×


 x 

Shopping cart
Jean Petitot - Naturalizing Phenomenology: Issues in Contemporary Phenomenology and Cognitive Science - 9780804733229 - V9780804733229
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Naturalizing Phenomenology: Issues in Contemporary Phenomenology and Cognitive Science

€ 210.31
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Naturalizing Phenomenology: Issues in Contemporary Phenomenology and Cognitive Science Hardback. This work aims to shed new light on the relations between Husserlian phenomenology and the present-day efforts toward a scientific theory of cognition with its complex structure of disciplines, levels of explanation, and conflicting hypotheses. Editor(s): Petitot, Jean; Varela, Francisco J.; Pachoud, Bernard; Roy, Jean-Michel. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 43. .

This ambitious work aims to shed new light on the relations between Husserlian phenomenology and the present-day efforts toward a scientific theory of cognition—with its complex structure of disciplines, levels of explanation, and conflicting hypotheses.

The book’s primary goal is not to present a new exegesis of Husserl’s writings, although it does not dismiss the importance of such interpretive and critical work. Rather, the contributors assess the extent to which the kind of phenomenological investigation Husserl initiated favors the construction of a scientific theory of cognition, particularly in contributing to specific contemporary theories either by complementing or by questioning them. ... Read more

Because a single volume could never encompass the numerous facets of this dual aim, the contributors focus on the issue of naturalization. This perspective is far-reaching enough to allow for the coverage of a great variety of topics, ranging from general structures of intentionality, to the nature of the founding epistemological and ontological principles of cognitive science, to analyses of temporality and perception and the mathematical modeling of their phenomenological description.

This book, then, is a collective reflection on the possibility of utilizing a naturalized Husserlian phenomenology to contribute to a scientific theory of cognition that fills the explanatory gap between the phenomenological mind and brain.

Show Less

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
666
Condition
New
Series
Writing Science
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804733229
SKU
V9780804733229
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jean Petitot
Jean Petitot is Directeur d'Etudes at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris. Francisco J. Varela is Directeur de Recherches at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris. Bernard Pachoud is Maître de Conférences at the Université de Picardie. Jean-Michel Roy is Maître de Conférences at the Université Michel de Montaigne (Bordeaux).

Reviews for Naturalizing Phenomenology: Issues in Contemporary Phenomenology and Cognitive Science
"Every student of cognition will somewhere in [Naturalizing Phenomenology] find something new and interesting."—APA Review of Books

Goodreads reviews for Naturalizing Phenomenology: Issues in Contemporary Phenomenology and Cognitive Science


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!