Passions, consciousness, and the Rosetta Stone: Spinoza and embodied, extended, and affective cognition
Adaptive Behavior February 1, 2019 German Bula
Baruch Spinoza is often cited as a forerunner of current ideas in neuroscience and neurobiology and is seen as an early champion of embodied cognition. This article aims to specify in what way Spinoza’s ideas are useful to current research on the mind-body problem. Rather than seeking coincidences here and there between Spinoza’s positions and current findings, the article proposes that Spinoza...