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    The Reason For Our Subjective Experience
    Biocentrism and The Soul
     
  1. The soul is the intangible essence of our being that gives us our identity. From a philosophical perspective, the soul is the product of our consciousness and our perception of self. Spirituality views the soul as a divine creation that connects us to something greater than ourselves.

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    Is the soul a product of consciousness?
    For some, the soul is a part of us that is eternal and lives on even after we die. While others argue that the soul is simply a product of our consciousness and our perception of self. Echoes of the soul: Exploring the depths of the human mind: Conscience, Society and Crime.

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    Is there a theory of consciousness?
    Despite the lack of any agreed upon theory of consciousness, there is a widespread, if less than universal, consensus that an adequate account of mind requires a clear understanding of it and its place in nature. We need to understand both what consciousness is and how it relates to other, nonconscious, aspects of reality.

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    How do you understand consciousness?
    Understanding consciousness involves a multiplicity not only of explananda but also of questions that they pose and the sorts of answers they require. At the risk of oversimplifying, the relevant questions can be gathered under three crude rubrics as the What, How, and Why questions: The Descriptive Question: What is consciousness?

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    Can consciousness be explained in functional terms?
    Critics of functionalism often deny that consciousness can be adequately explicated in functional terms (Block 1980a, 1980b, Levine 1983, Chalmers 1996). According to such critics, consciousness may have interesting functional characteristics but its nature is not essentially functional.

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    How does one explain a feature in relation to one kind of consciousness?
    How one explains a given feature in relation to one sort of consciousness may not correspond with what is needed to explain it relative to another. Explanans. The range of possible explanans is also diverse.

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    Is neuroscience relevant to understanding the soul?
    In their view, neuroscience is the only branch of scientific study relevant to understanding the soul. Traditionally, science has dismissed the soul as an object of human belief or reduced it to a psychological concept that shapes our cognition of the observable natural world.

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    Philosophy of mind - Soul, Identity, Consciousness

    A good deal of traditional discussion in the philosophy of mind is concerned with the so-called mind-body problem, or the problem of how to explain the relation of mental phenomena to physical phenomena.

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    The Mystery of Consciousness Is Deeper Than We …

    Jul 3, 2024 · 5 min read. Why the Mystery of Consciousness Is Deeper Than We Thought. Despite great progress, we lack even the beginning of an explanation of how the brain produces our inner world of colors,...

  5. The Witness
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    Exploring the Depths of the Human Soul: Meaning, …

    Mar 12, 2024 · The soul is the intangible essence of our being that gives us our identity. From a philosophical perspective, the soul is the product of our consciousness and our perception of self. Spirituality views the soul as a …

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    What Is Soul? Understanding Its Essence And Significance

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    Understanding Brain, Mind and Soul: Contributions from …

  8. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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    Consciousness - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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    The Neuroscience of Consciousness - Stanford …

    Oct 9, 2018 · Given the breadth of neuroscience so conceived, this review focuses mostly on cortical activity that sustains perceptual consciousness, with emphasis on vision. This is not because visual consciousness is more …

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    Dualism vs. Monism: Understanding Mind-Body Theories

    Sep 2, 2023 · The exploration of Dualism and Monism reveals the richness and depth of philosophical inquiry into the mind-body problem. While each theory offers compelling arguments, the quest to fully understand the nature of …

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    Soul, Spirit, and Consciousness in Psychology and Philosophy