A Critical Introduction to Psychology

In: A Critical Introduction to Psychology ISBN: 978-1-53616-491-6
Editor: Robert K. Beshara © 2019 Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

Chapter 4

EXPLORING CONSCIOUSNESS:

OLD HABITS AND NEW HORIZONS

Nick Atlas*, PhD

Transpersonal Psychology, Atlantic University,

Virginia Beach, VA, US

“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that

created it.” – Albert Einstein

THE PROBLEM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

There may be no question more fundamental to the study of
psychology than, “What is consciousness?” After all, without
consciousness, psychology as a discipline would not exist, nor would any
other science. Without consciousness, we would lack the ability to inquire.
While we are certainly not the only species on the planet with

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