Lorencova, Radmila and Trnka, Radek (2023) Variability in cultural understandings of consciousness: A call for dialogue with native psychologies. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 30 (5-6). pp. 232-254.
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Investigation of Indigenous concepts and their meanings is highly inspirational for contemporary science because they represent adaptive solutions in various environmental and social milieus. Past research has shown that the conceptualisations of consciousness can vary widely between cultural groups from different geographical regions. The present study explores variability among a few of the thousands of Indigenous cultural understandings of consciousness. Indigenous concepts of consciousness are often relational and inseparable from environmental and religious concepts. Furthermore, this exploration of variability reveals the layers with which some Indigenous peoples understand the conscious experience of the world. Surprisingly, the Indigenous understandings of global consciousness was found not to stay in opposition to local consciousness. The final concluding section of this study discusses the usability of Indigenous concepts and meanings for recent scientific debates regarding the nature of consciousness. Issues such as material versus non-material sources of consciousness, the energy component of consciousness, or the interconnection of consciousness with the environment arose from the in-depth exploration of Indigenous concepts and their meanings.
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| Keywords: | philosophy of science, consciousness, Indigenous science, decolonial turn, relational ontology, decoloniality | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Concepts and Representations Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Radek Trnka | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2025 12:46 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2025 12:46 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 25606 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Consciousness Studies | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Imprint Academic | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/jcs/202... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.53765/20512201.30.5.232 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Anthropology Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Concepts and Representations Specific Sciences > Cognitive Science > Consciousness |
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| Date: | 2023 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 232-254 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 30 | |||||||||
| Number: | 5-6 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25606 |
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