According to what we will call subjectivity theories of consciousness, there is a constitutive connection between phenomenal consciousness and subjectivity: there is something it is like for a subject to have mental state M only if M is characterized by a certain mine-ness or for-me-ness. Such theories appear to face certain psychopathological counterexamples: patients appear to report consciou...

The philosophical nature of Tyutchev's poetry was noted by researchers his work during the poet's lifetime. study makes it possible to trace origin a unique direction thought in Russian XIX century – religious existentialism. research carried out within framework this article allowed us genesis original existentialism F. Tyutchev, who interpreted Nature categories. In poetic works, Tyutchev doe...

X Stephan van der Zwaard, Cornelis J. de Ruiter, Dionne A. Noordhof, Renske Sterrenburg, Frank W. Bloemers, Jos J. de Koning, Richard T. Jaspers, and Willem J. van der Laarse Department of Human Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, MOVE Research Institute Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Trauma Surgery, VU University Medical Cen...

The modern sociology of religion is founded on the fundamental tension between Weber’s and Durkheim’s approaches to religion. In this article, I want to use the tension between Weber and Durkheim to address fundamental problems in understanding religious modernity, both in the modern West and in contemporary Africa. Weber sought to explain differences in the social effects of the world religion...

Mindfulness may be viewed as a vehicle to promote the healer's role in medicine. This role addresses the way in which a medical practitioner interacts with patients. The aim of this article is to highlight how mindful qualities may also enhance teaching in clinical settings. Challenges to being a mindful clinical teacher are presented along with creative ways to accommodate them. Residents play...

Phenomenology and the phenomenological movement were founded by the German philosopher Edmund Husserl at the beginning of the 20th century. Husserl’s command “to the things themselves” does not simply mean withdrawing from prejudices and from all traditional dogmas; rather, it is an invitation to become fully immersed in things. The phenomenological attitude tries to be as open as possible to t...

Karl Jaspers' theory on the incomprehensibility of psychotic disorders has become the reference point for many critical studies in the field of contemporary psychopathology. According to Jaspers, it is impossible to understand any of the serious mental disorders often referred to as 'psychosis' because of their unreasonableness, a truth that is revealed when one attempts to empathize with the m...