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The Embodied Mind : Cognitive Science and Human Experience /

This classic book, first published in 1991, was one of the first to propose the "embodied cognition" approach in cognitive science. It pioneered the connections between phenomenology and science and between Buddhist practices and science--claims that have since become highly influential. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Varela, Francisco J., 1946-2001 (Autor), Rosch, Eleanor (Autor), Thompson, Evan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London England : MIT Press, [2016]
Edición:Revised edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. The departing ground. A fundamental circularity : in the mind of the reflective scientist
  • What do we mean "human experience"?
  • pt. II. Varieties of cognitivism. Symbols : the cognitivist hypothesis
  • The I of the system
  • pt. III. Varieties of emergence. Emergent properties and connectionism
  • Selfless minds
  • pt. IV. Steps to a middle way. The Caresian anxienty
  • Enaction : embodied cognition
  • Evolutionary path making and natural drift
  • pt. V. Worlds without ground. The middle way
  • Laying down a path in walking.