The elephant and the blind: the experience of pure consciousness: philosophy, science, and 500+ experiential reports

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press (2024)
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Abstract

The Elephant and the Blind is a book about why we need a new culture of consciousness, and how to get it. A culture of consciousness (or Bewusstseinskultur) is a culture that values and cultivates the mental states of its members in an ethical and evidence-based way.

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Thomas Metzinger
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

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