Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Consciousness and the Self
This book brings together ancient spiritual wisdom and modern science and philosophy to address age-old questions regarding our existence, free will and the nature of conscious awareness. Stuart Hameroff MD Professor, Anesthesiology and Psychology, and Director, Center for Consciousness Studies The...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Delhi
Springer India
2014, 2014
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2014 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Part I: Consciousness, Agency and the Self
- Chapter 2: Conscious Agency and the Preconscious/Unconscious Self
- Chapter 3: Finding the Self and Losing the Ego in the State of Pure Consciousness
- Chapter 4: Converging on the Self: Western Philosophy, Eastern Meditation, Scientific Research
- Chapter 5: The Self as Organiser
- Chapter 6: Reconceptualizing the Separative Self. Chapter 7: Consciousness, Memory and Dreams in Kashyapa Samhita. Chapter 8: Experientially Acquired Knowledge of the Self in a Nonhuman Primate
- Chapter 9: Executive Functions as a Path to Understanding Nonhuman Con-sciousness: Looking under the Light
- Chapter 10: Self, Identity and Culture
- Part II: Self and First-person Phenomenology
- Chapter 11: Consciousness and First Person Phenomenology: First steps towards an Experiential Phenomenological Writing and Reading (EWR)
- Chapter 12: Self and Neurophenomenology: Gift and Responsibility
- Chapter 13: The Inside-Outside Story of Consciousness: A Phenomenological Exploration
- Chapter 14: Self and Empathy
- Chapter 15: Adapted Self in the Context of Disability: An Ecological, Embodied Perspective
- Chapter 16: Self and Transformative Experiences: Three Indian Philosophers on Consciousness
- Part III: Boundaries of the Self and Origins of Consciousness
- Chapter 17: Soul, Neurons, Particles, or Mind-at-Large? Exploring the Boundaries of the Self
- Chapter 18: Is the Source of Awareness Present in the Quantum Vacuum?
- Chapter 19: Cosmological Considerations Relevant to the Origin of Consciousness
- Chapter 20: Reality and Consciousness: Is Quantum Biology the Future of Life Sciences?
- Chapter 21: Human Brain is a Coherent State of the Mind
- Chapter22: Consciousness, Functional Geometry and Internal Representation
- Chapter 23: Consciousness, Libertarian Free Will and Quantum Randomness