existential experience | Amir Freimann

Amir Freimann

Jun 26, 20231 min

Transient Experiences Versus Existential States

There is some connection between passing experiences of deep sadness and longlasting persistent depression. There is some connection...

Amir Freimann

Jan 5, 20231 min

Spiritual and/or other positive experiences

Experiences are, by the way they are commonly perceived and defined, limited on both sides by other experiences. Sensations, thoughts,...

Amir Freimann

Nov 24, 20224 min

What is "first person research" good for?

My dear friend Urban Kordes is a professor at the University of Ljubljana, specialized in "first person research". "First person...

Amir Freimann

Nov 24, 20222 min

Exploring subjective exeprience

Subjective experience is, by one definition, characterized by being known only to the experiencing subject and discloseable only by...

Amir Freimann

Jul 28, 20222 min

Your brain on fMRI

A few weeks ago I had a conversation with an old friend - I'll call her O - who is a very experienced meditator and yoga practitioner. I...

Amir Freimann

Jul 16, 20221 min

Description of vs thoughts about experience

Recently I had conversations with a few friends about my interest in exploring people's "background experience": those elements of our...

Amir Freimann

Jul 16, 20221 min

The background experience

One of the central concepts in phenomenology (Husserl, Heidegger, Merlo-Ponti, Gadamer et al.) is "horizon" - a word pointing at the...