Consciousness Expansion and Counterculture in the 1960s and Beyond

William Blake in the 1960s: Counterculture and Radical Reception

The Coceivability of a Disembodied Personal Life Beyond Death Based on David Lund’s Views

As science focuses exclusively on the physical, it seems to assume that the brain has a key role in the origin if not also the constitution of our consciousness; and thus the destruction of the brain, the nervous system, and the body makes it pointless or even absurd to think of any personal consciousness after death. But one need not be convinced by this. However, any effort to investigate a p...

From Information to Cognition: The Systems Counterculture, Heinz von Foerster’s Pedagogy, and Second-Order Cybernetics

> Context • In this empirical and conceptual paper on the historical, philosophical, and epistemological backgrounds of second-order cybernetics, the emergence of a significant pedagogical component to Heinz von Foerster’s work during the last years of the Biological Computer Laboratory is placed against the backdrop of social and intellectual movements on the American landscape. > Problem • Pr...

A Review of Buddhism and Ireland: From the Celts to the Counterculture and Beyond

The concept of "research method" in the literature of environmental psychology (Analytical review of research methods in environmental psychology knowledge)

Introduction: Environmental psychology is an empirical science; the foundation of this science is based on research in which hypotheses are tested through empirical observations. Research studies on environmental psychology are modeled on a variety of research questions. Literature review indicates that the need for comprehensive research in the field of introduction and analysis of the leading...