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The Stupidity of Rationalism
Last weeks edition of ‘In Our Time’ (BBC Radio 4) discussed game theory and gave a telling account of a scenario called The Prisoners Dilemma. Imagine that Jo and Jack have been arrested for a crime. The police know they’re guilty but can’t prove it, so … Continue reading
Posted in Cognitive science
Tagged bodymind, embodied situated cognition, emotions, Johnson, Lakoff, philosophy
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The cognitive iceberg
Every year the Edge website asks interesting people a provocative question. The Edge Question for 2011 is “What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit?” Adam Alter, a psychologist and Assistant Professor at Stern School of Business, NYU, responded with a short … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive iceberg, embodied situated cognition, Johnson, Lakoff
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Your tiny mind
Our thinking is like an iceberg, with everyday awareness at the tip and 95% of cognition happening out of sight (Lakoff and Johnson, 1999: 13). Most of the time we identify that tiny 5% as ‘self’, discounting the hidden cognition … Continue reading
Posted in Cognitive science
Tagged awareness, cognitive iceberg, connection, duality, embodied situated cognition, environment, Johnson, Lakoff, meditation, nature, spirituality, Varela
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Brains, bodies and places
Neurons used to be compared to simple on/off switches, but they’re actually much more complex. Each one works like a little brain and is in conversation with thousands of cells via hundreds of chemical signals. Your cranial brain has about … Continue reading
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Tagged brain, Clark, environment, Ingold, Johnson, Lakoff, skin-bag body
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