Thompson, Evan

Mind in life : biology, phenomenology, and the sciences of mind / Evan Thompson. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2007. - xiv, 543 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents: The enactive approach: Cognitive science and human experience-- The phenomenological connection-- Autonomy and emergence-- The structure of behavior Life in mind: Autopoiesis, the organization of the living-- Life and mind, the philosophy of the organism--Laying down a path in walking, development and evolution Consciousness in life: Life beyond the gap-- Sensorimotor subjectivity-- Look again, consciousness and mental imagery-- Temporality and the living present-- Primordial dynamism: emotion and valence-- Empathy and enculturation-- Husserl and cognitive science-- Emergence and the problem of downward causation

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Consciousness
Philosophy of mind
Phenomenology
Mind and body
Experience

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