2008/04/18 by Wolfgang Fasching · 40 citations
Neuroscience · Psychology · #Embodied and Extended Cognition #Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs #Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy #Meditation #Consciousness #Philosophy of mind #Psychology #Realisation #Self-consciousness #Phenomenology (philosophy) #Epistemology #Self-awareness #Self #Psychotherapist #Cognitive science #Cognitive psychology #Social psychology #Philosophy #Metaphysics #Neuroscience
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11097-008-9090-6
published in Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 7(4), 463-483 (Springer Nature)
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Many spiritual traditions employ certain mental techniques (meditation) which consist in inhibiting mental activity whilst nonetheless remaining fully conscious, which is supposed to lead to a realisation of one’s own true nature prior to habitual self-substantialisation. In this paper I propose that this practice can be understood as a special means of becoming aware of consciousness itself as such. To explain this claim I conduct some phenomenologically oriented considerations about the nature of consciousness qua presence and the problem of self-presence of this presence.