Essays about: "ego-dissolution"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word ego-dissolution.

  1. 1. Ethical Limbo and Enhanced Informed Consent in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy : Identifying New Challenges and Ethical Dimensions

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för filosofi och tillämpad etik

    Author : Rawad Yonus; [2023]
    Keywords : classic psychedelics; psychedelic experience; mystical experience; biomedical ethics; informed consent;

    Abstract : Human cultures have used classic psychedelics for healing purposes for millennia, emphasizing their subjective effects. In the 21st century, research has been revived to investigate the therapeutic effects of these substances. READ MORE

  3. 2. Phenomenal consciousness without a self: Ego dissolution and its philosophical bearings

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Fabiana Caserta; [2023]
    Keywords : phenomenal consciousness; self-consciousness; pre-reflective self-consciousness; ego dissolution; psychedelics; meditation; depersonalisation; subjectivity; self-awareness; fenomenalt medvetande; självmedvetande; egoupplösning; psykedelika; förreflektiva självmedvetenhet; meditation; depersonalisation; subjektivitet; självmedvetenhet;

    Abstract : Do all conscious states structurally necessitate self-consciousness? For many, the answer is affirmative: self-consciousness is an inherent property of phenomenal consciousness. I refer to this family of theses under the denomination of Strong Subjectivity Claim (SSC). READ MORE

  4. 3. A Window to the (Dissolved) Self? : Psychedelic Ego-dissolution as a Case of Minimal Self-consciousness

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Jesper Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Psychedelics; ego-dissolution; DIED; phenomenology; Zahavi; experiential minimalism; philosophy of mind; consciousness; self-consciousness; philosophy of psychedelics;

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  5. 4. Prescribed ego-death: the therapeutic effects found in the psychedelic-Induced absence of self

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Klara Wellander; [2022]
    Keywords : ego-dissolution; psychedelics; anxiety; depression;

    Abstract : Depression and anxiety are two of the world’s most common neuropsychiatric conditions. There has been some success in treating depression and anxiety by using classic psychedelic drugs to cause positive changes in psychological well-being. READ MORE

  6. 5. Defining self : Discovering self through loss of ego

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Moses Griffith; [2022]
    Keywords : Self; ego-dissolution; philosophy; neuroscience; psychedelics;

    Abstract : Although the self is central to human beings and has been pondered on for thousands and thousands of years, its nature remains unknown to us. Many want to solve the question of self but where does one even begin? Philosophers have investigated the self for hundreds if not thousands of years, and many theories and concepts exist. READ MORE