From the Philosophy of Bat to Nonduality
Revisiting the article of Thomas Nagel, What Is It Like to Be a Bat? as well as the hard problem of consciousness, the present article tries to identify a solution to the possible matter-consciousness dualism and to the irreducibility of consciousness to simple material processes. This possible solu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
Year: 2025, Volume: 24, Issue: 72, Pages: 16-31 |
| Further subjects: | B
Shaivism
B bat B Consciousness B Artificial Intelligence B Nonduality B Vedanta |
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| Summary: | Revisiting the article of Thomas Nagel, What Is It Like to Be a Bat? as well as the hard problem of consciousness, the present article tries to identify a solution to the possible matter-consciousness dualism and to the irreducibility of consciousness to simple material processes. This possible solution has in view the Hindu metaphysics, namely Vedantic non-dualism and that of Trika school from Kashmir. According to the latter, everything is Consciousness that limits itself to become Self-conscious. What we perceive as our own consciousness is actually a monad - that is, a whole, which fractally and holographically represents the Whole of Absolute Consciousness. Not only do Indian philosophies have this nondualistic vision, but also a series of contemporary Western philosophies bring back the issue of panpsychism. Therefore, the Simulation Theory can be linked to Abhinavagupta’s theory of existential limitations (Kañcukas) and with the universe as a reflection (Vimarśa) of the Light of Supreme Consciousness. |
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| ISSN: | 1583-0039 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of religions and ideologies
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