scholarly journals A comparison of UFO and near-death experiences as vehicles for the evolution of human consciousness

1988 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 240-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Davis
Keyword(s):  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Near Death Experiences

scholarly journals Non-Ordinary Mental Expressions (NOMEs): clues on the nature of the human mind

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
ENRICO FACCO ◽  
Luciano Pederzoli ◽  
Patrizio Tressoldi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Psychological Functioning ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Hearing Voices ◽  
Body Experiences ◽  
Transpersonal Experiences ◽  
Patients Experience ◽  
Near Death Experiences

The aim of this paper is to describe some ostensibly odd, Non-Ordinary-Mental Expressions (NOMEs), that have been considered implausible, illusory or hallucinatory phenomena, possible symptoms of disorders of the neurological or psychological functioning. They include a large variety of phenomena, encompassing hearing voices, seeing presences, communication with non-incarnated entities (including channeling), transpersonal experiences, out-of-body experiences, near-death-experiences, previous life memories, presentiments and precognitions, seeing at distance, mind interactions at a distance, mind-matter interactions at distance. We think that individuals experiencing NOMEs should not feel like they were outsiders or diseased; they should feel free to talk about their uncommon experiences and be listen to with an open, not-judging mind, respecting the patients’ experience and narration. In fact, NOMEs are non-pathological phenomena laying in a still misunderstood grey area between mental health and psychological or psychiatric disorders, while some of them suggest intriguing properties of human consciousness. Their ostensible incompatibility with some axioms and theories of consciousness, shows the inescapable epistemological implications of their proper investigation and understanding.

scholarly journals Endless Consciousness

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-15
Author(s):  
Zoey Dominique Dolsen-Groh ◽  
Kathy Sexton-Radek
Keyword(s):  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Conscious Thought ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Near Death Experiences

For decades, researchers have looked at the phenomenon of near-death experiences, or NDEs for short. These experiences have been reported by individuals all over the world, happening at a time when conscious thought and sensation should not be able to happen. This paper reviews the history of NDEs and attempts to explain them using the most prevalent theories in the field today. By understanding NDEs, researchers and scientists would have the opportunity to understand human consciousness and what truly happens when we take our last breath.

scholarly journals The evidence of after-death survival of human consciousness according to the winners of the Bigelow contest: a scientific examination

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizio Tressoldi ◽  
Adam Rock ◽  
Luciano Pederzoli
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Experimental Designs ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Evidence Level ◽  
Medium Strength ◽  
Low Strength ◽  
Near Death Experiences

The aim of this study was to examine the strength of scientific evidence, reproducibility and replicability of the 29 essays of the winners of the Bigelow contest.Six essays (20.5%) were included in the category with the high strength of scientific evidence. Four essays (14%) were included in the category with medium strength of scientific evidence and the remaining 19 essays (65.5%) in the category with low strength of scientific evidence. The overall agreement between our strength of scientific evidence categories and the Bigelow ones, was only 48.8%, sufficient to demonstrate a clear difference between our scientific criteria and those adopted by the judges of the Bigelow contest.The essays that obtained the highest strength of scientific evidence level were related to near-death experiences and mental mediumship.For other phenomena, more studies with refined experimental designs are necessary to increase the evidence of the survival of human consciousness.

The Neurophysiology of Near-Death Experiences

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sage Schuitevoerder ◽  
Giovanni Sosa
Keyword(s):  
Near Death Experiences

Review of In defense of human consciousness.

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 332-333
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Aanstoos
Keyword(s):  
Human Consciousness

The Dialogical concept of consciousness in L.S. Vygotsky and G.H. Mead and its relevance for contemporary discussions on consciousness

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leszek Koczanowicz
Keyword(s):  
Activity Theory ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Human Consciousness ◽  
Cultural Activity ◽  
Contemporary Philosophy ◽  
Biological Phenomena ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
The World

The Dialogical concept of consciousness in L.S. Vygotsky and G.H. Mead and its relevance for contemporary discussions on consciousness In my paper I show the relevance of cultural-activity theory for solving the puzzles of the concept of consciousness which encounter contemporary philosophy. I reconstruct the main categories of cultural-activity theory as developed by M.M. Bakhtin, L.S. Vygotsky, G.H. Mead, and J. Dewey. For the concept of consciousness the most important thing is that the phenomenon of human consciousness is consider to be an effect of intersection of language, social relations, and activity. Therefore consciousness cannot be reduced to merely sensual experience but it has to be treated as a complex process in which experience is converted into language expressions which in turn are used for establishing interpersonal relationships. Consciousness thus can be accounted for by its reference to objectivity of social relationships rather than to the world of physical or biological phenomena.

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