A recurring topic in our group’s meetings this year was the lack of an introductory level resource for people trying to learn about 4E cognition. This summer school could help!
Next August I will be one of three instructors in a summer school on enactive philosophy of mind and cognitive science in beautiful Hokkaido, Japan! The other instructors are Shigeru Taguchi (phenomenology) and Masatoshi Yoshida (neuroscience), so this will be a truly interdisciplinary experience.
We are looking for motivated students to join us in this enactive summer school!
Title and abstract below. For more details please see the course website:
Introduction to Enactivism: Moving to Know, Knowing to Move
The aim of this course is to give an introduction to enactivism by lectures and experimental practices. Enactivism is a philosophical view on cognition and experience that Francisco Varela and other scholars developed. According to this view, cognition and experience are not just passive processes, but a kind of ”making up” of reality through our action.
In this course, students can examine to what extent the enactive view of experience is…
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