The Embodied Mind Cognitive Science and Human Experience 1st Edition by Francisco J Varela,Evan Thompson,Eleanor Rosch ISBN 026252936X 9780262529365

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ISBN 10: 026252936X 

ISBN 13: 9780262529365

Author: Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, Eleanor Rosch

A new edition of a classic work that originated the “embodied cognition” movement and was one of the first to link science and Buddhist practices.

This classic book, first published in 1991, was one of the first to propose the “embodied cognition” approach in cognitive science. It pioneered the connections between phenomenology and science and between Buddhist practices and science—claims that have since become highly influential. Through this cross-fertilization of disparate fields of study, The Embodied Mind introduced a new form of cognitive science called “enaction,” in which both the environment and first person experience are aspects of embodiment. However, enactive embodiment is not the grasping of an independent, outside world by a brain, a mind, or a self; rather it is the bringing forth of an interdependent world in and through embodied action. Although enacted cognition lacks an absolute foundation, the book shows how that does not lead to either experiential or philosophical nihilism. Above all, the book’s arguments were powered by the conviction that the sciences of mind must encompass lived human experience and the possibilities for transformation inherent in human experience.

This revised edition includes substantive introductions by Evan Thompson and Eleanor Rosch that clarify central arguments of the work and discuss and evaluate subsequent research that has expanded on the themes of the book, including the renewed theoretical and practical interest in Buddhism and mindfulness. A preface by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the originator of the mindfulness-based stress reduction program, contextualizes the book and describes its influence on his life and work.

Table of contents:

• Front Matter

• Foreword to the Revised Edition

• Introduction to the Revised Edition

• Acknowledgments

• Introduction

I. The Departing Ground

1. A Fundamental Circularity: In the Mind of the Reflective Scientist

2. What Do We Mean “Human Experience”?

II. Varieties of Cognitivism

3. Symbols: The Cognitivist Hypothesis

4. The I of the Storm

III. Varieties of Emergence

5. Emergent Properties and Connectionism

6. Selfless Minds

IV. Steps to a Middle Way

7. The Cartesian Anxiety

8. Enaction: Embodied Cognition

9. Evolutionary Path Making and Natural Drift

V. Worlds without Ground

10. The Middle Way

11. Laying Down a Path in Walking

Appendices

• Appendix A: Meditation Terminology

• Appendix B: Categories of Experiential Events Used in Mindfulness/Awareness

• Appendix C: Works on Buddhism and Mindfulness/Awareness

• Notes

• References

• Index

 

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