In a situation where the immediate human connection to the lifeworld is weakened, when reality is perceived as fragmented and alienated, the analysis of experiences in which primary contact with reality is preserved or re-stored becomes particularly relevant. This article examines the problem of thematizing connecting experience, which is significant for everyday life, within the framework of...
Spontaneous thoughts constitute most of everyday inner experience, yet long-standing methodological challenges obscure a thorough exploration of their content and neurophysiological underpinnings. Traditional approaches relying on thought probes impose strict constraints on phenomenological reports, whereas online verbal reports disrupt the natural flow of experience while interfering neural...
Abstract Radical Enactive Cognition challenges teleosemantic representationalism while proposing a naturalistic, content-free account of basic intentionality – “Ur-intentionality” – based solely on teleofunctional resources such as information-as-covariance and natural selection, a view known as Teleosemiotics. This paper argues that this appropriation is insufficient to ground content-free...
Abstract In the framework of Husserl’s phenomenology, we can distinguish three conceptions of sedimentation: static, genetic, and generative. After briefly sketching the static and genetic conceptions, this paper offers a detailed examination of generative sedimentations, showing how present consciousness is shaped not only by its own past but also by intersubjective and intergenerational...
The rise of embodied cognition and embodied consciousness theories has shifted the focus of modern philosophy of mind to the nature of the connection between the body and the mind. By reinterpreting the Āsana and Prāṇāyāma practices in light of contemporary philosophical discourse on the mind and cognition, this paper delves into the idea of embodied consciousness in Yoga. The research proposes...
This study aims to explore the neurophysiological mechanisms of the "awakening" state, defined as a shift in consciousness from Default Mode Network dominance to second-order observation. Based on neurophenomenological theory, we hypothesize that awakening manifests physiologically as DMN inhibition, increased cortical excitability, and high energy efficiency. Clinical EEG data from a subject...
Embodied cognition holds that behavior is shaped by the continuous coupling between internal bodily regulation and engagement with the environment. Robots likewise act under dynamically changing internal conditions; yet, such variables are typically hidden implementation details rather than seen as contributors to behavioral organization. We introduce a framework for robotic phenomenology to...
This paper develops a phenomenology-first approach to artificial consciousness by reframing consciousness as the subjective experience enacted through an agent’s interface with the world. We shift the methodological focus to first-person structures, modeled mathematically by categories derived from Q-networks to capture actions and phenomenological invariants. In this framework, Q-networks are...
The search for the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC) is currently dominated by two competing paradigms: Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Global Neuronal Workspace (GNW). This paper analyzes the recent 'adversarial collaboration' results that test these theories' predictions regarding the anatomical location and timing of conscious activity. We discuss the implications of finding...
Wang Yangming, a Chinese philosopher of the Ming Dynasty, synthesized the philosophical traditions of ancient Confucianism and Song-Ming Neo-Confucianism to establish The Philosophy of Mind (Xinxue), a system with a history exceeding five hundred years. Its theories and practical applications have profoundly influenced social philosophy in East Asian nations such as China, Japan, and Korea, and...