Shaun Gallagher Bücher

Dieses bereits in acht Sprachen übersetzte Werk führt in grundlegende Fragen des Geistes (engl. mind) aus der Perspektive der Phänomenologie ein. Als eines der herausragenden Bücher auf diesem Gebiet untersucht diese explorative Einführung von einem themenorientierten Standpunkt aus die folgenden Schlüsselfragen und -themen: Was ist Phänomenologie? Phänomenologie und die Kognitionswissenschaften Bewusstsein und Selbst-Bewusstsein Zeit und Bewusstsein Intentionalität und Wahrnehmung Der verkörperte Geist Über die Erfahrung von Fremdpsychischem Situierter und erweiterter Verstand Phänomenologie und personale Identität

This interdisciplinary work explores philosophical questions through evidence from experimental psychology, neuroscience, pathology, and developmental psychology, highlighting the inescapable role of embodiment in cognition. Despite advancements across these fields, a common vocabulary is needed to integrate discussions on brain mechanisms, behavioral expressions, artificial intelligence, and embodied experience in phenomenology and philosophy of mind. The author aims to create this vocabulary and a conceptual framework that avoids overly reductionistic and inflationistic approaches. Two main sets of questions are pursued. The first addresses the phenomenal aspects of experience, focusing on the consistent features within our consciousness. A constant reference to one's own body, even if marginal, is seen as a structural element of consciousness that influences other experiential aspects. The second set delves into the less accessible dimensions of experience, examining how consciousness and cognitive processes—such as perception, memory, imagination, and belief—are shaped by embodiment. This inquiry seeks to uncover the hidden structures of experience that often elude reflective consciousness, ultimately aiming to understand the profound impact of our embodied existence on cognition.

This exploration of phenomenology serves as an ideal introduction to essential concepts in the fields of cognitive science and philosophy of mind. Renowned for its clarity, the book has been translated into eight languages, making its insights accessible to a global audience. It stands out as a significant contribution to understanding human consciousness and perception, appealing to both newcomers and those familiar with the subject.

With a focus on phenomenological methods, this new edition of Shaun Gallagher’s highly regarded textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to phenomenology considered as a philosophical and interdisciplinary practice. Phenomenology 2e encompasses both the classic 20 th century explications of phenomenology as well as recent developments in the practical and scientific uses of phenomenology. Key Relates the phenomenological analysis of intentionality to discussions of enactive perception. This book is essential reading for all undergraduate and graduate philosophy students taking courses in phenomenology. It is also ideal for use on cognitive science modules that incorporate a phenomenological perspective.

Transform your child into a science project with these fun, simple experiments. Re-create landmark studies in child development in your own home and watch your little one achieve developmental milestones in real time with this fascinating hands-on guide. Whether your child is just beginning to speak in sentences or is on their way to kindergarten, these easy and surprising projects will help you to see the world through your child's eyes--and also give you the tools to help them master new skills as they grow. Covering ages two through five, the experiments reveal research-backed insights about different areas of mental, physical, and social growth. Some examples include: Understanding language syntax Learning to pick up the rules of a game without being told Developing the impulse to lie Testing memory For any parent who looks at their young child and thinks, "What on earth is going on in there?" this book will help you find out!

Enactivist Interventions is an interdisciplinary work that explores how theories of embodied cognition illuminate many aspects of the mind, including perception, affect, and action. Gallagher argues that the brain is not secluded from the world or isolated in its own processes, but rather is dynamically connected with body and environment.

Research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neuroscience. The Oxford Handbook of the Self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areas. In philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly Cartesian conceptions of self. Poststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of self. Questions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, Buddhism, and narrative theory. With respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychology. In addition, advancesin developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experience. These and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only " the self", but also how we understand our selves in social and cultural contexts.

This Element provides a strong focus on enactive theory and the prospects for integrating enactive approaches with other embodied and extended theories, mediated through recent developments in predictive processing and the free energy principle. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Shaun Gallagher puts forward a pluralist account of the self, and a philosophical account of psychiatric disorders as disorders of the self. He argues that what have been seen as different selves - physical, social, private, extended - should rather be seen as variable factors or processes organized in a certain pattern: this pattern is the self.

A comprehensive reader on the problem of the self as seen from the perspectives of philosophy, development psychology, robotics, cognitive neuroscience, psychopathology, semiotics, phenomenology and contemplative studies, all focused on a keynote paper.