LEADER 08831nam 22004813 450 001 9910831500803321 005 20240208084527.0 010 $a3-031-13920-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31124755 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31124755 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31132548 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31132548 035 $a(OCoLC)1420630200 035 $a(EXLCZ)9930305842900041 100 $a20240208d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConsciousness Studies in Sciences and Humanities $eEastern and Western Perspectives 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing AG,$d2024. 210 4$d©2024. 215 $a1 online resource (294 pages) 225 1 $aStudies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality Series ;$vv.8 311 08$aPrint version: Satsangi, Prem Saran Consciousness Studies in Sciences and Humanities: Eastern and Western Perspectives Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2024 9783031139192 327 $aIntro -- Preface -- Comments from the Editor -- Comments on Two Articles Published in Scientific American, July 2022 -- Acknowledgements -- Congratulatory Note of Prem Prashant, President DEI, for Sir Roger Penrose, 2020 Nobel Laureate in Physics -- Contents -- About the Editors -- About the Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Consciousness Studies: Which Consciousness? What Studies? -- 1 Which Consciousness? -- 2 What Studies? -- 3 What to Do? -- References -- The Book: Building Bridges - Exposing Gaps -- 1 The Essays -- 1.1 Part I: Introduction -- 1.2 Part II: Models of Consciousness -- 1.3 Part III: Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence -- 1.4 Part IV: Consciousness and the Brain -- 1.5 Part V: Consciousness and the Senses -- 1.6 Part VI: Consciousness and the Intellect -- 1.7 Part VII: Consciousness and Pragmatics -- References -- Part II: Models of Consciousness -- Is "das Geistige" the Basic of the World? -- 1 What Is This Phenomenon, to Which Our Consciousness Belongs? -- 2 So Now Let Us Look at the Quantum Physics That Made Us Recognize These Aspects of Matter During the Last Hundred Years -- 3 Life and the Development of Consciousness -- References -- Consciousness and Implicit Self-Awareness: Eastern and Western Perspectives -- 1 HOT Theory and Some Close Rivals -- 2 Conscious States and Indian Philosophy -- 3 The Regress Threat -- 4 Self and "I" -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Case for Panpsychism -- 1 The Essence of Panpsychism -- 2 Reasons to Believe Panpsychism I: Solving the Hard Problem of Consciousness -- 3 Reasons to Believe Panpsychism II: The Intrinsic Nature Argument -- 4 But Isn't It Crazy? -- References -- A Many-Sided Brain: The Jain Approach to Studying Consciousness -- 1 Anek?ntav?da (???????????), Sy?dv?da (?????????), and Ahims? (??????) -- 2 The Mysterianism Position | Ahims?. 327 $a3 Anek?ntav?da and Multiple Pathways -- 4 Sy?dv?da and the Uncertain Nature of Science -- 4.1 Postcript | Key Excerpts -- 4.2 Jain Theory of Anek?ntav?da -- 4.3 Scientific Uncertainty -- Sources for Further Reading -- References -- Part III: Consciousness and Artificial Intelligence -- On the Non-Computability of Consciousness -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Computers and Consciousness, a Social View -- 3 Awareness and Memories -- 4 The Nature of Reality -- 5 Will Computers Be Conscious? -- 6 Big-C and the Vedic View -- 7 Creativity and Consciousness -- 8 Discussion -- References -- Consciousness and Mathematical Sciences -- 1 Visiting Mathematics: Is the Human Mind Non-Algorithmic? -- 2 The Advent of AlphaGo and Friends -- 3 Mathematics Revisited: Consciousness and Topological Graphs, Qudits Modeling, and More -- 4 Experimental Evidences: Scanning the Brain -- References -- The Rendered Universe: Why Virtual Reality Unlocks the Secret of Consciousness -- 1 The Virtual Brain -- 2 The Virtual Reality of Consciousness -- 3 The Multiverse in Less Than Two Inches: Exploring Spatial Dimensions in Virtual Reality -- 4 The Physics of the Astral Plane -- Sources for Further Reading -- References -- 'Virtue gone nuts': Machine Ethics in Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me (2019) -- 1 What Is Ethics? -- 2 The Kantian Robot: Ethical Adam -- 3 Morality Versus Ethics -- 4 Moralised Ethics -- 5 Conclusion and Significance for the Field -- References -- Part IV: Consciousness and the Brain -- Consciousness in Human Medicine: Medical Approach with the Example of Epilepsy -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods for Neuroscientific Analyses -- 3 Glasgow Coma Scale After Brain Trauma -- 4 Epilepsies and Consciousness -- 5 Most Important Laboratory Tool to Measure Epilepsies -- 6 Examples of Epileptic Seizures -- 7 Combinations of Methods: EEG-fMRI. 327 $a8 Connectivity Analyses on the Brain by Using Routine EEG Data -- References -- The Modelling Supremacy of the Topological Graph Theoretic Models and Connections to Biology -- 1 Introduction to Topological Graph Theory -- 2 Graph Theoretic Quantum System Modelling Framework (Srivastava et al. 2016) -- 3 Multi-particle Quantum Teleportation -- 4 Topological Quantum Computing for Visualization and Understanding of the Multi-particle Quantum Teleportation -- 5 Robustness of the n-Qudit Quantum Network Against Noise and Decoherence -- 6 Quantum Computation in Biological Systems -- 6.1 What Is DNA? -- 6.2 Application -- 6.3 Information in DNA -- 6.4 Communication Along Chains -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Part V: Consciousness and the Senses -- Sonic Consciousness in Hindu India -- 1 India's Sonic Paradigm: An Introduction -- 2 ??r?gadeva's N?da-Brahman and the Yoga of Music -- 3 Kallin?tha's and Ty?gar?ja's N?da-Brahman: Sonic World View and Musical Deliverance -- 4 Later Developments: Yogification and Transnationalization of the N?da-Brahman -- 5 Concluding Remarks: The N?da-Brahman and the Multiple Forms of Sonic Consciousness -- References -- Improvisation and Consciousness: Some Recent Links -- References -- Part VI: Consciousness and the Intellect -- Beyond Consciousness in Early Christian Mysticism -- 1 Gregory of Nyssa: Reaching Out to the Incomprehensible Divine -- 2 Dionysios Areopagites: "Mystical Ecclesiality" in the Context of Neoplatonic Thought -- References -- Exploring Alternative Realities -- 1 The Alternative Realities of Religion -- 2 Can Alternative Realities Be Trusted? -- 3 The Symbiosis Between the Alternative Realities of Science and Religion -- References -- Reflections on the Rôle of Time in (Astro-) Physics -- 1 Introduction: Consciousness and Time -- 2 The Nature of Time -- 2.1 Time in Newtonian Physics. 327 $a2.2 Time in Relativistic Physics -- 2.3 Time in Quantum Physics -- 2.3.1 The Age and Size of the Universe -- 2.3.2 Stellar Evolution in a Nutshell -- 2.3.3 The Arrow of Time -- 2.3.4 Observing Stellar Evolution: Time Traveling ? Sort of -- References -- Cultural Encounters and Indo-German Consciousness: Prince Frederick August of Augustenburg in India -- 1 A Global Biography -- 2 Growing Up During Wartime -- 3 An Amateur-Indologist -- 4 Akbar's Biographer -- Addendum: Seeker of Truth and Ultimate Reality in Radhasoami Faith -- References -- Part VII: Consciousness and Pragmatics -- Complementarity and Quantum Cognition -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Complementarity -- 3 Quantum Cognition -- 4 The Operational Interpretation of Quantum Theory -- 5 Consciousness -- References -- Talking About Consciousness in the Sciences and the Arts -- 1 What's the Problem? A Philosophical Prequel -- 2 Peter Watts' Blindsight: Consciousness Detached -- 3 Kabir's Poems: Consciousness Immersed -- 4 Comparative Synthesis -- 5 First-Person Reports: Consciousness Transformed -- References -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Religion, Leadership, and Consciousness: Interactions and Opportunities -- 1 Conscious Leadership -- 2 Religion and Values -- 2.1 Values and Interreligious Relations -- 3 Values and the Secular -- 4 Value-Conscious Leadership -- 5 People-Conscious Leadership -- 6 Implications and Conclusions -- References -- Index. 410 0$aStudies in Neuroscience, Consciousness and Spirituality Series 676 $a126 700 $aSatsangi$b Prem Saran$01669361 701 $aHoratschek$b Anna-Margaretha$01086689 701 $aSrivastav$b Anand$0739648 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910831500803321 996 $aConsciousness Studies in Sciences and Humanities$94030489 997 $aUNINA