Francisco Varela (1946-2001) was a Chilean biologist, neuroscientist and philosopher, and is on the shortlist of visionary pioneers who conceived the interdisciplinary thesis of the embodied mind. He began his academic career studying medicine and biology but also had a wide philosophical orientation, being primarily influenced by the work of phenomenologists Edmund Husserl and Maurice [...]
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Monday Profile: Francisco Varela
Posted in Biological Sciences, Cognitive Science, Eastern Thought, Medicine, Meditation/Yoga, Monday Profile, Neuroscience, Phenomenology, philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, tagged autopoiesis, biology, cognitve science, edmund husserl, embodied mind, embodiment, Francisco Varela, Integral Institute, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, neurophenomenology, Neuroscience, Phenomenology, philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Tibetan Buddhism, varela on December 1, 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 [...]
