Over at Edge, a video interview and written transcript have been posted of Alva Noë discussing many of the philosophical problems concerning consciousness, and how a paradigm shift toward an embodied understanding of mind might help to resolve those problems. Within it, Noë notes that most modern cognitivist research about consciousness and experience within neuroscience [...]
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VIDEO: Alva Noë Discusses the Problems of Consciousness
Posted in Art, Cognitive Science, Dance and Movement Art, Neuroscience, Perception, Phenomenology, philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Video, tagged Alva Noë, analytic philosophy, Art, brain, brain science, Cognitive Science, cognitivism, consciousness, dance, embodiment, enactivism, experience, intentionality, minds, Neuroscience, Perception, Phenomenology, philosophy, philosophy of art, Philosophy of Mind, reference, Video on November 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Performing Medicine
Posted in Art, Conferences/Symposia, Dance and Movement Art, Medicine, tagged Art, embodiment, hospital design, hospitals, Medicine, performance medicine, performing medicine, Tate Modern on November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Without question, hospital environments need to be kept as biologically sterile as possible to prevent the spread of disease and infection among patients and medical practitioners. But does that mean hospitals need to be kept culturally sterile too? That’s a question being asked by folks in Performing Medicine, a movement and organization dedicated to treating [...]
