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»Varela supported embodied philosophy, viewing human cognition and consciousness in terms of the enactive structures in which they arise. These comprise the bod
by axiologist 3y ago
»Varela supported embodied philosophy, viewing human cognition and consciousness in terms of the enactive structures in which they arise. These comprise the body (as a biological system and as personally experienced) and the physical world which it enacts.«
»Varela's 1991 book The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience, co-authored with Evan Thompson and Eleanor Rosch, is considered a classic in the field of cognitive science, offering pioneering phenomenological connections and introducing the Buddhism-informed enactivist and embodied cognition approach. A revised edition of The Embodied Mind was published in 2017, featuring substantive introductions by the surviving authors, as well as a preface by Jon Kabat-Zinn.«
'The Embodied Mind' can be borrowed at https://archive.org/details/embodiedmindcogn0000vare https://archive.org/details/embodiedmindcogn0000vare
- hiddencost 3y agoThis and The Feeling of What Happens by Anthony Damasio were very influential for me. The ideas behind interoception and their connection to emotion and thought helped me put start taking this space more seriously. Many people will also cite "The Body Keeps the Score", which is really focused on trauma and therapy rather than theory.