Consciousness Mattering A Buddhist Synthesis
Consciousness Mattering A Buddhist Synthesis by Peter D. Hershock, published by Bloomsbury Academic on December 14, 2023, explores a contemporary Buddhist theory that situates human consciousness within a framework of relational infrastructures involving brains, bodies, environments, and cultures. This 224-page work draws on diverse insights from meditation, neuroscience, physics, and evolutionary theory, presenting the idea that consciousness is not merely a mental phenomenon but a dynamic interplay of relationships among various presences and the fundamental connection between matter and significance.
Readers will find a thorough examination of the co-emergence of subjective awareness and culture, alongside discussions on machine consciousness and the implications of algorithmic consciousness hacking. Hershock encourages reflection on how consciousness can be engaged with freely, wisely, and compassionately, emphasizing the evolutionary aspect of consciousness as a vital force. This edition offers a comprehensive look at the intersections of philosophy, psychology, and Buddhism, making it a significant contribution to the discourse on consciousness and its relevance in contemporary society.
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Consciousness Mattering presents a contemporary Buddhist theory in which brains, bodies, environments, and cultures are relational infrastructures for human consciousness. Drawing on insights from meditation, neuroscience, physics, and evolutionary theory, it demonstrates that human consciousness is not something that occurs only in our heads and consists in the creative elaboration of relations among sensed and sensing presences, and more fundamentally between matter and what matters. Hershock argues that without consciousness there would only be either unordered sameness or nothing at all. Evolution is consciousness mattering.
Shedding new light on the co-emergence of subjective awareness and culture, the possibility of machine consciousness, the risks of algorithmic consciousness hacking, and the potentials of intentionally altered states of consciousness, Hershock invites us to consider how freely, wisely, and compassionately consciousness matters.
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