousness, the conscious level consists of thoughts that people are aware of, whereas the unconscious…

psychology of today’ (Wundt 1987) was the opinion of Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920). Dubbed, ‘the father of experimental psychology’, for Wundt psychology is ‘concerned with man as a willing and thinking subject’ with the goal of ‘explaining human consciousness’ (Leahey). ‘While holding…

The true capability of the mind and human consciousness is not yet known, the potential ability for cognitive thought and its power over daily lives is astounding. Though over time, a process known as mindfulness has sought to greater expand humans ability to find peace and awareness within the present. Defined as “the practice of maintaining a nonjudgmental state of heightened or complete awareness of one 's thoughts, emotions, or experiences on a moment-to-moment basis” mindfulness is the…