
Perspectives on Consciousness
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- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1
- The Neurobiological Approach to Conscious Subjective Experience*
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Consciousness: The Traditional Philosophical Debate
- The Self-Consciousness Dimension
- Models of Consciousness and Self-Consciousness
- Edelman's Model of Consciousness
- Damasio's Biological Theory of Consciousness
- Metzinger's Self-Model Theory
- The Embodied Perspective of Self- Consciousness
- Exploring the Neurobiological Correlates of Self-Consciousness
- The Real Hard Problem: Exploring the Subjective Experience
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 2
- Assessment of Consciousness after Brain Injury: A Prolonged Disorder of Diagnosis
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Background
- Presentations in Prolonged Disorders of Consciousness
- Vegetative State
- Minimally Conscious State
- Similar Presentations
- Current Neurobehavioural Diagnostic Measures
- Key Current Diagnostic Measures
- Sensory Modality Assessment and Rehabilitation Technique (SMART)
- JFK Coma Recovery Scale - Revised (CRS-R)
- Wessex Head Injury Matrix (WHIM)
- Key Additional Neurobehavioural Measures
- Sensory Tool to Assess Responsiveness (STAR)
- Post-Coma Scale (PCS)
- Music Therapy Assessment Tool for Awareness in Disorders of Consciousness (MATADOC)
- Diagnostic Issues with Neurobehavioural Assessments
- Tailoring of Measures
- Stringency of Criteria
- Involvement of Caregivers
- Clinician Experience
- Lack of Objective Measures
- Future Research
- Neurophysiological and Neuroimaging Diagnostic Measures
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 3
- The QBIT Theory of Consciousness*
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Iterative Hierarchical Computation
- Predictive Coding
- Generative Model
- Bayesian Inference
- Free-Energy Principle
- Information and Entropy
- Complexity
- Symmetry Breaking
- Information Compression
- Entanglement and Coherence
- Entanglement Purification
- Monogamy of Entanglement
- Quantum Computation
- Neural Qubits
- Topological Qubits
- Qualia and Meaning
- Chunking
- QBIT, IIT, and Orch OR
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 4
- The Nature and Roles of Consciousness in Theravada Buddhism*
- Abstract
- TheravAda Buddhism
- The Analysis of a Person into Five Aggregates: Bundles of Processes
- Comparisons to Modern Neuroscience
- Lack of an Enduring, Continuous Self, and the Need for Self-Control and Self-Discipline
- The "I Am" Conceit
- Consciousness and Name-and-Form
- The Abhidhamma Model of Citta, Cetasikas, and RUpa
- Non-Materialism, and Consciousness as a Fundamental Element of Reality
- Mind-Body Interaction
- The Physical Supports for Consciousness
- The Abhidhamma on the Sequence of Mental Processing
- The Arising of a Sense Consciousness
- The Situation During Sleep
- Further Comparisons to Modern Neuroscience
- The Khandhas Model
- The Abhidhamma Model
- The JhAnas, or Absorptions: Altered States of Consciousness
- The Formless (Arupa) States
- The Sphere of Infinite Space
- The Sphere of Infinite Consciousness
- The Sphere of No-Thingness
- The Sphere of Neither Perception Nor Non-Perception
- The State of Cessation, and Nirvana
- Conclusion
- Abbreviations
- References
- Chapter 5
- The Human Default Consciousness, Jhana Consciousness, Gaia "Consciousness" and Some Thoughts on the Covid-19 Pandemic*
- Abstract
- Introduction
- The Human Default Consciousness in Western Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Buddhism and Neuroscience
- Western Philosophy
- Perception and Consciousness
- The Strength of Impressions, Differences between Them, and Their Meaning to the Recipient
- Attention
- Order, in Time and Space
- Language
- Psychoanalysis
- Outer-Inner, Early Infant Development and Subjectivity
- The Language of Relationship
- The Grammar of Defence
- Buddhist Meditation
- The First Rupa (Form) Jhana and Disengagement from Sensory Consciousness
- The Second Rupa Jhana
- The Third and Fourth Rupa Jhanas
- Breaking the Cycle of Dependence
- Neuroscience
- Free Energy and Active Inference
- Sentience, Subjectivity and Consciousness
- Disruption of the Default Sensory Consciousness Towards Jhana Consciousness
- Spindles, Attention and the 1st Rupa Jhana
- Infraslow Waves (ISWs) and the 2nd and Higher Rupa Jhanas
- Underlying Cortical Sources of ISWs
- The 2nd and Higher Rupa Jhanas
- Spike-Waves and Seizure-Like States
- Spike-Waves
- Instability
- Brain Networks, Harmonic and Fractal Structure
- Jhana Consciousness
- A New Axis of Consciousness
- Markov Blankets and Hierarchies of "Consciousness"
- Markov Blanket Hierarchies
- "Communication" and Forms of Consciousness
- Default Sensory Consciousness (DCs)
- Jhana Consciousness
- "Consciousness" More Broadly
- The Illusion of "I"
- A Global Markov Blanket, Gaia Consciousness and Climate Change
- The Covid-19 Pandemic and Breakdown of the Global Markov Blanket
- Instability of Markov Blanket Structures and Breakdown of Adaptive Inference
- Information Geometries and the Nature of Breakdown of the Global Markov Blanket
- Cross-Discipline Lessons and Options
- Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6
- The Faces of God: A Kabbalistic "Myth" and Its Implications for Consciousness*
- Abstract
- The Value of Mysticism for Consciousness Research
- Kabbalah and Levels of Consciousness
- The Faces of God and the Constellations of Self
- The Ontology of Consciousness
- References
- Chapter 7
- Making Space and Time for Consciousness in Physics*
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Relating Physical and Perceptual Space
- 3D Reality Structure and Representative Theory
- 4D Reality Structure and Extended Mind
- The Flow of Time and 5D Reality Structure
- Psycho-Physical Space-Time
- The Specious Present and The Nature of Self
- Non-Physical Realms
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 8
- Integration of Consciousness in Teaching and Learning
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Consciousness and "Cosmic" Consciousness: Theories and Definitions
- Historical Philosophy
- Contemporary Science
- Variations of Consciousness
- The Importance of Consciousness in Education
- Its Fundamental Role
- Hierarchies of Consciousness in Education
- Application of Consciousness in Education
- p4cHI (Philosophy for Children in Hawai'i) and p4t (Philosophy for Teachers)
- From the Ground Up
- Education of the Heart
- Insights for Education
- Conclusion
- References
- About the Editor
- About the Contributors
- Index
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