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Exploring Perception Through Mindfulness: A Western and Buddhist Phenomenological Approach

Delve into the realms of perception by intertwining mindfulness practices with the phenomenological methods of the Western and Buddhist traditions. Understand the essence of consciousness, qualia, and mental experiences through self-empiricism, induction, and tentatively reaching conclusions based on the impermanence, non-self, and interrelatedness of phenomena.

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Exploring Perception Through Mindfulness: A Western and Buddhist Phenomenological Approach

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  1. PSYC 330: Perception ALT-PECEPTION Mindfulness and Phenomenology

  2. The Western Tradition • Phenomenology – “Being in the world”; reality consists of objects and events perceived by human consciousness • Methodology = “reduction” = strategy for unpacking excess meaning around our perceptions (aka epoche; aka bracketing) – get to big b as opposed to little b (see above Being) • Qualia – “felt” experience; the “redness” experience of seeing red • Has its modern brand in many studies of “embodied” psychology; humanistic therapies

  3. The Mindfulness Tradition: Some History • Shamanas – ancient introspective tradition in India • Descriptive Science of Mind? • Manipulation (yoga, asceticism) • Observation (samatha, vipassana) • As contrasted with 3rdperson approach in the west

  4. Reaching Conclusions • Self-empiricism • Induction • Tentative Generalizations • Impermanence • Non-self • Interrelatedness (cause-effect)

  5. The Buddhist Conception of Mental Experience – The Aggregates • Matter (6 “sense doors”) • Eye – Shape • Ear – Sound • Tongue – Taste • Body – Touch • Nose – Odor • Mind - Thought

  6. The Buddhist Conception of Mental Experience – The Aggregates • 1. Matter (6 “sense doors”) • Eye – Shape • Ear – Sound • Tongue – Taste • Body – Touch • Nose – Odor • Mind – Thought • 2. Consciousness (aka sensation, sort of)

  7. The Buddhist Conception of Mental Experience – The Aggregates • 1. Matter (6 “sense doors”) • Eye – Shape – vision (eye consciousness) • Ear – Sound – hearing (ear consciousness) • Tongue – Taste – tasting • Body – Touch – touching • Nose – Odor - smelling • Mind – Thought - thinking • 2. Consciousness (aka sensation, sort of)

  8. Contact – Bare Attention EYE OBJECT VISION

  9. Additional Steps • 3. Sensations (Feelings, emotional flavor) • Positive • Negative • Neutral • 4. Perceptions (Perceptions + Memory) • Recognition aided by experience • Preconceptions • 5. Mental Formations (Tendencies, traits) • “Conditioned” responses • Motive, volition, dispositions, leads to actions

  10. Ordinary Experience Discrete and linear: e.g. EYE consciousness  EAR consciousness  THINKING  THINKING  SEEING, ETC. Why don’t we experience it this way? not mindful, fast

  11. Mindfulness Practice • Formal and Informal • Elements • Attention (to breath, sense, movement) • Non-judgment • Returning • Stillness • Why?

  12. Our Assignment • Take off watches • Complete silence • Return to ending location each remaining class day (unless email notification otherwise) • Written assignment (reflection paper) will be completed IN CLASS (time TBD) • Read two articles for context

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