Sentences with phrase «conscious thought which»

Reflection is the power of conscious thought which distinguishes Man from all other living creatures (the animal that not only knows but knows that it knows).

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The important point for Schwartz here is not simply that modified thoughts and behaviors permanently altered patterns of brain activity, but that such modifications resulted from, as he calls it, «mindful attention» — conscious and purposive thoughts or actions in which the agent adopts the stance of a detached observer.

To re-read after an interval of more than a decade the preceding meditation is to be conscious of the extent to which my thinking on the topics with which it dealt has moved and has become much less confident, the outlines far less secure.

Griffin further challenges the assumption of a «human monopoly on conscious thought» by noting that current experiments indicate that animals produce «event related potentials» which resemble those produced by human beings.

The spatialization of the things a mind is thinking about and the actual concrete process by which a mind does what it does have to be kept distinct, and yet the process of conscious thinking does give rise to the product, i.e., thought.

Mathematics is the inquiry the essence of which is thought becoming conscious of itself.

The atoms and molecules from which life has been fashioned are universal; life itself exists in myriad forms on this planet and may exist on myriad other planets in this galaxy and in countless others, but a conscious mind capable of thinking and feeling is unique on Earth and may be unmatched in the whole of the universe.

Revolutionary as much of this was in the history of human thinking, yet, in surveying it, one is conscious of a certain impatience to get on to the basic problem that confronts us in this discussion: What were the processes of thought by which Israel came to such views?

By the notion of «interpretation» I mean that everything of which we are conscious, as enjoyed, perceived, willed, or thought, shall have the character of a particular instance of the general scheme.

Basically, his solution takes the form of distinguishing two different levels of human experience, or of more or less conscious thinking about experience, on only the deeper of which is there an experience of God that is both direct and universal.

On the one hand, he claims that our concept of «know» comes partly from «some dim but direct awareness of deity,» which may often be driven below the level of conscious thought, even if it is never wholly absent there; in a word, we have a feeling of God as distinct from thinking or knowing God (1970a, 155; cf. 1962, 110).

c finally, and correlative with the above, the high degree of psychic development (reflection, thought) which places him head and shoulders above all other conscious beings known to us.

Third, the idea of consciousness includes that of unity, implying, in some rather vague sense, the fusion of the totality of the impressions, thoughts and feelings, which make up a person's conscious being, into a single whole.

Because I have great sympathies for this line of thought, I am often self - conscious of how mainline Protestant traditions - including the one in which I carry out my ministry - have failed to articulate the beauty of traditional church teachings on sexuality.

Hence, I will only point out very briefly some of the ways in which Whitehead's metaphysical ideas, and his related understanding of the objects of physics, form a foundation for seeing inorganic, living, and conscious organisms within one scheme of thought.

I can not but think that the most important step forward that has occurred in psychology since I have been a student of that science is the discovery, first made in 1886, that, in certain subjects at least, there is not only the consciousness of the ordinary field, with its usual centre and margin, but an addition thereto in the shape of a set of memories, thoughts, and feelings which are extra-marginal and outside of the primary consciousness altogether, but yet must be classed as conscious facts of some sort, able to reveal their presence by unmistakable signs.

For a rough picture of the world has emerged in which thought, both conscious and unconscious, is an intimate interplay of only more or less focused and engaged acts of minding that result (mirabile dictu!)

By this notion of «interpretation» I mean that everything of which we are conscious, as enjoyed, perceived, willed, or thought, shall have the character of a particular instance of the general scheme.

If a man in despair is as he thinks conscious of his despair, does not talk about it meaninglessly as of something which befell him (pretty much as when a man who suffers from vertigo talks with nervous self - deception about a weight upon his head or about its being like something falling upon him, etc., this weight and this pressure being in fact not something external but an inverse reflection from an inward experience), and if by himself and by himself only he would abolish the despair, then by all the labor he expends he is only laboring himself deeper into a deeper despair.

Consequently, we do not have the right to conclude that the message of the symbols is confined to the meanings of which a certain number of individuals are fully conscious, even when we learn from a rigorous investigation of these individuals what they think of such and such a symbol belonging to their own tradition.

I had always wanted to try boxing, but I felt very self - conscious and intimidated by the thought of trying to take up a sport which is traditionally seen as masculine and aggressive and, of course, the necessary discipline, power and technique behind it.

I believe it sometimes can and I also believe it sometimes does, but I also don't think it's terrible if it doesn't and the couple splits with kindness and compassion toward each other and themselves — which is what I have learned about conscious uncoupling only recently, thanks to Gwen and Chris, even though I had divorced many years prior with similar thoughts and actions.

Executive skills come from a part of the brain called the frontal lobes, which is up here way behind your eyes and is actually the control switches for the brain in the sense that if we take conscious control of our thinking, our planning, controlling our own impulses, and basically behaving in socially acceptable ways, your frontal lobes are involved in all of those.

In the fall of 2012, the N.F.L. invited me to its New York City headquarters to present a proposal to the league on ways that I thought MomsTEAM could help them preserve and strengthen the sport of youth football, in part by educating parents, and especially safety - conscious moms, about the dangers of concussions and ways in which the risk of concussion could be reduced.

Most of us give little thought to the sense of touch, which often lags behind the other senses in our conscious awareness.

At other times, food was put into different arms of the maze but with visual cues to show its hiding place, which, in humans, requires conscious thought.

The amygdala is an almond - shaped structure at a crossroads in the brain's circuitry: it links the cortex, which is responsible for conscious thought, with regions of the brain that control the body's emotional responses.

Named after the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer it relies on, the Blue Brain Project has started modelling — in every detail — the cellular infrastructure and electrophysiological interactions within the cerebral neocortex, which represents about 80 % of the brain and is believed to house cognitive functions such as language and conscious thought.

Martin, head of the INI, wanted to study the circuitry of the macaque neocortex, which carries out higher functions such as spatial reasoning and conscious thought.

What robots can never have, which humans have, argues Bringsjord, is phenomenological consciousness: «the first - hand experience of conscious thought», as Justin Hart of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, puts it.

Focusing on a single line of argument or thought requires deliberate, laborious and conscious effort from which we flee.

The increased activation, Kayser says, «could be a reason of attention and more conscious processing of the stimuli, which in a way is uncontrolled in the awake animal, because we don't really know what they perceive or what they think about it.»

The other was the outer layer, called the neocortex, which is involved in conscious thought.

Much of our conscious thought takes the form of an internal narrative in which we try to understand ourselves and our actions.

Writing down when you have negative thoughts will help you become more conscious of when you have them, which will help you recognize when you're having an «unrealistic» thought.

Both postural and phasic muscles are skeletal muscle, which is categorized as voluntary muscle: voluntary, as opposed to the smooth muscle your organs are made of, which is involuntary — meaning your organs continue to do their job without your conscious control or consent (even, for example, when you're not thinking about what your small intestine is doing).

I think he should come out with a list or system that categorizes foods as avoid, good, better, and best, which also includes a budget conscious version.

She taught me how to relax the core which was a challenge at first and required much conscious thought — those muscles had many years of training to stay tight.

«The wider the time gap between perception and thought, the more depth there is to you as a human being, which is to say the more conscious you are.»

When I wear skirts and dresses, which I do think suit my body, I feel very self - conscious, like I don't match what I'm wearing.

... And I hope that begins to change, because I think everyone is becoming more conscious of it, which hopefully will make change.»

And I think that is a conscious stylistic choice, not a directorial ego trip by Paul Thomas Anderson who tends to make big movies with big themes, most of which I have liked a lot (There Will Be Blood, Magnolia).

As we all already know, it also deals in different aspect ratios and occasional black - and - white, depending on period, which is an affectation neither as integral to the experience as we might have thought nor as self - conscious as we might have feared.

We made the conscious decision to be self - funded through the initial development and to pursue development in the way we thought most effective - which is working directly, intensively, and continuously with districts across the country in a co-development process.

Mr. Song thinks of this situation as similar to that of the Veloster selling alongside i30, in which the Veloster is a sportier offering and attracts «younger, more style - conscious buyers».

However, as the novel develops, Romochka's conscious thoughts and feelings, which are supplied by the omniscient narrator, often seem too self - aware and deliberate for a four - year - old in such a situation.

If there is a concluding thought it is that by becoming conscious of the unconscious process by which we «thin - slice» we can become better at making snap decisions - a useful skill for all of us, but an essential one in some professions, such as those that require the carrying of a gun!

Meditate on the thoughts which trigger you and make conscious effort to deal and heal.

Dr. Horowitz thinks that feeling guilt requires some understanding of a moral code of behavior, which one is conscious of violating and realizes that others are aware of the violation too.

I didn't need to use an iota of conscious thought, no «hey I wonder which button I should press?»