{"product_id":"the-upanishads-and-consciousness-studies-bhaskar-bora-9798249799762","title":"The Upanishads and Consciousness Studies: A Dialogue with Neuroscience: Ancient Non-Dual Philosophy, the Hard Problem of Consciousness, and the Scienc","description":"\u003cp\u003eConsciousness remains the most contested frontier in modern science.\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\u003ci\u003eThe Upanishads and Consciousness Studies\u003c\/i\u003e stages a rigorous dialogue between contemporary neuroscience and the ancient non-dual inquiry of the Upanishads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not devotional commentary.\u003cbr\u003eIt is not reductionist materialism.\u003cbr\u003eIt is not popular spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a disciplined philosophical investigation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from analytic philosophy of mind, predictive processing theory, neural correlates of consciousness, and classical Advaita Vedānta, Dr Bhaskar Bora examines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- The Hard Problem of consciousness\u003cbr\u003e- The self-model and misidentification\u003cbr\u003e- Avidyā as structural cognitive error\u003cbr\u003e- Witness consciousness and subject-object inversion\u003cbr\u003e- Emergence vs fundamentality\u003cbr\u003e- The ontology of Brahman\u003cbr\u003e- Meditation research and neural plasticity\u003cbr\u003e- Language limits and ineffability\u003cbr\u003e- Cosmology and ultimate reality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than collapsing science into scripture-or scripture into science-this book clarifies levels of explanation with precision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeural correlates are treated empirically.\u003cbr\u003eMetaphysical claims are treated philosophically.\u003cbr\u003eCategory errors are exposed without rhetoric.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers in philosophy of mind, neuroscience, consciousness studies, comparative philosophy, and non-dual traditions, this work offers a rare integration grounded in intellectual integrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt does not promise easy answers.\u003cbr\u003eIt offers sharpened clarity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf consciousness is emergent, let it be emergent without remainder.\u003cbr\u003eIf it is fundamental, let that claim withstand scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dialogue remains open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bhaskar Bora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249799762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.02d","brand":"Bhaskar Bora","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997581193471,"sku":"9798249799762","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-upanishads-and-consciousness-studies-bhaskar-bora-9798249799762","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}