Faculty of Liberal Arts

AKIKO FRISCHHUT

  (FRISCHHUT AKIKO)

Profile Information

Affiliation
Assistant professor (Assistant Professor of Philosophy), Faculty of Liberal Arts Department of Liberal Arts, Sophia University

Researcher number
50781853
J-GLOBAL ID
202201009753754189
researchmap Member ID
R000043625

Papers

 10
  • Akiko Frischhut
    The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Time, 2025  Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorCorresponding author
  • Akiko Frischhut
    The Philosophical Quarterly, Jul 23, 2024  Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
    Abstract Recently, philosophers with an interest in consciousness have turned their attention towards ‘fringe states of consciousness’. Examples include dreams, trances, and meditative states. Teetering between wakefulness and non-consciousness, fringe states illuminate the limits and boundaries of consciousness. This paper aims to give a coherent conceptualization of deep meditative states, focussing in particular on phenomenal temporality during meditation. Advanced meditators overwhelmingly describe deep states of meditation as atemporal and timeless; however, they also report being continuously alert while meditating. I intend to give a coherent interpretation of this apparent contradiction. After introducing some candidate interpretations, I shall argue that during (deepest) meditation, the subject experiences ‘pure duration’ without temporal structure. This, I argue, explains best why meditators describe deep meditation as ongoing but timeless awareness. A central part of the paper will expand on an account of phenomenal duration without phenomenal succession. The conclusion points towards some further avenues of research.
  • Akiko Frischhut, Giuliano Torrengo
    Philosophy of Recipes. Making, Experiencing, Valuing., 2021  Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
  • Akiko Frischhut
    The Realizations of the Self, 15-30, Sep 12, 2018  Peer-reviewedInvitedLead authorCorresponding author
  • Akiko Frischhut
    The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Temporal Experience, 2017  Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author

Presentations

 9
  • Akiko Frischhut, Uku Tooming
    Food and Affective States: Philosophy and Beyond, Sep 19, 2024  Invited
  • Akiko Frischhut
    East-West Philosopher's Conference, Jun, 2024
  • Akiko Frischhut
    8th Conference of the International Association for the Philosophy of Time, Sydney University, Aug, 2023
  • Akiko Frischhut
    Workshop of the Tokyo Forum for Analytic Philosophy, Tokyo University, 2022  Invited
  • Akiko Frischhut
    American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division Meeting, 2021  Invited