{"product_id":"the-upanishads-and-consciousness-studies-a-dialogue-with-neuroscience-9798233811746","title":"The Upanishads and Consciousness Studies: A Dialogue with Neuroscience","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bhaskar Bora\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Irene Minds Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Irene Minds Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsciousness remains the most contested frontier in contemporary thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeuroscience maps neural networks with increasing precision. Philosophy of mind debates emergence, physicalism, panpsychism, and the explanatory gap. Yet the central question persists: why does subjective experience exist at all?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Upanishads and Consciousness Studies\u003c\/em\u003e offers a disciplined philosophical dialogue between modern neuroscience and the ancient non-dual inquiry of the Upanishads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work does not collapse scripture into science, nor does it reduce consciousness to neural mechanics. Instead, it clarifies levels of explanation with methodological precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from analytic philosophy, cognitive neuroscience, and classical Advaita Vedānta, the book explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Hard Problem of consciousness\u003cbr\u003e- Neural correlates versus ontological explanation\u003cbr\u003e- Self-model theory and structural misidentification\u003cbr\u003e- Avidyā as ontological error\u003cbr\u003e- Emergence and fundamentality\u003cbr\u003e- The nature of ātman and Brahman\u003cbr\u003e- Language limits and ineffability\u003cbr\u003e- The reflexive challenge of studying awareness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmpirical findings are treated descriptively. Metaphysical claims are examined critically. Category errors are identified without rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for scholars, philosophers, clinicians, and serious students of consciousness studies, this work offers clarity rather than consolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dialogue remains open.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Irene Minds Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47568954228887,"sku":"9798233811746","price":2066.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798233811746.webp?v=1774871997","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-upanishads-and-consciousness-studies-a-dialogue-with-neuroscience-9798233811746","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}