Philosophy study
April 28, 2017
Juichiro Tanabe
2 citations
Human-caused global problems like conflict and violence stem from an epistemological issue: how humans know and view the world. This paper argues that since global conditions depend on collective thoughts, critical analysis of the mind is essential. It introduces the Buddhist concept of the "conditioned mind," shaped by social frames of reference, as a source of trouble, and the "unconditioned mind," free from attachment to such frames, as an antidote. A "global mind" combining both, through mindful practice, dialectical contemplation, and compassion, enables people to recognize universal humanity and co-create new values and norms with those holding different perspectives, fostering interdependent relationships.
Philosophy study
April 14, 2026
Weicheng Cui
A paper critiques Richard Conn Henry's 2005 claim that the universe is fundamentally mental, arguing instead for an ether-mind dualistic ontology. The analysis identifies fallacies in Henry's conceptual definitions, logical deductions, and scientific boundaries. It reviews debates in quantum mechanics, neuroscience, epigenetics, and parapsychology to argue that quantum measurement involves material interactions, not consciousness; consciousness emerges from mind-body interaction and depends on a material substrate; science applies only to the finite observable world and cannot assert absolute truths; and monism is inadequate as an ontological foundation, with ether-mind dualism offering greater explanatory power.
Philosophy study
August 25, 2025
Paul C. Mocombe
The work uses Mocombe's consciousness field theory to explain how the concept of God emerged among humans. Drawing on near-death experiences and other aspects of the in-itself, it argues that consciousness manifests as a universal consciousness in the absolute vacuum once it leaves the world of phenomena—a state humans equate with God. In Mocombeian epistemology and ontology, God is the human reification of the universality of the absolute vacuum, which is ontologically real.
Philosophy study
April 28, 2018
Marc Jean-Bernard
This essay argues that phenomenological and grammatical approaches to mystical experience can be brought into productive dialogue, particularly through the work of Husserl, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Levinas. It first outlines the ethical and dialogic character of this philosophical problem, then explores how Husserlian phenomenology and Wittgensteinian grammar converge on the shapes of mystical experience. The essay clarifies key terms—experience, the mystical, ecstasy, evidence, truth—and situates this inquiry within Christian theological thought, emphasizing French thinkers from Maritain to Marion. Finally, it considers aesthetic expressions of mysticism in visual art and music, proposing a theology of musical logos that reveals the sacramentality of music and the mystery of silence.