Mind in life: biology, phenomenology, and the sciences of mind
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Preface Acknowledgements Part I: The Enactive Approach 1. Cognitive Science and Human Experience 2. The Phenomenological Connection 3. Autonomy and Emergence 4. The Structure of Behavior Part II: Life in Mind 5. Autopoiesis: The Organization of the Living 6. Life and Mind: The Philosophy of the Organism 7. Laying Down a Path in Walking: Development and Evolution Part III: Consciousness in Life 8. Life Beyond the Gap 9. Sensorimotor Subjectivity 10. Look Again: Consciousness and Mental Imagery 11. Temporality and the Living Present 12. Primordial Dynamism: Emotion and Valence 13. Empathy and Enculturation Appendix 1: Husserl and Cognitive Science Appendix 2: Emergence and the Problem of Downward Causation References
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Any Markov blanketed system will embody recurrent processes of autopoietic self-generation that enforce a difference between a living system and everything else as long as the system exists.
“Thus, any Markov blanketed system will embody recurrent processes of autopoietic self-generation, which—as long as the system exists—enforces a difference between a living system and everything else [33].”
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- Authors
- Thompson, E. T.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Evan T. Thompson
- ORCID
- Evan T. Thompson
- Venue
- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2008-01-01
- Volume
- 45
- Issue
- 05
- Pages
- 45-2543-45-2543
- ISSN
- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
- OpenAlex
- W1729777349
- Cited by
- 2,696
- References
- 0
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- book review
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Choice Reviews Online (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy
- Keywords
- enactivism, autopoiesis, consciousness, mental imagery, temporality, emotions, valence, empathy, enculturation, emergence, downward causation, Edmund Husserl, cognitive science, phenomenology, embodiment, development and evolution
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