4 papers in the library · 10 citations · publishing 2021-2026
Synthese August 4, 2026 Guido Baggio, Shaun Gallagher
Abstract This article develops the concept of minimal self-sentience to extend the phenomenological notion of minimal self-awareness to non-human animals. Drawing on the phenomenological account of minimal pre-reflective self-awareness (e.g., Zahavi), and on the view that such a minimal form of self-experience can be attributed to non-human animals (e.g., Strawson), we propose to deepen the...
Cambridge Journal of Economics May 29, 2026 Guido Baggio
Abstract The article explores the potential of the recent ‘Pragmatist Turn’ in 4E cognition to enhance the theoretical framework of a 4E economics approach. The paper will be structured as follows. Firstly, Kahneman’s concepts of reason and intuition are exposed, highlighting the epistemological dualism that informs Behavioural Economics. Next, various proposals for redefining the concept of...
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences September 23, 2023 Guido Baggio 10 citations
Abstract The article argues in favour of a pragmatist enactive interpretation of the emergence of the symbolic and contentful mind from a basic form of social communicative interaction in which basic cognitive capacities are involved. Through a critical overview of Radical Enactivists (RECers)’ view about language, the article focuses on Mead’s pragmatist behavioural theory of meaning that...
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences December 1, 2021 Guido Baggio
AbstractThe aim of the article is to outline several valuable elements of Mead’s pragmatist theory of perception in action developed in hisThe Philosophy of the Act(1938), in order to strengthen the pragmatist legacy of the enactivist approach. In particular, Mead’s theory of perception in action turns out to be a forerunner of sensorimotor enactivist theory. Unlike the latter, however, Mead...