Consciousness, self-consciousness, and meditation

Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 463-483

  Fasching, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Consciousness; Meditation; Mysticism; Phenomenology; Self consciousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 54449088634     PISSN: 15687759     EISSN: 15728676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11097-008-9090-6     Document Type: Review

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