New Horizons in Education and Social Studies Vol. 9

Abstract

Mind is so far limited that cannot give us an objective picture of the reality. Even, the sophisticated instruments invented by it, can give only a subjective perspective of the reality. An example is given by exploring “Neural Correlates to Consciousness” (NCC); by these means, we can highlight the plain route from brain to mind by exploring only the physiological, functional aspects of Consciousness, while the objective, scientific definition of it remains a groundless hope for an unsurmountable conflict of interest. This unresolved conflict mainly gives rise to three false dualisms in mind that emerge one from the other, like in a Matrioska. In each individual, the illusion of the existence of a Free-Will-possessing Self is the main outcome of this dualistic perspective of his mind. Yet, how comes that cognitive processes are so efficacious in daily life? “The Bignetti Model” is a cognitive model that explains how cognition can occur, in five compulsory steps, just on the base of these mental illusions.