How East and West have converged in understanding the mind
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Having moved from the Renaissance idea of mind as soul, through the materialist notion of mind as brain, Western scientists are now deepening their understanding of mind as a flow of energy, capable of consciousness and cognition. This explanation shares certain elements of the previous paradigms, while dealing with their more evident flaws. Like Descartes’s soul, the energy model is not synonymous with the body or, more specifically, the brain. Particle can still be labelled ‘particle’. Wave can be called ‘wave’. But they
How East and West have converged in understanding the mind
How East and West have converged in…
How East and West have converged in understanding the mind
Having moved from the Renaissance idea of mind as soul, through the materialist notion of mind as brain, Western scientists are now deepening their understanding of mind as a flow of energy, capable of consciousness and cognition. This explanation shares certain elements of the previous paradigms, while dealing with their more evident flaws. Like Descartes’s soul, the energy model is not synonymous with the body or, more specifically, the brain. Particle can still be labelled ‘particle’. Wave can be called ‘wave’. But they