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    mind. But what is the basis of the mind? Is it the expression of a non-physical soul‚ or is it a product of physical processes within our body? Philosophers and scientists have been pondering this question for centuries. Explaining the nature of consciousness (that is‚ the mind) was regarded by William James (one of the great pioneers of psychology) as the most challenging question for psychology to answer. Today‚ a hundred years after

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    For all peoples‚ as with individuals‚ the time comes when they must reckon with their history. For the Chicano the present is a time of renaissance‚ of renacimiento. Our people and our community‚ el barrio and la colonia‚ are expressing a new consciousness and a new resolve. Recognizing the historical tasks confronting our people and fully aware of the cost of human progress‚ we pledge our will to move. We will move forward toward our destiny as a people. We will move against those forces which have

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    is warranted but undesirable. Provide an example of a mental state which is desirable but unwarranted. Which do you think is a better guide to evaluating mental disorder? 2. What is the difference between consciousness and cognition? Why might the problem of accounting for consciousness be a harder problem for the physicalist than the problems associated with other mental phenomena? 3. Describe (at least) two criteria for evaluating a theory’s simplicity. Compare the identity theory to dualism

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    that matter: any other foreign country‚ people or entity.) The primary task for Filipinos is to raise their nationalistic consciousness‚ either through self or formal/informal education‚ beginning with a recognition and appreciation of their colonial mentality and exerting a conscious effort to discard it. It is only with Filipino nationalism‚ a nationalistic consciousness in his mind and heart will the Filipino be able to fight‚ deal and work with utmost determination for his own betterment and

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    ‘Crow’s Account of the Battle’ shows the effects of our alienation and its disastrous consequences‚ but also asks us to examine these from the outside perspective of Crow. ‘Wodwo’ is a poem showing the first stages of alienation caused by self consciousness and its possible dangers. Finally‚ together these poems allow us to examine ourselves objectively‚ and understand what it is that Hughes is demanding we must do to survive our dangerous hubris. ‘Crow’s Account of the Battle’ is a disturbing

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    problems‚ ideas and on our own world but that concentration is not objective awareness. One has to be aware. He has to be aware of everything right from his thinking‚ speaking and doing things. Choiceless awareness will open the door of total consciousness in which there is no conflict and no time. One must be aware of oneself neither introspectively nor analytically‚ but actually be aware of oneself as one is and see if it is at all possible to be entirely free for all those issues that seem to

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    Many philosophers have been mentioning that mediation is a way to be more aware of the Self. Meditation does disclose reality more deeply than thinking.  An individual who receives peace from doing mediation keeps the mind and body calm and does not allow the mind to think. As the Upanishads have mentioned in the introduction‚ “It is pure concentration: training the mind to dwell on an interior focus without wandering‚ until it becomes absorbed in the object of its contemplation” (Upanishads‚ p

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    criterion of which many‚ including and especially John Locke have attempted to theorize. ‘It is only by consciousness that we able to be persons at all and therefore our consciousness distinguishes us from other persons’ (Lacewing‚ 2003). So it is through our consciousness that we remain the same person over time. This is the main premise for psychological continuity. If it is our consciousness that defines us and gives us our personal identity‚ then if swapped‚ our

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    particular understanding of the nature of perception. In fact‚ any theory of perceptual error presupposes a particular model of consciousness‚ one in which there exists a possible correspondence relation between the objects of direct perception and external objects. In other words‚ the assumption that perceptual errors exist depends upon a representational model of consciousness‚ which may or may not accurate describe the functions of

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    particularly in relation to the work of John Firman. This essay aligns with the definitions of “I” and Self as outlined by Assagioli (1965)‚ that “I” is one’s sense of personal self‚ the centre of our consciousness and will‚ and not to be confused with the psychological contents of consciousness. Assagioli recognized a powerful integrative principle acting within the human psyche – the Self‚ stating that “I” is a “projection” or “reflection” of Self‚ seeing Self as the Ground of Being‚ the luminous

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