Higher consciousness

Dualism: Cartesian Substance Dualism Substance dualism is the thesis that there are substances of two fundamentally and irreducibly distinct kinds in this world, namely mind and bodies. Dualism of this form contrasts with monism which is defined as all thing in the world are substances of one kind either only mind or only body. According to the Cartesian substance dualism, minds are not identical with material things, minds could exist even if no material thing existed. Mind is thought to be…

Emergentism Proyash Sarkar Emergentism refers to a wide range of theories—right from dualism to physicalism. We shall see below that the basic contention of emergentism is neutral about the dualism/physicalism debate. Roughly speaking, emergentism about the mental is the claim that the mental is an emergent property of the physical. It arises out of the basal property, i.e. the physical, yet retains its independence, in the sense that it has its independent causal power. Thus the mental has its…

This is one of the most interesting projects that I have ever been assigned in schooling in general. I found this project to be quite refreshing, and I really enjoyed how it opened up a new prospective I never thought that I would gain. I had attempted to meditate prior to this assignment, but I never was able to really gain the level of thinking I needed. I felt frustrated time and time again, and ultimately gave up rather quickly. When this assignment came to light, I truly thought I was going…

Tourette’s syndrome. Drugs can also divide one’s mind through consciousness,…

a philosopher does not “concern himself with the so-called pleasures connected with” bodily pleasures (Phaedo, 64d). Thus, he concludes, through death a philosopher is freed from bodily temptations, which only serve to distract from thinking about higher truths, for “when [the soul] tries to investigate anything with the help of the body, it is obviously led astray” (Pha.,…

Chapter eight: Satisfy the Critical Mind The conscious mind enables humans to make decisions and direct behaviors. Feelings enable humans to become aware of their emotions. Consciousness lends a higher thought process, allowing humans to internally decide. Oddly, the same part of the brain that plans behaviors is linked to the emotion. Therefore, emotions and logic are interconnected. Rational decision requires emotional input and emotions can be reshaped by rational thinking. Humans can…

predictable” (Jeeves and Brown, 2009, 115). A trickle down affect from general processing of the brain/mind affects the individual neurons that comprise it, top-down causation. As a result, the brain modifies itself to accompany for the changes occurring at higher levels, a term referred to as brain plasticity (Jeeves and Brown,…

SIGMUND FREUD AND HIS INFLUENCE ON SOCIETY Introduction Sigmund Freud according to Kendra Cherry (2017) is an Australian neurologist and the patron of psychoanalysis which is a clinical method that treats psychopathology and is done through dialogue between the psychoanalyst and the patient. In psychoanalysis, he discovered transference and free association which is a therapeutic technique. Freud redefined sexuality to include the Oedipus complex in psychoanalytical theory. He analyzed dreams as…

Rene Descartes published his Meditations back in 1641, eight years after Galileo discovered that the Earth was not the center of the universe but, in fact, the sun was the center. This shook many people’s ideologies on what they knew on religion, their senses, and what it meant to gain knowledge. While Rene Descartes is very well known for his Cogito erg Sum ( I think therefore I am), he also came up with a theory of Substance Dualism. Substance Dualism is Rene Descartes way of explaining the…

story of Annie Grace, who recalls her life of addiction to alcohol. She recounts her steps to sobriety all within her own power, by changing her unconscious and conscious thoughts. “Anything unconscious dissolves when you shine the light of consciousness on it” – Echart Tolle (p. 26, para 2). Before Annie 's sobriety, she believed as many people do, that in order to become sober it would mean a life of misery and constant struggles. "If my choice is to live a life of misery in diseased…