Husserlian Meditations and Anthropological Reflections: Toward a Cultural Neurophenomenology of Experience and Reality
Charles D. Laughlin, C. Jason Throop
Anthropology of Consciousness September 1, 2009 DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-3537.2009.01015.x (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation Philosophy of mind |
| Citations | 45 |
| Key points | Argues that the experience–reality gap can be resolved through a cultural neurophenomenology that integrates cross-cultural phenomenology and neuroscience. |
Abstract
ABSTRACTMost of us would agree that the world of our experience is different than the extramental reality of which we are a part. Indeed, the evidence pertaining to cultural cosmologies around the globe suggests that virtually all peoples recognize this distinction—hence the focus upon the “hidden” forces behind everyday events. That said, the struggle to comprehend the relationship between our consciousness and reality, even the reality of ourselves, has led to controversy and debate for centuries in Western philosophy. In this article, we address this problem from an anthropological perspective and argue that the generative route to a solution of the experience–reality “gap” is by way of an anthropologically informedcultural neurophenomenology. By this we mean a perspective and methodology that applies a phenomenology that controls for cultural variation in perception and interpretation, coupled with the latest information from the neurosciences about how the organ of experience—the brain—is structured.
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