عنوان

Waking, dreaming, being :

شابک

0231137095 (cloth : alk. paper)

شابک

9780231137096 (cloth : alk. paper)

شابک اشتباه

9780231538312 (electronic)

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Waking, dreaming, being :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

self and consciousness in neuroscience, meditation, and philosophy /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Evan Thompson

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xl, 453 pages ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references (pages [409]-432) and index

متن يادداشت

The Dalai Lama's conjecture -- Seeing: what is consciousness? -- Waking: how do we perceive? -- Being: what is pure awareness? -- Dreaming: who am I? -- Witnessing: is this a dream? -- Imagining: are we real? -- Floating: where am I? -- Sleeping: are we conscious in deep sleep? -- Dying: what happens when we die? -- Knowing: is the self an illusion?

بدون عنوان

0

متن يادداشت

A renowned philosopher of the mind, also known for his groundbreaking work on Buddhism and cognitive science, Evan Thompson combines the latest neuroscience research on sleep, dreaming, and meditation with Indian and Western philosophy of the mind, casting new light on the self and its relation to the brain. Thompson shows how the self is a changing process, not a static thing. When we are awake we identify with our body, but if we let our mind wander or daydream, we project a mentally imagined self into the remembered past or anticipated future. As we fall asleep, the impression of being a bounded self distinct from the world dissolves, but the self reappears in the dream state. If we have a lucid dream, we no longer identify only with the self within the dream. Our sense of self now includes our dreaming self, the "I" as dreamer. Finally, as we meditate--either in the waking state or in a lucid dream--we can observe whatever images or thoughts arise and how we tend to identify with them as "me." We can also experience sheer awareness itself, distinct from the changing contents that make up our image of the self. Contemplative traditions say that we can learn to let go of the self, so that when we die we can witness its dissolution with equanimity. Thompson weaves together neuroscience, philosophy, and personal narrative to depict these transformations, adding uncommon depth to life's profound questions. Contemplative experience comes to illuminate scientific findings, and scientific evidence enriches the vast knowledge acquired by contemplatives

موضوع مستند نشده

Consciousness

موضوع مستند نشده

Self

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Thompson, Evan

تاريخ عمليات

20151208112517.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y