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The genesis of the minimal mind: elements of a phenomenological and functional account

phenomenological analysis (based upon Edmund Husserl’s philosophy) of first-person experience could substantially contribute to related empirical research. In this regard, two phenomenological conceptions provided ... existence as a concrete way of being‑in‑the‑world The classical authors of phenomenological philosophy and philosophical anthropology have all agreed that subjectivity and existence in the case of humans, as

Affectivity in mental disorders: an enactive-simondonian approach

Simondonian philosophy of individuation, sense-making is described as the process of progressive concretization and structuration of the self-world structures that support the intentionality of conscious ... Bardin , A. ( 2015 ). Epistemology and Political Philosophy in Gilbert Simondon: Individuation, Technics, Social Systems . Springer. Boden , Z. V. R. , Gibson , S. , Owen , G. J. , & Benson , O. ( 2016

Feeling and performing ‘the crisis’: on the affective phenomenology and politics of the corona crisis

phenomenology of crises in general and the corona crisis in particular, thereby paying attention to both individual (personal) and collective (socio-political) crises and crisis experiences. Then, I turn to the ... philosophy and theory, I first offer an analysis of the language of crisis, reflecting on the question of how socio-political crises are not simply a given but performed and procedurally constructed (section

An analysis of conceptual ambiguities in the debate on the format of concepts

There is a debate in philosophy and cognitive science over whether concepts – the building blocks of thought—are couched in a perceptual modality or are amodally represented. The empirical evidence ... . Funding Open access funding provided by Università degli Studi di Milano within the CRUI-CARE Agreement. This research was funded by the Department of Philosophy “Piero Martinetti” of the University of

Review of Gabriel Bianchi’s Figurations of Human Subjectivity: A Contribution to Second-Order Psychology, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022

interest. Evidence of this can be found, for example, in the rapid expansion of fields such as neuroscience, cognitive science, phenomenology, and the philosophy of mind. A particularly complex phenomenon ... philosophy and other fields. He rightly notes that the older positivist conception of subjectivity as a straightforward monadic unity has been long criticized. He proposes instead an approach that explores the

Hans Jonas and the phenomenological continuity of life and mind

This paper offers a novel interpretation of Hans Jonas’ analysis of metabolism, the centrepiece of Jonas’ philosophy of organism, in relation to recent controversies regarding the phenomenological

Back to the technologies themselves: phenomenological turn within postphenomenology

themselves” to show how some phenomenological elements, which have not been highlighted in the philosophy of technology so far, can be fruitfully integrated within the postphenomenological analysis. In ... postphenomenology and the philosophy of technology more in general. We want to use some of the elements of phenomenology as a resource for understanding and tackling the implication of technologies on society and, at

Art and linguistic bodies: a transformative view

Department of Religion , Philosophy and History , University of Agder (UiA) , Kristiansand , Norway This article takes its point of departure from the second (embodied) linguistic turn represented by the ... embodiment have become increasingly influential within the fields of cognitive science and the philosophy of mind, with the movement known as the enactive approach as one of the key players (Varela, Thompson

WTF?! Covid-19, indignation, and the internet

University Press. Bell , M. ( 2009 ). Anger, Virtue, and Oppression . In L. Tessman (Ed.) Feminist ethics and social and political philosophy: theorizing the non-ideal ( 165 - 183 ). Springer. Bortolan , A ... /angerpm.pdf. Accessed 16 Jan 2023 . Cherry , M. ( 2021 ). The case for rage: why anger is essential to anti-racist struggle . Oxford University Press. Cherry , M. ( 2022 ). Political anger . Philosophy Compass

Phenomenology, abduction, and argument: avoiding an ostrich epistemology

Phenomenology has been described as a “non-argumentocentric” way of doing philosophy, reflecting that the philosophical focus is on generating adequate descriptions of experience. But it should not ... steps to making this case. The first step takes seriously the consequences of the intrinsically dialectical aspect of phenomenology in intersection with other modes of philosophy, the natural attitude

On being stuck: the pandemic crisis as affective stasis

semantically organized around two opposite poles: one is the total absence of motion, and the other is an event of radical and often violent social and political change. Drawing on affect theory, phenomenology ... philosophy towards notions that originate from the human experience of political impasse. Complex affective conditions have to be front and center in such an endeavor. Funding: Our work on this paper was part

Unpacking an affordance-based model of chronic pain: a video game analogy

, including characteristic alterations in the experience of their bodies and the space they inhabit. To help bridge the gap from philosophy to clinical practice, we unpack in this paper the core concepts of an ... agreement and applicable law. Authors and Affiliations Sabrina Coninx1 · B. Michael Ray2 · Peter Stilwell3 1 2 3 VU Amsterdam, Department of Philosophy, De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam, Netherlands Health and

Being one of us: we-identities and self-categorization theory

social groups—such as families, romantic partnerships, nation states, political parties, etc.—is a familiar and widespread feature of the human social world. Intuitively, group belongingness plays a ... this ambiguity, the notion of collective identity tends to have political undertones (Ashmore et al., 2004, p. 81) , which might be justified in some contexts (e.g. social movements research (see

Thinking at the edge in the context of embodied critical thinking: Finding words for the felt dimension of thinking within research

initiative Embodied Critical Thinking (ECT), TAE is understood as a political and critical practice. Our objective is to move beyond a criticism of reductionism, into a practice of thinking that can complement ... homes. Despite or perhaps because his explications were personal and anchored in lived experience, they touched the challenge of moving in ways that had medical, social and political implications at the

Emotions of the pandemic: phenomenological perspectives

, Queens Building, Queens Drive, Exeter EX4 4QH , UK 1 Department of Philosophy, University of York , Heslington York YO10 5DD , UK This article provides an introduction to the special issue “Emotions of ... Project (Dolezal; Rose) Grief: A Study of Human Emotional Experience (Hughes; Millar; Ratcliffe; Richardson) Antagonistic Political Emotions (Osler; Tietjen)1 We also invited additional contributors with

A Sartrean analysis of pandemic shaming

). An apology for moral shame . Journal of Political Philosophy , 12 ( 2 ), 127 - 146 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467- 9760 . 2004 . 00194 .x Carel , H. ( 2020 ). The locked-down body: embodiment in the ... , personal and political life. Familiar day-to-day personal and social practices were radically disrupted by public health measures such as social distancing and lockdowns, and we were all thrown into

“Where lies the grail? AI, common sense, and human practical intelligence”

, Portugal 1 Department of Philosophy, Boston College , Chestnut Hill, MA , USA The creation of machines with intelligence comparable to human beings-so-called "human-level” and “general” intelligence-is ... and engaged agency, deliberation, and human interaction, and they have received attention in the philosophy of action. We argue that spelling out these features and their implications reveals a

Prakāśa. A few reflections on the Advaitic understanding of consciousness as presence and its relevance for philosophy of mind

philosophy of mind tends to conceive of consciousness in terms of qualia, thereby taking it as a special kind of (introspectively accessible) object. This renders the antimaterialist claim of the distinctness ... it harbours valuable insights into the nature of consciousness that might prove useful * for present discussions in philosophy of mind (in particular with regard to the “hard problem of consciousness

Giving thickness to the minimal self: coenesthetic depth and the materiality of consciousness

with the help of this notion. We can observe an opposite tendency in defining the minimal self when it comes to theoretical phenomenological philosophy and phenomenological psychopathology: whilst the ... definition of the minimal self in philosophy gets more and more minimal, approaching almost a pure form, psychopathology literature has explored the affective depths of selfhood. This is understandable, given

The hegemony of the practical in embodied cognitive science and the question of bodily vulnerability

When perception is made the subject of philosophy, it is primarily understood as pre-theoretical sensual knowledge, and the question of its truth content becomes the focus of attention. In contrast ... character of perception. However, it is not a call to enthrone the primacy of affect instead of the primacy of practice. The paper concludes with a thought on the philosophy of pedagogy and education