(Part I is here, and part III is here)
In certain respects, development of the view that embodied experience is crucial to understanding the mind and brain reached a nadir in the period after World War II, at least within psychology. Behaviorism had redefined psychology as an “objective” science with no need to refer to consciousness [...]
June 27, 2009
Categories: Francisco Varela, cognitive science, medicine, neurophenomenology . Tags: clinical neurophenomenology, cognitive science, history of neurophenomenology, methodologies, phenomenology, philosophy, representationalist theories . Author: neuronoid . Comments: Leave a Comment
(Part II is here, and Part III is here)
I will attempt in three essays to outline the sweep of ideas, researchers, and works that lead a few of us to speak of “neurophenomenology” as a more or less distinct field. Part I traces 19th century psychology, neurology, and phenomenology roughly up to World War II. [...]
June 25, 2009
Categories: introspection, medicine, neurophenomenology . Tags: clinical, history of neurophenomenology, methodologies, neurology, neurophenomenology, neurophysiology, phenomenologists, phenomenology, philosophy, psychology, psychophysics, verbal reports . Author: neuronoid . Comments: 2 Comments