Neurofenomenologia: metodologiczne lekarstwo na trudny problem

• Authors: Francisco Varela

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Neurophenomenology: A Methodological Remedy For The Hard Problem

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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This paper responds to the issues raised by D. Chalmers by offering a research direction which is quite radical because of the way in which methodological principles are linked to scientific studies of consciousness. Neuro-phenomenology is the name I use here to designate a quest to marry modern cognitive science and a disciplined approach to human experience, thereby placing myself in the lineage of the continental tradition of Phenomenology. My claim is that the so-called hard problem that animates these Special Issues can only be addressed productively by gathering a research community armed with new pragmatic tools for the development of a science of consciousness. I will claim that no piecemeal empirical correlates, nor purely theoretical principles, will really help us at this stage. We need to turn to a systematic exploration of the only link between mind and consciousness that seems both obvious and natural: the structure of human experience itself. In what follows I motivate my choice by briefly examining the current debate about consciousness at the light of Chalmer's hard problem. Next, I outline the (neuro)phenomenological strategy. Finally I conclude by discussing some of the main difficulties and consequences of this strategy.

Keywords

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COGNITIVE SCIENCE; CONSCIOUSNESS; EMBODIMENT; HARD PROBLEM; NEUROPHENOMENOLOGY

• Publisher: Ośrodek Badań Filozoficznych - Centre for Philosophical Research
• Journal: Avant
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1

Contributors

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Francisco Varela

• Francisco Varela (1946-2001)