On the primacy and irreducible nature of first-person versus third-person information

Tressoldi, Patrizio; Facco, Enrico; Lucangeli, Daniela

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“…Our primary purpose was not the mechanist-reductionist approach, only aimed to check the neuro-correlates of hypnosis; rather, it was to exploit hypnosis in the attempt of better understanding OBE neurophenomenology. Here, the neurophysiological investigations may help joining subjective experience and their neuro-correlates in a whole, as the two inescapable sides of the so-called and still unsolved "hard problem" − a neglected topic by the monist materialist approach, despite its crucial relevance for the understanding of consciousness (Facco & Fracas, 2018;Facco et al, 2017;Tressoldi et al, 2017).…”

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The Neurophenomenology of Out-of-Body Experiences Induced by Hypnotic Suggestions

Facco

Casíglia

Khafaji

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International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

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Inducing out-of-body experiences in hypnosis (H-OBEs) offers an almost unique opportunity to investigate them in a controlled condition.OBEs were induced as in imaginative task in a resting condition (I-OBE) or in hypnosis (H-OBE) in a group of fifteen high hypnotizable subjects. A 32-channel EEG was recorded and the spectral power and imaginary coherence of each frequency band and each couple of electrodes were calculated. At the end of each session, the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI) was administered to check the phenomenological aspects of their experience.Significantly higher scores in the Altered State, Positive Affect, Altered Experience and Attention subdimensions of the PCI were reported in H-OBE than in I-OBE, which were associated with a significant decrease of power in beta and gamma band activity in right parieto-temporal derivations.Our results suggest that the H-OBE may offer a useful experimental model of spontaneous OBEs.

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The Neurophenomenology of Out-of-Body Experiences Induced by Hypnotic Suggestions

Facco

Casíglia

Khafaji

et al. 2019

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

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“…2The 1PP can be defined as the phenomenological, subjective mental contents, also defined as “qualia,” the person is aware of and can communicate to others by language and behavior (Nida-Rümelin, 2015; Tressoldi, Facco, & Lucangeli, 2017; Tye, 2018). …”

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In search of the true self.

Facco¹,

Khafaji²,

Tressoldi³

2019

Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

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The Self is an interdisciplinary topic encompassing neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology. Despite the wealth of data available on the topic, its definition remains elusive, while its meaning overlaps with terms such as consciousness, Ego, and I, and so has created more confusion and redundancy rather than clarity. Its study is also endowed with deep epistemological and metaphysical implications, on which the accepted axioms, theories, and method of investigation closely depend. Eastern philosophies have faced the problem of self-knowledge for some three millennia, achieving well-founded and valuable knowledge through introspection and meditation, and their results are worth being appraised in the Western, scientific study of the Self. We propose that the Self is related to the highest level of awareness in the continuum Ego-I-Self and, given its exclusively subjective nature (likewise consciousness), it can only be comprehensively explored through a neurophenomenological approach by merging the first and third person perspectives. Public Significance Statement This article approaches the Self through a metaphilosophical perspective encompassing both psychology and Western and Eastern philosophies, with the aim of moving beyond the constraints of a single, limited paradigm and cultural perspective. A proper comprehension of the Self-which remains elusive, despite having been investigated for centuries-is essential for philosophy, psychology, and neurosciences, as well as for everyday life in its personal, sociocultural, and political dimensions, being at the foundation of the Weltanschauung (the view of the world)-that is, what we are, or believe to be, and the still unsolved problem of the mind-brain-body-outer world relationship. Missing the highest expressions of the Self (as done by the ruling materialist monist perspective of science and the Ego dictatorship of the today world) entails a scientific and cultural mutilation of human mind, with devastating consequences for both the individual and the social life.

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Scientific Ethics: A New Approach

Menapace¹

2018

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Science is an activity of the human intellect and as such has ethical implications that should be reviewed and taken into account. Although science and ethics have conventionally been considered different, it is herewith proposed that they are essentially similar. The proposal set henceforth is to create a new ethics rooted in science: scientific ethics. Science has firm axiological foundations and searches for truth (as a value, axiology) and knowledge (epistemology). Hence, science cannot be value neutral. Looking at standard scientific principles, it is possible to construct a scientific ethic (that is, an ethical framework based on scientific methods and rules), which can be applied to all sciences. These intellectual standards include the search for truth (honesty and its derivatives), human dignity (and by reflection the dignity of all animals) and respect for life. Through these it is thence achievable to draft a foundation of a ethics based purely on science and applicable beyond the confines of science. A few applications of these will be presented. Scientific ethics can have vast applications in other fields even in non scientific ones.

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On the primacy and irreducible nature of first-person versus third-person information

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The Neurophenomenology of Out-of-Body Experiences Induced by Hypnotic Suggestions

The Neurophenomenology of Out-of-Body Experiences Induced by Hypnotic Suggestions

In search of the true self.

Scientific Ethics: A New Approach

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