I just finished reading an article by Jeff Warren in the new Scientist issue of Dec. 24th that is confirming some of my thinking in relation to HPS and embodied thinking. Embodied thinking is a term that encompasses both cognition and sensorial intelligence. Scientists now know that whales and dolphins have advanced sensorial abilities. Their … Continue reading
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Would We be Smart if We Did Not Have Bodies? on Vimeo on Vimeo Would We be Smart if We Did Not Have Bodies? from Justin Matthews on Vimeo. via Would We be Smart if We Did Not Have Bodies? on Vimeo.
The cold shoulder. A heavy topic. A heroic white knight. We regularly use concrete, sensory-rich metaphors like these to express abstract ideas and complicated emotions. But a growing body of research is suggesting that these metaphors are more than just colorful literary devices — there may be an underlying neural basis that literally embodies these … Continue reading
Cognition is embodied when it is deeply dependent upon features of the physical body of an agent, that is, when aspects of the agent’s body beyond the brain play a significant causal or physically constitutive role in cognitive processing. In general, dominant views in the philosophy of mind and cognitive science have considered the body … Continue reading
The emerging viewpoint of embodied cognition holds that cognitive processes are deeply rooted in the body’s interactions with the world. This position actually houses a number of distinct claims, some of which are more controversial than others. This paper distinguishes and evaluates the following six claims: 1) cognition is situated; 2) cognition is time-pressured; 3) … Continue reading
Segment from the article: Real-Life Inception: Army Looks to ‘Counteract Nightmares’ With Digital Dreams | Danger Room | Wired.com. Previous post Next post Real-Life Inception: Army Looks to ‘Counteract Nightmares’ With Digital Dreams By Dawn Lim, October 21, 2011 | 6:30 am | Categories: Bizarro A soldier tries to sleep. But he is … Continue reading
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Ivan Illich on Water and the History of the Senses – 1984 – YouTube.
