The aim of this article is to describe the method of analysis of the microphenomenological interview and to compare this method to other similar methods. Microphenomenological method was proposed by the French phenomenologist Claire Petitmengin. The microphenomenological interview is a qualitative, second-person method of studying experience that responds to problems resulting from the study of...
The aim of this article is to present the microphenomenological interview method as a second-person method in the study of experience. Researchers in the field of cognitive science are beginning to realize that third-person methods of studying experience have their limitations, namely that the researcher does not know what is happening at the level of the subjective consciousness of the person...
Teksty Bertranda Russella dotyczące kwestii mistycyzmu dzielą się na dwie grupy. Pierwsza, obejmująca fragmenty Mysticism and Logic (1914), stanowi krytykę głównych tez filozofii mistycznej zawartych m.in. w pismach Parmenidesa, Spinozy i Hegla. Druga grupa składa się m.in. z fragmentów The Essence of Religion (1912) i zawiera koncepcję niedogmatycznego mistycyzmu jako duchowej postawy wobec...
The aim of this article is to analyze selected theoretical issues concerning perceptual systems in which hybrid qualia arise. By “hybrid qualia”, I mean subjective sensory experiences generated in technologically modified perceptual systems. In the first section, I propose an original perspective on the relationships between hybrid systems, extended systems, and cyborgs. In the second section,...
In the article, I present changes that analytic philosophy of mind underwent throughout the twentieth century, as well as consequences these transformations have for the latest debates. I argue that over the past century, the analytical movement abandoned its anti-metaphysical stance and accepted materialism that supposed to respect main assumptions of the early program of analysis. However, by...
The metaphysical view of Bertrand Russell, called neutral monism, is not widely known today, although its impact on the contemporary debate over mind-body problem is clearly visible. The aim of this paper is to answer the question: what was Russell’s neutral monism? Firstly, I present the views of Russell’s predecessors – Ernst Mach and William James. Then, I discuss Russell’s own thought which...