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BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO COGNITIVE SCIENCE
BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO COGNITIVE SCIENCE

Author(s): Tom Froese
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych
Keywords: AUTOPOIESIS; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; ENACTIVISM; MIND; PHENOMENOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: In this article I take an unusual starting point from which to argue for a unified cognitive science, namely a position defined by what is sometimes called the ‘life-mind continuity thesis’. Accordingly, rather than taking a widely accepted starting point for granted and using it in order to propose answers to some well defined questions, I must first establish that the idea of life-mind continuity can amount to a proper starting point at all. To begin with, I therefore assess the conceptual tools which are available to construct a theory of mind on this basis. By drawing on insights from a variety of disciplines, especially from a combination of existential phenomenology and organism-centered biology, I argue that mind can indeed be conceived as rooted in life, but only if we accept at the same time that social interaction plays a constitutive role for our cognitive capacities.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 113-129
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: English
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