Francisco Varela: Neurophenomenology and cognitive sciences; action encarnada ability to ethics

  • Adolfo - Vásquez Rocca Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso - Chile
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/NOMA.52934
Keywords: Neuroscience, cultural biology, cognitive science, body, world, ethics, enaction, know-how.

Abstract

This article aims to account for the elusive phenomenon of consciousness from the original perspective neurophenomenology of Francisco Varela, who from concepts such as neuroplasticity, enaction and emergency explains how occur brain processes that underlie consciousness and "unity" of the experience. Describing as consciousness appears in living flesh: in regulation with the whole body; in their sensorimotor relations with the world and a network inter-subjective actions and language.

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Adolfo - Vásquez Rocca, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso - Chile
Profesor de Postgrado del Instituto de Filosofía de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso; Profesor Adjunto Escuela de Psicología y de la Facultad de Arquitectura UNAB. Universidad Andrés Bello.
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Published
2017-08-31
How to Cite
Vásquez Rocca A. .-. (2017). Francisco Varela: Neurophenomenology and cognitive sciences; action encarnada ability to ethics. Nómadas. Critical Journal of Social and Juridical Science, 52(4), 301-323. https://doi.org/10.5209/NOMA.52934
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Vol. 52 No. 4 (2017): Número especial: Settimana Bologna 2017
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Researches

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